Election Commissioner
- India
Former CS to UP govt, Anup Chandra Pandey appointed new election commissioner
New Delhi: Former Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh, Anup Chandra Pandey has been appointed as the Election Commissioner, informed the Union Law and Justice Ministry on Monday. According to a notification issued…
- India
Mahua Moitra slams EC, terms Nirvachan Sadan ‘new crematorium in Delhi’
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra on Monday took a jibe at the Election Commission, saying the EC office in the national capital — Nirvachan Sadan – is the “new…
- Telangana
C Partha Sarathi appointed Telangana’s State Election Commissioner
Hyderabad: C Partha Sarathi, a retired IAS officer, has been appointed as the State Election Commissioner for a tenure of three years by Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan. “In exercise of the powers conferred on me under Article 243…
- India
Kerala poll body to move SC on local body elections
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Election Commissioner V. Bhaskaran on Saturday said that they will approach the Supreme Court against the Kerala High Court division bench’s decision to conduct the coming local bodies elections on…
- Politics
Sanjay Singh seeks action against BJP, sits outside EC office
New Delhi: Holding a placard with “take action against the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders for calling Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal a ‘terrorist'”, AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh on Thursday sat…
- India
Aditya Padhi appointed Odisha election commissioner
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal here on Wednesday approved the appointment of chief secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi as the State Election Commissioner. Padhi has applied for voluntary retirement from the government service…
- News
Recording of EC’s dissent a grey area, say experts
New Delhi: As the rift between Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora and Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa became public on Saturday, experts say there are no guidelines as to how a multi-member…
- News
CPM leader Nilotpal Basu writes to CEC on PM’s remarks on Sabarimala
Kolkata (West Bengal): CPM leader Nilotpal Basu has approached the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Sunil Arora, alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) and…
- Politics
Ex-Navy chief to file complaint over Yogi’s ‘Modiji Ki Sena’ remark
NEW DELHI: UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reference to Indian Army as “Modiji ki Sena (Modi’s army)” drew criticism from ex-Navy chief Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas, who on Monday said would approach the…
- News
“Stop misuse of Armed Forces for political gains”: Ex-Navy Chief to Election Commissioner
NEW DELHI: Former Navy chief Admiral L Ramdas (retired) wrote an open letter to Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and asked immediate intervention of the Election Commission to stop political parties from…
- News
Border tension has no bearing on LS polls, will be held on time: EC
Lucknow: Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Friday said the ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan will have no bearing on the upcoming general election in April-May. Arora was responding to a…
- News
Sushil Chandra assumes charge as Election Commissioner
New Delhi: Newly-appointed Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra assumed office on Friday and joined the Commission with Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora and Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa. Born on May 15, 1957,…
- News
Steps to curb hate speech in social media likely soon: EC
Kolkata: Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Friday said the Election Commission (EC) is mulling certain steps to curb propagation of hate speech in social media during the election campaign and has…
