Election Commission
- India
No change in instructions for SIR in Bihar, says EC after advertisement leads to confusion
Patna: The Election Commission on Sunday asserted that Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar was “being implemented smoothly at the ground level” and “there is no change in instructions”.…
- Hyderabad
Telangana CEO seeks report on 13 political parties over de-registration
Hyderabad: The Telangana Chief Electoral Officer on Friday, July 4, sent show cause notices to 13 Registered Unrecognised Political Parties (RRUP) with regard to the status of their registration. The political parties…
- India
INDIA bloc expresses concerns over EC’s special intensive revision Plan
New Delhi: Leaders of several INDIA bloc parties met the Election Commission over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar and raised concerns over its timing, alleging that over…
- World
Elections in Bangladesh will be held early next year: Yunus
Dhaka: Bangladeshi interim government’s Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has sought US support for the country’s democratic transition and reaffirmed that elections would be held “in the early part of next year” during…
- India
Bihar Assembly polls: EC to soon upload 2003 Bihar voters list on website
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) will soon upload the 2003 Bihar electoral roll on its website to facilitate the nearly 4.96 crore voters whose names figure on it extract the relevant…
- India
EC rejects demand to release polling booth footage, cites security risks
New Delhi: Amid demands to make public webcasting footage of polling stations, Election Commission officials on Saturday, June 21, said such a move is violative of privacy and security concerns of voters.…
- India
Voter ID cards to be delivered within 15 days, says EC
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (EC) has announced a new initiative to speed up the delivery of voter identity cards, reducing the wait time to just 15 days from the…
- India
EC announces 100 per cent webcasting in Bihar assembly elections
New Delhi: Seeking to ensure increased monitoring of the poll procedure on voting days, the Election Commission (EC) on Monday decided to carry out webcasting at all polling stations, up from the…
- Photos
Photos: ‘Very clear EC is compromised’, says Rahul Gandhi in US
Boston: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi has cited the Maharashtra Assembly polls to allege that the Election Commission is “compromised” and “there is something wrong with the system”. Gandhi arrived in the…
- India
Calcutta HC upholds Election Commission’s nomination review mechanism
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has held that there are sufficient checks and balances in the process adopted by the Election Commission of India while scrutinising the nomination of a parliamentary or…
- Telangana
Large number of votes declared invalid in Telangana graduates’ MLC election
Hyderabad: More than 21,000 votes have been declared invalid in Telangana Legislative Council election from Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad-Karimnagar Graduates’ constituency, where the counting process continued for the second day on Tuesday. The counting staff…
- Telangana
Counting of votes underway for three MLC seats in Telangana
Hyderabad: The counting of votes for the Telangana Legislative Council elections to two teachers and one graduate constituency is underway on Monday. The counting of votes for the graduate constituency of Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad-Karimnagar,…
- India
Duplication of voter card numbers does not indicate fake voters: EC
New Delhi: Amid reports flagging issuance of identical voter card numbers to electors in two different states, the Election Commission on Sunday said duplicate numbers do not necessarily imply fake voters. It…
- India
Polling underway in municipal body elections in Haryana
New Delhi: The voting for the local body elections was underway in Haryana on Sunday, with voters lining up early at several places. Among the early voters was Union Minister Manohar Lal…
- Telangana
Polling underway for three MLC seats in Telangana
Hyderabad: Polling was underway for three seats of Telangana Legislative Council from teachers’ and graduates’ constituencies on Thursday. Voting commenced at 8 a.m. in the Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad-Karimnagar graduates’ and teachers’ constituencies and the…
