Rajasthan by-elections: Over 9,000 security personnel to be deployed on polling dayOver 9,000 security personnel, including central armed police forces and Rajasthan Armed Constabulary, are being deployed to ensure free an...
10 Nov, 2024, 08.01 PM IST
Seizure this time 4.5 time more than last Karnataka assembly elections: EC"The recorded seizures in the state mark a significant 4.5 times increase as compared to the assembly election in 2018. Strict vigil, exten...
09 May, 2023, 01.59 PM IST
Over Rs 10 lakh unaccounted cash seized in poll-bound MeghalayaEast Jaintia Hills SP Jagpal Dhanoa said the "cash was seized from vehicles coming from neighbouring Assam on Friday" as the occupants of s...
22 Jan, 2023, 02.31 PM IST
Cash, liquor bribe to voters in five assembly polls at record high of Rs 1,000 crore, says ECAn Election Commission "progressive" report, which will get updated as the remaining phases of poll are conducted, said the maximum Rs 446....
16 Apr, 2021, 08.24 PM IST
Assembly election dates: Five states to go to polls beginning March 27, counting of votes on May 2Polling time has been uniformly increased in all states by one hour due to Covid-19 protocols, a practice which started with the Bihar elec...
01 Mar, 2021, 02.01 PM IST
Blackmoney, inducements worth over Rs 35 crore seized in Bihar; exceed 2015 poll figuresAs per data available till Monday, the Election Commission (EC) appointed expenditure monitoring teams have seized cash and other illegal i...
20 Oct, 2020, 08.32 PM IST
Intel: Rs 10,000 crore cash arriving in Tamil NaduThe poll panel has already designated all 40 LS seats in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, along with 70 other seats across the country, as "expen...
02 Apr, 2019, 10.48 AM IST
Election Commission to deploy more special expenditure observers, 120 sensitive seats identifiedThe maximum number of election expenditure observers are drawn from the Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax), while others belong to the IRS...
25 Mar, 2019, 08.39 PM IST
Cash flow in 110 Lok Sabha seats under EC watchThe Centre for Media Studies projects that over Rs 50,000 crore will be spent on LS polls this year.
18 Mar, 2019, 12.07 PM IST
Over 25% Assembly seats in Bihar 'black money sensitive': ECWhile 67 constituencies, over 25 per cent of the total 243, have been categorised as 'sensitive', 75 others have been marked as 'slightly s...
20 Jul, 2015, 09.33 PM IST
Jharkhand polls: About 35 per cent polling in first 4 hoursCM Hemant Soren, who is among the 208 candidates in the fray today, is contesting from Barhait and Dumka, a seat he had won in the 2009 pol...
20 Dec, 2014, 01.38 PM IST
Final phase polling begins in JharkhandPolling began in 16 constituencies with Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren contesting in two seats in the fifth and final round of elections for the...
20 Dec, 2014, 08.50 AM IST
Poll begins in 15 Jharkhand seats in 4th phaseBabulal Marandi, who has already contested in the third phase from Dhanwar, is among the 13 candidates in the fray from the Giridih seat th...
14 Dec, 2014, 08.48 AM IST
- Kandhamal bypoll: Election campaign to be videographed
To ensure a free and fair polling in the by-election to Kandhamal Lok Sabha seat, the EC has directed videography at all sensitive polling ...
30 Sep, 2014, 09.14 PM IST
Blackmoney in polls: 700 IRS officers to be deployed for vigilThe EC has asked the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) an the Central Board of Excise and Customs to finalise the names of suitable offi...
13 Mar, 2014, 04.18 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
Elecion Commission to announce poll schedule for Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh todayThe dates for the crucial assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh have been finalised and will be announced by the EC today.
03 Oct, 2012, 02.40 PM IST