Kerala police ask social media handles to takedown EC letter with BJP sealKerala Police has ordered social media platforms to remove posts featuring an Election Commission communication with a Bharatiya Janata Par...
24 Mar, 2026, 06.39 PM IST
The cat is out of bag: Mamata Banerjee over BJP rubber stamp on EC letter rowWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has alleged that a BJP rubber stamp on an Election Commission communication proves the party con...
24 Mar, 2026, 04.20 PM IST
Kerala polls: 1,202 candidates file nominations as deadline endsA total of 1,202 candidates submitted nominations for the Kerala Assembly elections. Monday marked the final day for filing. Polling across...
23 Mar, 2026, 10.02 PM IST
NCP vs NCP: Time may be running out for Sharad Pawar as Ajit gets clock symbolThe EC has handed over the NCP name and symbol to the Ajit Pawar faction based on the 'Test of Legislative Majority.' The faction was suppo...
07 Feb, 2024, 12.28 AM IST
Election Commission denies clearance to 6 Congress advertisementsThe party, while seeking a review of the decision, alleged that the poll body was acting under the Union government's pressure.
04 Apr, 2019, 08.00 PM IST
Ashish Kundra appointed new Mizoram chief electoral officerThe order came after some civil society groups in Mizoram demanded Shashank's ouster over a row on allowing Bru voters lodged in Tripura re...
15 Nov, 2018, 01.08 PM IST
Palghar bypoll: Maha CM submits 'original' audio clip to ECSpeaking to reporters at the BJP's Dadar office, Fadnavis said he had submitted the original audio clip to the EC and demanded action again...
27 May, 2018, 08.08 PM IST
Gujarat poll dates, bonds, funding in focus at Election Commission meetThe Modi government’s electoral bond scheme, which aims to bring transparency in political funding, is also learnt to have been panned at t...
22 May, 2018, 07.29 AM IST
Panneerselvam, Palaniswami faction bags ‘two leaves’Palaniswami played down murmurs of discontent in party ranks, saying it was a work of media which "magnified" it.
24 Nov, 2017, 12.00 AM IST
EC order on AIADMK symbol dispute will be challenged in SC: TTV DhinakaranDhinakaran, whose appointment as deputy general secretary was annulled by the unified AIADMK, said the EC order had mentioned about the Sad...
23 Nov, 2017, 07.51 PM IST
EC censures Arvind Kejriwal for communal riots remarks; issues fresh notice on bribe statementThe poll watchdog also issued him a fresh show cause notice for his repeated alleged statements that while people should accept bribe from ...
23 Jan, 2015, 10.29 PM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: After Baba Ramdev's 'honeymoon' remark, Election Commission issues fresh guidelinesThe EC directives referred to complaints being received that certain organisations were using their programmes for electioneering.
27 Apr, 2014, 12.30 AM IST
- Sub-quota row a closed chapter now: Salman Khurshid
In the eye of a storm over his Muslim sub-quota remarks and the subsequent face-off with the EC, Khurshid said the matter was a closed chap...
15 Feb, 2012, 10.50 AM IST
UP elections: Priyanka Gandhi backs Salman Khurshid's right to speechEveryone, she said, was free to voice his or her opinion during elections and so was the EC.
14 Feb, 2012, 12.33 PM IST
Muslim sub-quota: Salman Khurshid writes to EC, says he bows to wisdom of poll bodyLaw Minister Salman Khurshid has expressed regret, saying it was never his intention to transgress the law and undermine the poll code of c...
14 Feb, 2012, 12.13 PM IST
- Congress nudges Salman Khurshid to say sorry, but hints at EC's tied hands
Cong has demanded that the model code of conduct be given statutory status, indicating that Election Commission has limitations in punishin...
14 Feb, 2012, 06.33 AM IST
- EC defers decision on J&K assembly polls
Reported differences among the Election Commissioners today appeared to have stalled a decision on holding elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
14 Oct, 2008, 04.03 PM IST