More than 11,000 poll-related seizure FIRs registered in Andhra PradeshIn Andhra Pradesh, the Election Commission oversaw the registration of 11,249 seizure FIRs, amounting to Rs 483 crore in cash, liquor, drug...
03 Jun, 2024, 10.10 PM IST
Rs 141 crore worth poll inducements seized in Andhra Pradesh so far: CEOAndhra Pradesh has seen record-breaking seizures of Rs 141 crore since the poll schedule announcement, doubling the value from the 2019 ele...
23 Apr, 2024, 07.07 PM IST
Higher cash seizures being recorded by I-T dept every assembly polls: CBDTCash seizures during assembly elections have substantially increased, according to CBDT Chairman Nitin Gupta. The Income-tax department is ...
04 Feb, 2024, 02.45 PM IST
Telangana polls: Election related seizures crosses Rs 100 croreFrom October 9 (when the schedule for the Telangana Assembly elections was announced) till October 16, the total cumulative seizures by law...
17 Oct, 2023, 05.22 PM IST
Pre-poll bribes swell 7 times since 2018 assembly electionsWith polls due in less than a month, the election office is reporting higher seizures of cash and goodies by the day, the value of which cr...
13 Apr, 2023, 12.06 AM IST
Election Commission reviews poll preparedness in AssamArora directed all the officials to ensure that elections in the state were conducted in a peaceful, free and fair and safe manner with hig...
23 Mar, 2021, 12.35 AM IST
Assam breaks all records in poll seizures, Rs 18cr worth items caught so farSince the Model Code of Conduct came into force, the agencies have seized an overall Rs 18.31 crore worth of items till Monday, according t...
09 Mar, 2021, 02.52 PM IST
Karnataka on election high, ranks second in seizure of liquorData provided by the Election Commission indicates liquor worth Rs 33.59 crore was seized in the state as on April 8.
10 Apr, 2019, 11.03 AM IST
Tight vigil being maintained, Rs 127 crore in cash seized: Election CommissionWhile Gujarat recorded the maximum seizure of such inducements at Rs 509 crore, seizure in Tamil Nadu was pegged at Rs 208.55 crore.
04 Apr, 2019, 09.08 PM IST
Polls: EC teams seize over Rs 1,400 cr worth cash, liquor and drugs from statesThis was followed by seizure of illegal inducements, suspected to have been routed and used to bribe voters, from Tamil Nadu at Rs 208.55 c...
01 Apr, 2019, 10.19 PM IST
Demonetisation was ineffective in checking black money: Former CEC OP RawatTwo days after his retirement, Rawat said note ban didn’t reduce the use of misuse of black money in elections
03 Dec, 2018, 01.33 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh to have over 11,000 fresh polling booths; max among poll-bound statesIn 2013, the total polling booths in the state were about 53,000.
22 Nov, 2018, 05.34 PM IST
Karnataka among top 3 states in poll sop seizuresTwenty-one states have gone to polls since the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and Karnataka — the 22nd — is already among the top three states where ...
05 May, 2018, 07.16 AM IST
Whichever way it swings, EC the real winner in BiharProperty worth Rs 9.52 lakh was damaged this time in incidents of violence related to campaigning or political rivalry.
08 Nov, 2015, 09.33 AM IST
Election Commission crackdowns on illegal fund movement in poll-bound BiharNine illegal arms manufacturing units were also busted in a raids conducted throughout the day by the watchdog, an EC official said.
12 Sep, 2015, 08.33 PM IST
Andhra tops list of cash and booze seizures during pollsLiquor seizures in Andhra Pradesh almost doubled over the last 12 days, from 77.7 lakh litres on April 23 to 1.34 crore litres on May 5.
07 May, 2014, 12.03 PM IST
- Liquor seizures in Karnataka top Rs three crore
46,000 litres of liquor, including 330 boxes in Bagalkote district's Bilgi, total valued at Rs three crore, have been seized today.
24 Apr, 2013, 07.41 PM IST