Election Commission
- India
I-T officials carry out searches at JD(S)-linked cooperative bank in Karnataka
Hassan: Income Tax officials on Saturday conducted searches at the Hassan District Cooperative Central Bank, which has JD(S) leaders on its board, just days after the schedule for Assembly polls in Karnataka…
- India
Karnataka polls: EC to set up 40 ‘ethnic polling stations’ for PVTGs
New Delhi: In a bid to ensure participative election in Karnataka, the Election Commission will set up 40 ‘ethnic polling stations’ for particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs). Polls in the state will…
- India
EC manages to find new excuses to delay J-K polls: Omar Abdullah
Srinagar: The Election Commission seems to be in no hurry to conduct the assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir and manages to find “new excuses to delay” the elections, National Conference vice president…
- India
Govt is examining SC order on appointment of ECs, CEC: Kiren Rijiju
New Delhi: Responding to a question asked by a Congress MP whether the Government has any plans to enact a law for the appointment of Election Commissioners (ECs) and the Chief Election…
- India
Election Commission team to visit Assam for delimitation discussions
Guwahati: The Election Commission will meet a variety of stakeholders, including political parties and civil society, and hold discussions before the delimitation exercise of constituencies in Assam, an official statement said on…
- India
SC order on EC appointments: Rijiju invokes ‘Lakshman Rekha’
New Delhi: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday invoked the constitutional “Lakshman Rekha” guiding different institutions, including the executive and the judiciary, and wondered if judges become part of administrative appointments, who…
- Kashmir
Abdullah-led delegation of Oppn leaders meets CEC
New Delhi: Veteran politician from Jammu and Kashmir and Lok Sabha member Farooq Abdullah led a delegation of leaders from Opposition parties to meet the Election Commission (EC) to press for early…
- India
Passed ‘well-reasoned order’: EC to SC on Shiv Sena symbol row
New Delhi: The Election Commission has told the Supreme Court it has passed a “well-reasoned” order, in a quasi-judicial capacity, allotting the name and party symbol of the Shiv Sena to Eknath…
- India
Election Commission completely compromised: Aaditya Thackeray
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Sunday alleged the Election Commission is “completely compromised” and said its decision to recognise the faction led by Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde as…
- India
EC a slave of those in power; it can never take away Shiv Sena from me: Uddhav
Khed: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday targetted the Election Commission over allotting the party’s name and symbol to the rebel faction and termed the poll body a “slave” of…
- India
Meghalaya polls: NPP emerges single-largest party with 26 seats
Shillong: The ruling National People’s Party (NPP) in Meghalaya emerged as the single-largest party in the state on Thursday, clinching 26 seats out of the 59 constituencies that went to polls on…
- Telangana
Telangana legislative council biennial election on March 23
Hyderabad: Telangana State Legislative Council has announced the biennial elections will take place on March 23 to fill up three Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) seats. Polling will be conducted from…
- Bangalore
Names of many Muslim voters in a Bengaluru constituency removed
Bengaluru: Names of 9,159 Muslim voters in the Shivajinagar constituency in Bengaluru have been removed from the voters’ list. This removal is done based on a complaint filed by a private agency…
- India
Shiv Sena row: Shinde faction now focusd on ‘ownership’ of Shiv Sena Bhavan, ‘Saamana’
Mumbai: With the Election Commission (EC) recognising Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s faction as the real Shiv Sena, it remains to be seen whether his group also stakes claim to the party…
- India
In slip of tongue, CM Shinde says he has informed election commission about MPSC students demand
Mumbai: In a mix-up that perhaps showed what is on his mind, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday said his government had asked the “Election Commission” to defer the implementation of…
