Telangana SIR: AIMIM chief Owaisi claims BLOs refusing enumeration forms on Aug 9-10, seeks ECI interventionAsaduddin Owaisi urged election officials to address complaints about enumeration form rejections. He highlighted that Booth Level Officers...
09 Aug, 2026, 09.14 AM IST
Quote of the day by Angela Merkel: "What does freedom mean to me? This question has occupied me my entire life... Freedom is for me not to..." — Inspiring life lessons on continuous learning, personal growth, leadership, self-discovery, purpose, and how pushing your boundaries unlocks lifelong autonomy by the former German ChancellorToday's Quote of the Day by Angela Merkel: Angela Merkel’s quote on freedom defines true liberty not merely as the absence of external poli...
05 Aug, 2026, 11.30 PM IST
Arunachal Pradesh Cabinet approves Rs 7,834 crore for 4 major schemes; 20% reservation for retired Agniveers in state policeArunachal Pradesh's Cabinet approved Rs 7,834 crore for four comprehensive schemes. This investment will improve roads and rural connectivi...
18 Jul, 2026, 10.21 AM IST
ETMarkets Smart Talk | India’s indirect AI play could create wealth in power, data centres and capital goods: Hiren VedIndia's AI boom offers indirect opportunities in infrastructure and power sectors. Foreign institutional investors are shifting allocations...
18 Jul, 2026, 09.38 AM IST
SIR drive begins in Telangana, 36,000 BLOs set to knock on doorsTelangana has launched a comprehensive house-to-house enumeration for electoral rolls, involving 36,000 Booth Level Officers until July 24....
25 Jun, 2026, 11.52 AM IST
Maharashtra polls: Seizures amount to Rs 660 crore, 8,668 C-Vigil app complaints resolvedMaharashtra witnessed the seizure of over Rs 660 crore worth of illicit items, including cash and alcohol, during the assembly election enf...
19 Nov, 2024, 10.42 PM IST
Security agencies asked to maintain strict vigil along international borders during Mizoram assembly elections: CEC Rajiv KumarThe Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of Mizoram has instructed security agencies to be vigilant during the upcoming assembly elections. Th...
30 Aug, 2023, 08.20 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
Karnataka polls: EC pushes for greater vigil at inter-state border to prevent entry of cash, drugsThe Election Commission, led by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, held a virtual meet with top officials of Karnataka, its neighbour...
01 May, 2023, 08.03 PM IST
EC makes it mandatory for political parties and candidates to publish criminal antecedents at least three timesElection Commission has made it mandatory for all political parties and candidates to publish criminal antecedents of their candidates at l...
12 Jan, 2023, 10.05 PM IST
cVIGIL a fledgeling app or solution for fair polls?Established a day before the Constitution was adopted in 1950, the ECI has come a long way in fulfilling its mandate to conduct free, fair ...
15 May, 2021, 07.57 AM IST
Poll code violated? BBMP App will spot itThe ECI, which announced cVIGIL (citizens vigil) in July 2018, is making it a key source of information for mode code violations.
12 Feb, 2019, 11.01 AM IST
No information on corruption cases against Sheila Dikshit: Anti-Corruption BranchReplying to an RTI query, the Delhi Government has stated that only one complaint was received from a Ludhiana-based resident against her.
23 Sep, 2015, 02.37 PM IST
UP police to deploy 10 PAC companies during Delhi pollsDGP Arvind Kumar has specifically directed officers in Ghaziabad, Noida and Greater Noida to keep special vigil in the NCR.
04 Feb, 2015, 03.37 PM IST
Election Commission to keep strict vigil against misuse of money during pollsThe Election Commission has put in place an expenditure monitoring mechanism for curbing misuse of money power during general elections.
22 Feb, 2014, 09.38 PM IST
- ECI sets Rs 16 lakh limit to candidates for expenses in Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls
Election Commission has prescribed Rs 16 lakh as the limit of expenses per candidate during the forthcoming Madhya Pradesh Assembly electio...
03 Sep, 2013, 03.54 PM IST
- Cash-for-vote scam: CBI searches residences of five MLAs
CBI today carried out searches at the residences of five MLAs of Jharkhand after registering a case into the alleged cash-for-vote scam.
21 Feb, 2013, 05.01 PM IST