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"Everyone how much harm attacking it causes to country": Kiren Rijiju on o
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday defended the Election Commission (EC) while responding to criticism from Congress and other opposition parties for repeatedly targeting the Election Commission over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls,
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Delhi: MCD bypoll records dismal 5.40% voter turnout at 9:30 am
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The bypolls for 12 vacant wards in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) recorded a voter turnout of 5.40 per cent till 9:30 am on Sunday, the State Election Commission, NCT of Delhi, said.
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"Spoke 55 mins, answered zero questions": Derek O'Brien slams Election Com
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the Election Commission of India, accusing it of dodging key questions raised by the TMC delegation during Friday's meeting on the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and daring the poll
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EC doubles remuneration of BLOs, introduces honorarium to EROs, AEROs for
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"The Commission has therefore, decided to double the annual remuneration for BLOs & also enhanced the remuneration of BLO Supervisors involved in the preparation and revision of electoral rolls," it said.
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43 Bangladeshi Muslim infiltrators arrested in Jalgaon for forging birth c
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Sharing a post on 'X', Kirit Somaiya shared the documents related to the incident along with the First Information Report mentioning the names of the 43 "Bangladeshi infiltrators". The BJP MP alleged that the court seal was stolen from the Executive Magistrate's office, and that the Execu
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Cyclone Ditwah: Indian Air Force to begin evacuation flights from Colombo
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Indian Air Force will begin evacuation flights from Colombo at 5 AM on Tuesday to bring stranded Indian passengers back home, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said on Saturday.
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CPI-M demands Election Commission stop "flawed" SIR process
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
CPI(M) in a statement said that the entire exercise is being conducted in a tearing hurry and poorly planned manner. "Booth Level Officers (BLOs) have been given impossible deadlines to complete the door-to-door verification. This haste has led to complaints in several places of BLOs camp
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Cyclone Ditwah: Indian Mission assists stranded passengers at Colombo Airp
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The High Commission of India in Colombo said it is providing support to Indian passengers stranded at Bandaranaike International Airport as severe air traffic disruptions continue to affect flights.
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MCD Bye-Elections: Enhanced transport, digital measure initiatives for smo
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The State Election Commission, NCT of Delhi, has initiated comprehensive transportation arrangements to ensure the smooth and timely movement of polling personnel, security forces, and voters for the Bye-Elections to 12 Wards of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).
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"Misleading and divisive": Sambit Patra slams SP chief Akhilesh, Jamiat ch
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
BJP leader and Lok Sabha MP Sambit Patra on Saturday criticised recent statements by Maulana Mahmud Madani, chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, and Akhilesh Yadav, calling them "divisive and misleading."
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"What is the hurry?": SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav alleges pressure on Election
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav alleged that employees of the Election Commission of India are being pressured to complete the SIR process, questioning, "What is the hurry?" He further claimed that people in West Bengal are also raising complaints about the process.
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BJP forms national coordination committee on SIR; panel to review BLO safe
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The committee has been formed amid the repeated instances of BLO deaths. The issue of BLO's health and safety has also gotten the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) locking horns, with each of them claiming that the other one is threatening and intimidating BLOs
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