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Rahul Gandhi attends meeting for appointment of next CEC as Rajiv Kumar re
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Monday left the South Block after he attended a meeting for the appointment of the next Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India. The current CEC, Rajiv Kumar, is set to retire on February 18.
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Selection Committee to appoint new Chief Election Commissioner ahead of Ra
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The committee, composed of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, will deliberate on the appointment of the new CEC.
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AAP MP Raghav Chadha claims security personnel not allowing relievers to g
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Speaking to reporters, Chadha said, "...Both the reliever and the polling agent are given the status of polling agent. But such complaints are coming from many places in New Delhi assembly constituency. In almost half the booths, this complaint is coming that the reliever is not being all
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Rahul Gandhi questions CJI's exclusion from panel appointing Election Comm
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
"The rules have been changed. The Election Commissioner used to be chosen by the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition and the Chief Justice. The Chief Justice was removed from that committee. This is a question to the Prime Minister, why was the Chief Justice removed from the comm
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Punjab Vidhan Sabha's Press Committee complains "illegal detention" of jou
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
In its letter, the Committee claimed that the Delhi Police themselves were involved in misconduct.
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16th Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla passes away
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The Election Commission of India on Saturday observed mourning following the passing away of former Chief Election Commissioner Navin B. Chawla, who died today in New Delhi.
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"Rajiv Kumar wants a job post-retirement," Arvind Kejriwal attacks CEC on
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind launched on Thursday a scathing attack on the Election Commission after the poll body rejected his explanation to his with regard to his claim that Yamuna was deliberately poisoned.
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AAP's Atishi and Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann meet Chief Election Commissioner
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Addressing the media on the meeting, the CM said that discussions were made on the condition of the Yamuna water issue.
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"It is an act of water terrorism": Delhi CM Atishi writes to CEC
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Delhi Chief Minister Atishi writes to the Chief Election Commissioner, blaming Haryana for the increased ammonia levels in Yamuna and requesting an urgent meeting to discuss its impact on the Delhi elections.
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"A lot of discussions held on how poll bodies must conduct fair elections,
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
"A lot of discussion was held on technology - there are opportunities as well as challenges regarding social media, AI and cyber security. All of these were discussed. So, a Delhi declaration was signed...All election management bodies here decided to constitute a working group so that they
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Anti-pollution measures similar to GRAP needed to combat social media poll
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Friday highlighted the need for a clean social media space and said that the entire social media space is polluted. He added that if we have environmental pollution outside, equally serious social media pollution we have inside and that needs anti-p
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CEC Rajiv Kumar sounds caution against fake narratives, points to role of
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Sounding a note of caution against fake narratives which erode trust in electoral processes, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar has said that such narratives are typically timed at crucial junctures of the election process to target its very vitals.
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