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ECI bids farewell to Rajiv Kumar, India's 25th Chief Election Commissioner
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday bid farewell to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India, Rajiv Kumar, who will be demitting the office on February 18.
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Meeting to elect CEC should have been postponed as petitions pending in SC
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Congress said on Monday that the government should have postponed the meeting of the committee to select the next Chief Election Commissioner in view of the petitions pending before the Supreme Court.
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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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"Strict orders to ensure level-playing field": Chief Election Commissioner
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar praised the efforts of officials, security forces, and others for ensuring peaceful Delhi elections and emphasized strict action on any violations to maintain fairness in the process.
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Kejriwal targets Election Commission, accuses it of "surrendering to BJP"
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
"... Our revolutionaries were hanged so that there would be democracy in the country, elections would be fair. But the way the Election Commission has surrendered before the BJP today, it seems as if the Election Commission does not exist. This is raising a very big question. It is absolu
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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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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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