Election Commission of India
- India
Arrested Pakistani national in Kolkata secured EPIC card, voted twice; ED probes
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate have started tracking the sources of the documents based on which Azad Mullick, the Pakistani citizen whom ED arrested in Kolkata in April, secured an EPIC card, with…
- India
Uddhav Thackeray backs Rahul Gandhi’s claims on Maha elections
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) has targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) following Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s allegation of ‘match-fixing’ in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, stating that a fiery ‘demon has entered the…
- India
Rahul Gandhi alleges Maharashtra poll ‘rigging’; EC, BJP hit back
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claimed on Saturday that the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections were a “blueprint for rigging democracy” and alleged this “match-fixing” would next happen in Bihar, even as…
- India
ECI announces by-election dates for five Assembly seats in four states
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced the schedule for by-elections to five Assembly constituencies of Gujarat, Kerala, Punjab and West Bengal. The polling date for the five constituencies…
- India
Election Commission launches ECINET for unified access to electoral data
Hyderabad: Chief Election Commissioner of India, Gyanesh Kumar, on Saturday, May 24, announced ECINET, an integrated dashboard which will unify the commission’s 40 existing mobile and web applications, and offer single-window access…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad local authorities’ MLC election to be held on April 23
Hyderabad: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced on Monday, March 24, that the Hyderabad local authorities’ MLC biennial election will be held on April 23, 2025, in view of the…
- Kolkata
Abhishek Banerjee questions Election Commission’s role in Bengal polls
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday questioned the role of the Election Commission (EC) in holding polls in West Bengal and cautioned against alleged attempts by the ruling…
- News
ECI Gyanesh Kumar discusses election management with state CEOs in Delhi
A two-day conference with chief election officers of all states and Union Territories (UTs) is being conducted on Tuesday, March 4, at the India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management in…
- India
EC’s clarification on duplicate voter ID numbers a cover-up: TMC
New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress on Tuesday dismissed the Election Commission’s clarifications on duplicate voter ID numbers as a “cover-up” and cited the poll panel’s own guidelines to assert that two cards…
- Telangana
MLC elections in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh on March 20: EC
Hyderabad: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday, February 24, announced that the elections for the legislative councils in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh (AP) will be held on March 20. It…
- India
Gyanesh Kumar appointed as CEC; Vivek Joshi election commissioner
New Delhi: Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar was appointed as the next chief election commissioner on Monday, the law ministry said. Kumar is the first CEC to be appointed under a new law…
- India
Three-member panel to meet today to select new CEC
New Delhi: With Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar set to retire on February 18, a three-member selection committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet on Monday to pick his…
- India
SC to hear today plea for verification of EVMs used in Haryana
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Friday a plea filed by Congress leaders seeking verification of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) used during the Haryana Assembly polls. As per…
- India
BJP attempting to deceive EC with fake voter registration applications: AAP
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday accused the BJP of attempting to deceive the Election Commission by submitting fake voter registration applications in large numbers from the residential addresses of…
- Top Stories
Election Commission ranks Telangana 2nd in leveraging social media
Hyderabad: Telangana ranked second in terms of social media engagement during elections, coming after Jharkhand which stands first in terms of social media presence, said the chief electoral officer, Telangana, on Thursday,…
