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Disqualify candidates with criminal cases: CEC V S SampathThe Commission has made recommendations to the government against candidates facing cases in which charges are framed by courts which could...
WhatsApp messages to be under scanner during poll period: V S SampathChief Election Commissioner V S Sampath today said any offensive material on social media during election period will be strictly dealt wit...
Election Commission proposes making paid news an electoral offenceIt also wants a ceiling on the campaign expenditure of political parties that is used as a ruse to pump in unlimited resources.
President mediated to resolve spat within Election CommissionPresident Pranab Mukherjee advised the poll panel's members to sort out differences through discussions rather than airing them in public.
Election Commission to examine Sharad Pawar's statement about voting twiceECI said that it would examine the controversial statement made by Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief and Union Agriculture Minister Sh...
Defer Hazaribagh poll, date clashes with Ram Navami: Yashwant SinhaYashwant Sinha today said he appealed to the Election Commission to postpone the April 10 poll in his Lok Sabha constituency as it is Rama ...
Ball in government's court, says Election Commission on question over poll surveysThe Election Commission had in its recommendation called for restriction on opinion polls for a specified period during the election proces...
Fully prepared for Mizoram Assembly polls on Nov 25: V S Sampath, CEC"Security has been beefed up in critical areas and along the border areas with Myanmar, Bangladesh and neighbouring states of Assam, Manipu...
- CEC likelt to visit Mizoram early Nov: Ashwani Kumar
Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath, two election commissioners and top officials of the Election Commission are likely to visit Mizora...
Karnataka assembly polls: Voting on May 5, counting on May 8The last assembly poll exercise in February was confined to the three small north-eastern states of Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura.
Assembly polls not to come in way of Union Budget 2013: V S Sampath, CECWhile Assembly election in Tripura will be held on Feb 14, that in Meghalaya and Nagaland will be held on Feb 23 and their results will be ...
Election Commission satisfied with poll prepardness in NagalandA full bench of the Election Commission was in the state for the past two days to assess its poll preparation.
- Gujarat polls on December 13, 17; Himachal on November 4
While Gujarat goes to polls on December 13 and 17, elections in Himachal Pradesh are scheduled for Nov 4.
- Presidential poll: Subramanian Swamy, BJD MP to meet CEC tomorrow on Pranab Mukherjee candidature issue
The RO had said he was convinced that Mukherjee had quit as Chairman of Indian Statistical Institute on June 20 as claimed by him.
- P A Sangma to meet CEC on July 7 against Pranab Mukherjee's candidature
"We are going to the CEC with the complaint as under Article 324 of the Constitution, the authority of superintendence of polls lies with t...
- CEC not in favour of giving statutory powers to Model Code of Conduct
V S Sampath said he does not favour proposals for giving statutory powers to MCC & parried questions on whether to have a collegium-type ap...
V S Sampath is new Chief Election CommissionerElection Commissioner V S Sampath was today appointed the new Chief Election Commissioner who will preside over the next Lok Sabha General ...