New Delhi : With Election Commission expected to announce the schedule of Lok Sabha elections in the first week of March, the Union Cabinet on Tuesday took 23 decisions and the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved five proposals ...
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New Delhi : A BJP leader has moved the Supreme Court seeking to empower the Election Commission (EC) to refer the complaints relating to corrupt practices and misuse of religion by contesting candidates and political parties to investigating agencies. Besides ...
Read More »883 crorepatis, 645 criminals in Karnataka Assembly poll fray
Bengaluru : Of the 2,654 candidates in the fray for the May 12 Karnataka Assembly elections, at least 883 are crorepatis and 645 have criminal cases against them, said two watchdogs after analysing their affidavits filed with the Election Commission ...
Read More »EVM skeletons in RTI replies: Contradictory numbers from EC, suppliers raise question mark on polls (Part-1)
By Quaid Najmi, Mumbai : Indiscriminate acquisition of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) by the Election Commission, inexplicable mismatch in numbers of machines from producers and buyers, and insecure transportation have emerged as major concerns from official replies to Right to ...
Read More »Ahead of Gujarat polling, EC seeks to allay fears on EVMs integrity
New Delhi : A day before the first phase of polling in Gujarat, the Election Commission on Friday sought to allay apprehensions vis-a-vis the integrity of its EVMs by saying that it has put in place “an elaborate framework of ...
Read More »Gujarat students to make their parents pledge to vote: EC
Gandhinagar : Gujarat’s chief electoral officer B.B. Swain on Wednesday said the pll panel will be using more than 50 lakh students of tate government schools to receive a pledge from their parents to exercise their voting rights in the ...
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