Postal voting for govt staff, police and journalists to conclude today in Thoothukudi ahead of Tamil Nadu pollsPostal voting for government employees, police, fire and rescue staff, and accredited journalists on election duty in Thoothukudi district ...
19 Apr, 2026, 02.56 PM IST
Assam Assembly Eelctions: Opposition flags 'serious lapses' in securing strongrooms post April 9 pollsAssam's Opposition Leader Debabrata Saikia has written to the Election Commission. He alleges serious breaches in strongroom security for e...
15 Apr, 2026, 12.49 PM IST
ECI bans all campaigning, opinion polls, and voter outreach during 48-hour silence periodThe Election Commission of India has announced the Silent Period for the Assam Legislative Assembly elections, commencing April 7, 2026, at...
07 Apr, 2026, 09.30 AM IST
Why Noida authorities are busy removing 12,000 wall writings, posters, and banners?Authorities in Gautam Buddh Nagar district swiftly removed 11,682 defacements, including wall writings, posters, and banners, within 72 hou...
20 Mar, 2024, 11.40 AM IST
Election commission keeps tab on virtual rally expenditureThe ECI will soon issue guidelines to ensure that money spent towards virtual campaign is fully accounted for in the expenditure statements...
15 Jan, 2022, 07.32 AM IST
Assembly election 2022: The challenge for the Election Commission begins nowThe problem is always in enforcing the guidelines. The Disaster Management (DM) Act has been in force for a while, but we still have politi...
11 Jan, 2022, 12.00 AM IST
Rally permission will be cancelled if COVID-19 norms violated, warns Election CommissionHaving burnt its fingers in West Bengal elections where the enforcement of its Covid-19 guidelines was found wanting, the poll panel has no...
08 Jan, 2022, 11.28 PM IST
Investment in Myanmar port not in violation of US sanctions: Adani PortsIn notes to its first quarter results, APSEZ further said the port is expected to create stable jobs, promote private commercial trade, fac...
03 Aug, 2021, 09.57 PM IST
EC forms panel for identifying gaps, election lessonsThe committee will also take inputs from the state nodal officers of different divisions like police, expenditure, health authorities as we...
14 May, 2021, 07.27 AM IST
EC to set up 'core committee' to identify shortcomings during recently-held assembly pollsAccording to a statement issued on Thursday, the committee will also look into the need to strengthen the legal and regulatory framework to...
13 May, 2021, 09.32 PM IST
Had asked states, UTs in March to ensure COVID-appropriate behaviour in all gatherings: Centre to HCThe submission by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has come in response to a plea seeking to debar campaigners and candidates from campai...
01 May, 2021, 01.39 PM IST
EC frowns on political parties flouting Covid instructions; reminds them of penal action for violationsTaking a “serious view of the laxity on the part of political parties and candidates in terms of maintaining crowd discipline”, the ECI sou...
21 Oct, 2020, 08.46 PM IST
EC notice: AIADMK replies, DMK seeks more timeThe EC had issued show cause notices to Jayalalithaa and Karunanidhi for violating model code, saying their parties' election manifestos di...
15 May, 2016, 08.33 PM IST
Election Commission issues show cause notices to Jayalalithaa and KarunanidhiThe two notices, which has virtually similar wordings say that prima facie the manifestos of the two parties "have not substantially fulfil...
14 May, 2016, 10.59 PM IST
Re-frame guidelines to review weapons licences during polls:HCThe Bombay High Court has asked the Maharashtra Government to re-frame the guidelines to review cases of licence weapons holders.
19 Aug, 2014, 11.26 AM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: DGCA issues dos and don'ts list to pilotsIn a dos and don'ts list, DGCA said that the operators may face penal action if their pilots do not adhere to safety guidelines while flyin...
27 Mar, 2014, 12.39 PM IST
DGCA comes up with guidelines for jet operators flying VIPsWith growing number of private charters, DGCA today came out with a list of do's and don'ts for business jet operators.
24 Mar, 2014, 06.28 PM IST