"election-commission"

When Raghunandan Rao made objectionable comments against Former Minister T Harish Rao, Chintha Prabhakar filed the complaint on March 27.

Issues pertaining to law and order situation, setting up of check posts and daily seizure reports etc were discussed during the meeting.

A BJP delegation comprising Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and the party's national general secretary Arun Kumar lodged the complaint against Gandhi with the poll panel.

In a video conference with all the District Collectors and all Returning Officers on Sunday, Chief Electoral Officer of Telangana Vikas Raj wanted the officials to lay special focus on the postal ballots.

Following the death of Lasya Nanditha, the Election Commission had announced the schedule and the bye-elections will be held in the constituency simultaneously on May 13.

It is a regressive idea to revert to the ballot paper system when EVMs have proved their trustworthiness

He participated in the coordination meeting through video conference on Thursday with the police officers of Eluru district of Andhra Pradesh State, which borders the district.

Two separate lists of the donors and the recipients were published by the poll panel on its website after the details were submitted to it by SBI earlier in the day as per a Supreme Court order

In a landmark verdict delivered on February 15, a five-judge constitution bench had scrapped the Centre's controversial electoral bonds scheme that allowed anonymous political funding, calling it "unconstitutional".

The Congress MP asserted that by blocking the accounts of the largest opposition party the BJP had caused great damage to Indian democracy.

The Congress and the Trinamool Congress had raised objections to the message and requested the Election Commission to act against this "blatant violation" of the Model Code of Conduct.

The notification stated that March 30 is designated for scrutinizing nominations for Bihar, while March 28 is for other regions.

The ECI has stated that the polls will be held in seven phases, with the first phase being held on April 19 and the seventh phase on June 1.

Govt should refrain from bulldozing the idea of simultaneous polls on a nation that is unprepared for such an exercise

The poll panel issued a press note providing the link on which the data provided by the SBI can be accessed.

The Supreme Court had on Monday rejected SBI's plea to extend the March 6 deadline for submitting the data to the ECI

Disposing off the court directive, the EC has asked Gandhi "to be more careful and cautious in his public utterances in the future", sources said.

A fake message is being shared on WhatsApp regarding election schedule for Lok Sabha elections 2024. The message is fake. No dates have been announced so far by the ECI, said the poll body

Leaders of the ruling party could indulge in more such incidents intimidating the opposition, said BRS leaders

In July 2023, Sharad Pawar-led group filed disqualification petitions against eight MLAs for anti-party activities after Ajit Pawar split the party and joined the coalition government in Maharashtra as Deputy Chief Minister.