BJP calls Sanjay Raut 'joker of Indian politics' over Trump post on Bengal pollsThe Bharatiya Janata Party has labeled Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut the "joker of Indian politics." Raut questioned reports of US Pre...
08 May, 2026, 02.12 PM IST
Opposition parties back Mamata Banerjee; her decision not to quit a protest against Centre & EC, says Sanjay RautSanjay Raut and NCP (SP) back Mamata Banerjee's decision not to resign as West Bengal Chief Minister. They allege democratic processes were...
06 May, 2026, 07.30 PM IST
'Out of 20 seats with highest voter deletions, TMC won 13': Jaiveer Shergill slams Opposition for criticising ECIBharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill questioned opposition parties' claims of electoral malpractice. He highlighted their a...
05 May, 2026, 11.02 AM IST
West Bengal elections: Ruckus outside counting centre in Mamata's constituency, TMC claims entry of car with BJP flagWest Bengal Assembly Elections 2026: TMC workers in Bhabanipur alleged BJP cars entered the EVM strongroom. This incident follows Chief Min...
03 May, 2026, 02.29 PM IST
SC ruling on counting staff for Bengal polls crumbled TMC's bid to seize power unfairly: BJPThe Supreme Court has upheld a Calcutta High Court decision regarding the deployment of Central government employees for vote counting in W...
02 May, 2026, 03.19 PM IST
EC decides to keep 500 CAPF companies deployed in Bengal post pollCentral forces will remain in West Bengal after vote counting on May 4. This decision follows past post-poll violence. Additionally, 200 co...
03 Apr, 2026, 03.11 PM IST
Delimitation commission to visit Jammu and Kashmir between July 6-9"The commission expects that all stakeholders will cooperate in this endeavour and provide valuable suggestions so that the task of delimit...
30 Jun, 2021, 02.49 PM IST
Election Commission orders FIR over celebratory congregations in anticipation of poll victory"The ECI has directed CS (chief secretaries) of all five states to file FIR in each such case, suspend the SHO of the concerned police stat...
02 May, 2021, 02.11 PM IST
Ending speculation, EC says no plan to club last 3 phases of Bengal pollsSince this morning, there has been speculation in the media that the last three phases of the assembly elections on April 22, 26 and 29 cou...
15 Apr, 2021, 08.55 PM IST
Election Commission to announce schedule of holding bypolls at "appropriate time"The announcement came after the poll panel decided to defer eight bypolls -- seven assembly and one Lok Sabha seat -- citing floods and the...
24 Jul, 2020, 03.06 PM IST
EC appoints Vinod Zutshi as special general observer for Delhi polls: OfficialThe commission has been assured that all required arrangements are in place for conducting free, fair and peaceful elections in the nationa...
06 Feb, 2020, 10.59 PM IST
Ahead of Delhi polls, EC says its nod isn't required for govt to announce Ram temple trustResponding to questions on whether the government required a clearance from the poll panel to announce the trust as the model code was in p...
05 Feb, 2020, 06.32 PM IST
EC rejects Sena's claim on faulty EVMs leading to loss of its candidate in Palghar bypollAn EC spokesperson said the election process for Palghar constituency has been completed and the returning officer there has rejected a ple...
31 May, 2018, 09.15 PM IST
Gujarat RS polls: EC seeks report from state; orders security for MLAsAn EC spokesperson said the Gujarat Chief Secretary has been asked to furnish a report to the poll panel in this context by the evening (5 ...
29 Jul, 2017, 11.08 PM IST
Election Commission disqualifies Madhya Pradesh minister Narottam MishraAn EC spokesperson confirmed that Mishra had been disqualified for three years from Saturday. His election from the Datia assembly constitu...
24 Jun, 2017, 10.26 PM IST
EC disqualifies MP minister Narottam Mishra for 3 yearsCongress had alleged that Mishra, a close aide of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, had not filed certain details in his election expen...
24 Jun, 2017, 01.25 PM IST
Election Commission cancels Rajya Sabha elections to avoid clash with presidential pollsA brief statement from the EC said it had decided to “withdraw“ the press note of May 16 announcing the elections to RS seats from Goa, Guj...
23 May, 2017, 11.31 AM IST