ECI orders suspension of 4 Bengal cops over “law & order failure during the roadshow and nomination”The Election Commission of India has ordered the suspension of four police officials in West Bengal. This action follows a law and order fa...
05 Apr, 2026, 12.11 AM IST
ECI constitutes 19 Appellate Tribunals for Bengal, first supplementary list of SIR after adjudication likely on MondayThe Election Commission of India has established 19 Appellate Tribunals across 24 districts in West Bengal. These tribunals will hear objec...
21 Mar, 2026, 10.32 AM IST
No response yet from Mamata government to ECI letter on CEO autonomyThe Election Commission of India is waiting for a response from the West Bengal government. The ECI wants more independence for the state's...
26 Jul, 2025, 12.03 AM IST
Congress leadership frustrated because they have been rejected by people again and again: Union Minister Dharmendra PradhanUnion Minister Dharmendra Pradhan criticized Congress, citing their "frustration" due to repeated election rejections. He accused them of q...
22 Dec, 2024, 10.46 PM IST
AAP writes to Election Commission over voter redistribution plan in DelhiAAP has raised concerns with the Election Commission of India about redistributing excess voters to less populated booths, fearing logistic...
09 Oct, 2024, 06.57 PM IST
Why Election Commission has suspended Naveen Patnaik's special secretary DS KuteyNaveen Patnaik: The Election Commission of India (ECI) suspended D S Kutey, special secretary to Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, for election int...
29 May, 2024, 12.52 PM IST
Kovind Panel backs 1 nation, 1 poll; advises statute changesA high-level committee led by Ram Nath Kovind proposes major constitutional amendments for simultaneous elections, aiming to synchronize Lo...
15 Mar, 2024, 12.04 AM IST
No remit to make recommendation on poll schedule- EC tells off Law ministryOn Friday, the poll panel sought to remind the Law ministry that it had ‘no remit’ to make recommendations on election schedules. ET gather...
26 Mar, 2021, 10.56 PM IST
Plea in SC seeks to declare misquoting judicial orders by candidates a corrupt practiceUpadhyay has referred to a recent statement given by Congress President Rahul Gandhi on apex court's order in the Rafale fighter jets case.
18 Apr, 2019, 06.01 PM IST
ECI's order disqualifying AAP MLAs violates natural justice: HC toldA bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Chander Shekhar was also requested by the legislators to remand their case back to the ECI with a dir...
27 Feb, 2018, 07.49 PM IST
Election Commission opposes judicial review of AAP MLAs' disqualificationMatter pertains to an office-of-profit case against 20 legislators of the Aam Aadmi Party who were disqualified as parliamentarians after a...
21 Feb, 2018, 09.59 PM IST
People facing trial for serious offences be barred from polls: EC to SCIt said people against whom charges have been framed by a court for offences punishable with at least five years, should be barred from con...
11 Feb, 2018, 06.27 PM IST
HC takes note of AAP MLAs plea, seeks EC's standIt asked the counsel for the poll panel to apprise it urgently whether any such recommendation has been made to the President by the Electi...
19 Jan, 2018, 09.12 PM IST
Plea in SC to protect Election Commissioners from removalThe PIL has also sought direction to the Centre to provide an independent secretariat to the ECI and declare its expenditure as charged fro...
24 Oct, 2017, 07.59 PM IST
No state civil service officers over 52 for poll duty: Centre“It has been noticed that there is a tendency on part of some state governments to nominate large number of state civil service (SCS) offic...
18 Feb, 2016, 05.52 AM IST
Holding state and central polls simultaneously is feasible: Nasim ZaidiIf current establishment can build political consensus and make necessary amendments, India has no problems in organising state and parliam...
01 May, 2015, 07.05 AM IST
Action recommended against AAP for protest outside BJP officeDelhi Chief Electoral Office today sent its report to the ECI recommending action over the alleged protest by AAP supporters outside BJP of...
09 Mar, 2014, 10.33 PM IST