The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the legislation on the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners, while the Opposition walked out of the proceedings after markings its objection to the proposed law.
Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Tuesday said that the functioning of the Election Commission is impartial and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government is committed to maintaining the impartiality of all the institutions.
Opposition members in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday said that the bill to regulate the appointment, conditions of service and term of office of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners if passed, would lower the status of the CEC and ECs.
Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill to regulate the appointment and service terms of Chief Election Commissioner and election commissioners, with the opposition members strongly protesting against its provisions and staging a walkout
State Election Commissioner Alok Kumar said that the last date for filing nominations has been fixed for December 21 and scrutiny of applications will be done on December 22.
While moving the bill, Meghwal said three to four important issues are here in the bill, which include salary and regulation of appointments, among others.
Singapore High Commissioner to India, Simon Wong shared some pictures from the Hornbill festival in the state of Nagaland and praised the diversity of India.
After the national president of Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena, Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Jaipur on Tuesday, Jaipur Commissioner of Police, Biju George Joseph, said that two shooters along with the one who was providing logistical assistance has been
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) confirmed that there is no apparent possibility of delay in the conduct of elections, according to The News International.
The Commissionerate police, Bhubaneswar on Saturday handed over the looted bikes and mobile phones to their actual owners. As many as 27 vehicles and 81 mobile phones were returned today by the police.
Jaipur Police have arrested Ramveer Singh, a resident of Mahendragarh, Haryana in the murder of Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena chief Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi.