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Sunil Arora retires as CEC, supervised conduct of 2019 LS election, severa
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), April 12(ANI): Sunil Arora, who demitted office on Monday after serving as Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) for over two years, supervised the conduct of 2019 Lok Sabha elections and also several state elections during his tenure.
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Sushil Chandra appointed new Chief Election Commissioner
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], 12 April (ANI): Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra was on Monday appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner. He replaces Sunil Arora who has retired.
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NHRC issues notice on election process flouting Covid guidelines
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought for an Action Taken Report (ATR) from the Chief Election Commissioner and the Union Home Secretary over alleged Covid guidelines violation, while the electoral process is still going on in several St
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EVM in BJP candidate's car: CPI MP says incident brought autonomy of EC in
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): CPI MP Binoy Viswam wrote to the Chief Election Commissioner over the controversial incident involving an election official with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) who was found travelling in the vehicle of the BJP party member who is also contesting the elec
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Imran-led government demands resignation of chief election commissioner, w
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 16 (ANI): After a drubbing by the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) alliance in the recent Senate polls, the Imran Khan-led government on Monday has called for the resignation of the chief election commissioner and the reconstitution of the Election Commission o
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Election commission files FIR against fake news about EVM hacking
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 11 (ANI): Taking stern action against fake news, the Election Commission (EC) of India on Thursday lodged an FIR against the fake news about EVM hacking attributed to Former Chief Election Commissioner of India TS Krishnamurthy circulated over the internet.
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Assembly Elections 2021: 18.68 crore electors to choose 824 MLAs in 4 stat
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 26 (ANI): A total of 824 assembly constituencies shall be going for polls in four states--Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Assam-- and the Union Territory of Puducherry, said Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora on Friday.
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Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council urges EC not to conduct Assembly polls be
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], February 17 (ANI): The Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council (KCBC) has written a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora urging him to not conduct the Assembly polls in Kerala from April 1 to April 6, citing important holy days of Christians.
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Elections will be held at same time in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Puducherry/Tamil Nadu [India], February 12 (ANI): Ahead of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry Legislative Assembly elections, Chief Election Commissioner of India (CEC) Sunil Arora on Friday said that the election will be held at the same time in both the states and the number of polling stations ha
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Nepal caretaker PM urges poll panel to expedite preparations for elections
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], February 9 (ANI): With growing rage against the dissolution of the lower house of Nepal Parliament, caretaker Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli met Chief Election Commissioner on Tuesday, urging him to expedite preparations for the elections slated for April 30 and May 10 this
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Electoral democracy dismantled hierarchies, unlocked vast potential of Ind
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): The electoral democracy initiated by the founding fathers of the Indian constitution dismantled the years of hierarchies and unlocked the vast potential of 'we the people', said Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora while speaking at the occasion
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BSF one of the 'finest forces', TMC's allegation 'unfortunate', says CEC S
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 22 (ANI): Referring to Trinamool Congress' (TMC) allegation that the Border Security Force (BSF) is coercing voters to favour one party, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Friday said the remark is 'unfortunate'.
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