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Opposition parties on Monday questioned the need to deploy remote voting machines
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Enforcement agencies made a seizure of worth Rs 801.85 crore and Rs 57.24 crore, respectively, from Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh during the election process in the two states.
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Was it just a typo, or blatant ignorance? The ECI's letter to TRS party President and CM KCR, informing him about the acceptance of the request to change the party's name to BRS, mentioned his address as in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
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Chief Minister Thakur and Himachal Pradesh Congress president Pratibha Singh have maintained that their parties would get full majority with over 40 out of the 68 seats.
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SC’s proposal to include CJI in the committee that appoints the poll panel chief will ensure fair and transparent mechanism.
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Now, it has come to the notice of the Commission that Sh. Abhishek Singh, IAS (UP:2011) has used social media platform "Instagram" for sharing his posting/joining as General Observer and used his official position as a publicity stunt
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Hyderabad: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi issued a public notice on Monday proposing to change its name to Bharat Rashtra Samithi. Accordingly, people who have any objection to the proposed new name, may send their objection with reasons to the Secretary (Political Party), Election Commission of India, Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road in New Delhi, within 30 […]
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TRS Minister for state energy department G Jagadish Reddy expressed his anger over the delay in the declaration of round-wise election counting results of the Munugode by-poll.
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and the Election Commission on a PIL challenging the validity of a provision of the Representation of People Act which bars a prisoner from voting. A bench comprising Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and justices S Ravindra Bhat and Bela M Trivedi took […]
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A representation was also submitted to this effect but the EC allocated the ‘Road Roller’ symbol to a candidate in the Munugode bypoll.
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Yadadri-Bhongir: Paramilitary forces deployed at Panthangi toll plaza near Choutuppal on National Highway No. 76 have taken up checking vehicles on Wednesday along with the local police. This is said to be after a complaint from BJP State president Bandi Sanjay to the Election Commission alleging that Rs.1 crore, which was seized at Vijayawada, was […]
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New Delhi: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (now Bharat Rashtra Samithi) has raised objections over the Election Commission of India allocating the road roller symbol to an independent candidate in the ongoing Munugode byelections. Considering its similarity to the car symbol allotted to the TRS (BRS), the party leaders requested the EC to remove it immediately […]
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Mumbai: The Eknath Shinde faction of Shiv Sena on Tuesday submitted ‘shining sun’, ‘shield and sword’ and ‘Peepul tree’ as its election symbol options to the Election Commission (EC) for the upcoming bypoll in Andheri East assembly constituency next month. The poll body on Monday allotted the name ‘Balasahebanchi ShivSena’ to the Shinde faction and […]
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Election Commission on Monday allotted ‘flaming torch' (mashaal) election symbol to the Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena
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The Election Commission barred the Shiv Sena factions led by Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde from using the party name and its election symbol
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On the face of it, the Election Commission’s move to make political parties accountable for their poll promises appears well-intended but it amounts to overreach. The poll panel is not the right body to decide what freebies are to be allowed or what should be the cap on such spending. It is for the political […]
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New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) has proposed bringing down anonymous political donations from Rs 20,000 to Rs 2,000 and cap cash donations at 20 per cent or at a maximum of Rs 20 crore to cleanse election funding of black money, sources said on Monday. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar has written to […]
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New Delhi: Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena camp has moved the Supreme Court seeking stay of Election Commission of India (ECI) proceedings on Eknath Shinde-camp’s plea for recognition as ‘real’ Shiv Sena. The plea filed by general secretary of Shiv Sena Subhash Desai submitted that the respondents purportedly have initiated proceedings under para 15 of the […]
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Hyderabad: The Saifabad police booked a case against one Bhagwan Ananth Vishnu Prabhu alias Ram Das for cheating and threatening public. A few days ago, the man had opened an office by the name ‘Jai Mahabharath Party’ near Ravindra Bharathi and promised house sites and other benefits. He collected Aadhaar cards from several people on […]
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New Delhi: The Election Commission on Wednesday announced the Vice Presidential election to be held on August 6 (Saturday). The date on which counting, if required, shall be taken on the same day, said the EC in an official statement. The term of the office of Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu is ending on August […]
