Uttar Pradesh Gram panchayat polls to begin on November 28The UP Election Comission today issued notification for electing 58,909 village heads and seven lakh Gram panchayat members starting Novemb...
07 Nov, 2015, 04.18 PM IST
Moderate polling reported in Bodoland Territorial Council electionsAn estimated 20,64,099 electorate was expected to exercise their franchise in 2,700 polling booths spread across the four districts to deci...
08 Apr, 2015, 03.23 PM IST
Election Commission rejects BJP's charge of bias to Narendra Modi rally in VaranasiEC rejected BJP's charge of adopting a biased approach in denying permission to Modi to hold a public meeting in Varanasi tomorrow.
08 May, 2014, 01.25 AM IST
Don’t let glitches taint Election Comission’s workEC has apologised for the omission of several hundred thousand names from the list of voters who went to poll in the sixth phase of electio...
26 Apr, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
AAP welcomes Election Comission's order to defer doubling of gas price"AAP congratulates the people of the country for having supported the party stand on the issue," the statement reads.
25 Mar, 2014, 12.03 AM IST
Kamal Hassan, Mary Kom Election Comission’s poll ambassadorsThe actor, along with Olympian boxer Mary Kom can be seen on the CEO’s YouTube and Facebook pages, urging people not to fall prey to money.
20 Mar, 2014, 12.05 PM IST
Take permission for organising "chai pe charcha": Election Comission to BJP"The Commission has issued an advisory that the chai pe charcha programme shall be organised only after the prior permission of the distric...
12 Mar, 2014, 12.59 PM IST
Election Comission initiates 'charcha' with voters on blackmoney in pollsThe group, will also organise 'nukkad' meetings and dialogue sessions against the practice of accepting and doling out cash bribe.
09 Mar, 2014, 01.30 PM IST
Code violation: Election Comission not OK with CM Arvind Kejriwal's replyKejriwal, who had in the pamphlet distributed at Rajouri Garden in November appealed to Muslims to vote for AAP, told EC that it was part o...
25 Jan, 2014, 11.40 AM IST
Bill to empower Election Comission on seat nomenclature introduced in Rajya SabhaThe Bill seeks to replace an ordinance. The first ordinance was promulgated in January this year.
10 Dec, 2013, 04.41 PM IST
Delhi High Court rejects AAP candidate's plea on pollsHC dismissed the plea seeking a direction to the Election Comission to allow him to contest Delhi assembly polls on Schedule Caste certific...
28 Nov, 2013, 08.05 PM IST
Ballot time: Five unusual things Election Comission has done recentlyIt’s a busy time for the Election Commission of India, which has its task cut out in managing the heat and dust of politics while conductin...
20 Nov, 2013, 04.36 AM IST
Popular hindi expression 'khooni panja' used figuratively: Narendra ModiModi said he has only exercised his right of free speech by criticising the policies and work of Congress and thus has not violated the Mod...
20 Nov, 2013, 04.11 AM IST
EC rejects 'absurd' Congress demand to hide lotus ponds in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh"Going by that argument, even handshakes should be banned as it could be interpreted as an act meant to disturb the level-playing field in ...
30 Oct, 2013, 12.48 PM IST
Court orders FIR against SP MLA for fake age proof to Election ComissionThe order was passed on an application of Sunil Tripathi, who had contested as an Independent candidate in the by-poll which was necessitat...
12 Oct, 2013, 03.21 PM IST
SC says freebies destroy appetite for elections, asks Election comission to frame guidelines on poll manifestosThe court directed the Election Commission to consult political parties and incorporate new clauses into its existing non-binding model cod...
06 Jul, 2013, 08.39 AM IST
- 40 per cent voting in Tripura till noon
Chief Minister Manik Sarkar cast his vote in the morning at a booth in Umakanta School in Ramnagar constituency.
14 Feb, 2013, 01.16 PM IST