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AP CM replies to EC notice, says his comments `slip of tongue`

Reddy has clarified in response to EC`S notice,that it was a "slip of tongue" and not a deliberate a...

Maheshwar feast: Cong terms it as code violation

The Madhya Pradesh Congress has complained to the Chief Election Commissioner about a feast on May 2...

EC issues notice to Rao over religious remarks

EC has issued a notice to Rao for allegedly making religious remarks during the campaign for next mo...

EC notification on Prez poll by 2nd week of June

The process for Presidential poll will be set in motion by the second week of June when the Election...

Egypt candidates file appeals, charge vote fraud

Three top candidates in Egypt`s presidential race filed appeals to the election commission alleging ...

Cong`s bid to get YSRC candidates disqualified fall flat

Congress` game plan of getting the YSR Congress candidates disqualified from contesting by-elections...

Notification for UP urban local bodies poll issued

UP Election Commission issued notification for elections in all urban local bodies, excluding those ...

Election for K`taka Legislative Council on June 11

Election to 11 seats in the Karnataka Legislative Council will be held on June 11.

HC tells EC to give notice in newspapers about state elections

The Bombay High Court has directed the EC to issue a public notice in leading newspapers of Maharash...

Biennial polls for K`taka Legislative Council on June 10

The Election Commission has announced the schedule for biennial polls to fill six vacancies in Karna...

Goa govt not to induct Alina till bypoll: CM

Goa CM Manohar Parrikar announced that he had deferred the induction of Alina Saldanha into state ca...

EC advises Goa CM against Cabinet expansion

EC has asked Goa CM not to go ahead with proposed induction of the wife of former Tourism Minister M...

SC notice to EC, Centre on Swamy`s plea on EVMs

The SC sought the stands of the Centre and the EC on Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy`s plea to ...

EC notice to Goa govt for violating model code

Election Commission has issued a notice to Manohar Parrikar-led govt for violating model code of con...

SC okays EC probe against Ashok Chavan

Chavan had challenged the EC probe against him saying that the Commission had no power to probe his ...

SAARC ECs forge joint forum for cooperation

Election Commissions of SAARC nations on Wednesday set up a joint forum to promote mutual cooperatio...

EC lifts ban on liquor sale in Goa

Following demands from the tourism industry, the State Election Commission has exempted the municipa...

EC for use of technology in SAARC region

Heads of poll management bodies of SAARC countries got together in New Delhi to evolve ways to tackl...

Supreme Court rejects plea on election symbols

The SC upheld EC`s order setting criteria for the allocation of election symbols to the registered a...

Egypt disqualifies top Islamists, Mubarak VP from vote

The head of Egypt`s election commission says 10 presidential hopefuls, including the country`s ex-sp...

Quraishi writes to PM for speeding electoral refor

Upset over failure of successive governments to bring key electoral reforms, Chief Election Commissi...

30,000 cops to ensure peaceful Delhi civic polls

A total of 30,000 armed police personnel will be deployed during Sunday`s civic polls across 11,572 ...

BJP accuses state EC of ignoring its complaints

Delhi BJP accused the State Election Commission of ignoring its requests and complaints on issues re...

Paid news should be completely checked: CEC

CEC SY Quraishi called for a "complete check" on the menace of paid news during polls.

SK Agarwal is new UP Election Commissioner

The Uttar Pradesh government has appointed retired IAS officer Satish Kumar Agarwal as the new State...

EC honours brand ambassadors for high turnouts

Pop icon Remo Fernandez, mountaineer Bachendri Pal and environmentalist Sundar Lal Bahuguna were amo...

Retirement age for politicians not practical: CEC

Right to recall elected representatives and fixing retirement age for them are "not practical soluti...

Jharkhand HC orders probe into Rajya Sabha polls

The Election Commission countermanded the Rajya Sabha elections following seizure of Rs 2.15 crore f...

EC for CBI inquiry, court verdict a success: Quraishi

CEC SY Quraishi on Thursday hailed Jharkhand High Court decision to dismiss a plea challenging count...

EC serves show cause notice on Delhi Cong chief

State Election Commission served a show cause notice on Delhi Congress president JP Agarwal.

Advani lauds EC for scrapping Jharkhand RS polls

BJP leader LK Advani on Sunday praised the Election Commission`s "landmark" decision to cancel Jhark...

Advani lauds EC for scrapping Jharkhand RS poll

L K Advani said the move would go a long way in preventing moneybags with no political support from...

Over 2500 candidates left in fray for MCD polls

Over 2,500 candidates were left in the fray for the Delhi Municipal polls on April 15 as the withd...

Opposition demands CBI probe into horse trading

Speaker CP Singh adjourned the house till 2 pm after his request to the members to allow the questio...

Jharkhand RS polls: ‘Election process seriously vitiated’

The EC on Friday night countermanded the RS polls in Jharkhand in the wake of allegations of horse t...

Money seized from RS candidate`s brother

Over Rs 2 crore was on Friday seized allegedly from a car owned by the younger brother of an indepen...

MCD polls: 51 BSP candidates` nomination rejected

Almost half of 114 BSP candidates cannot contest the upcoming municipal polls here as their nominat...

Jharkhand deputy CM urges EC to start counting

Jharkhand Deputy Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday appealed the Election Commission to allow cou...

RS polls: EC stops counting of votes in Jharkhand

The Election Commission on Friday ordered stopping of counting of votes for Rajya Sabha elections in...

MCD polls: Around 2600 candidates file nominations

Close to 2,600 candidates have filed nominations for the Delhi municipal polls slated next month.

Make bribing of voters a cognisable offence: EC

The Election Commission has suggested to the government to make bribing of voters, in cash or kind...

Fresh controversy over poll code issue

A fresh controversy broke out over reports that powers of the EC are being curtailed but it was dubb...

`Dikshit`s photo on EC site a model code violation

The display of CM Sheila Dikshit`s photo on State EC`s website kicked up a storm with Delhi Mayor Ra...

EC reprimands Cong MPs in Andhra Pradesh

The EC has held two Congress MPs and the party candidate from Andhra Pradesh`s Ghanpur Assembly seat...

EC’s nod to auditing norms for political parties

The Election Commission has given its nod to new auditing and accounting norms for political parties...

HC upholds EC decision on Hindu Mahasabha

Delhi HC upheld decision of EC not to recognise office bearers of Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM...

EC withdraws proposal of making IIDEM autonomous

EC decided to withdraw its proposal for setting up an autonomous body for imparting electoral traini...

Election Commission to give tips to Jordan

Chief Electoral Officer Uttar Pradesh Umesh Sinha flew to Jordan late Friday night to participate in...

EC discusses Beni Prasad Verma issue

Initiating a probe into poll code violation by Beni Prasad Verma by his remarks on Muslim subquota, ...

‘EC withdraws proposal for independent training bo

Quraishi had written to the Prime Minister after Khurshid made his controversial remarks.

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