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PIL moved in Delhi HC to ban Mehbooba Mufti, Farooq, Omar Abdullah from pa
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) moved in Delhi High Court on Monday sought direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to ban Jammu and Kashmir politicians Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti from participating in the ensuing Lok Sab
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Complaint filed against two channels for violating poll code
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Maharashtra [India], Apr 8 (ANI): Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) on Monday moved the state Election Commission demanding a ban on two television channels - Zee TV and 'AND TV' for violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) by promoting various schemes launched by Prime Minis
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Indian Polity, Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and 2019 General Lok Sabh
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 8(ANI/NewsVoir): The Election Commission developed India's own Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in partnership with two government-owned companies i.e. the Electronics Corporation of India (ECIL) and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) in the year 1989, which were u
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Congress urges Supreme Court to reconsider its order on EVM-VVPAT slips ma
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 8 (ANI): The Congress party on Monday urged the Supreme Court to reconsider its instruction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to increase the random verification of VVPAT slips from one polling station per Assembly seat to only five booths in the Lok Sabha p
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SC issues notice to EC in PIL seeking action against speeches on caste and
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Apr 8 (ANI): The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday issued a notice to Election Commission of India (ECI) on a PIL seeking strict action against political parties if their spokespersons and representatives deliver speeches and make remarks in media on religion and caste lines.
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Telangana Congress accuses KCR of misusing official residence, writes to E
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 8 (ANI): Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee has accused state Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao of misusing the official residence 'Pragathi Bhavan' and has written a letter to Telangana CEO Rajat Kumar in this regard.
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Congress accuses TV serial maker of 'pseudo-campaigning' for BJP, to appro
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 8 (ANI): Congress has blamed the makers of a TV serial of "pseudo-campaigning" for the Bharatiya Janata Party and will be approaching the Election Commission to lodge a complaint in the matter.
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EC writes to Revenue Dept on use of 'illicit money' for electoral purposes
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 8 (ANI): The Election Commission has written to the Department of Revenue (Ministry of Finance) regarding the use of illicit money for electoral purposes, less than a week ahead of the commencement of seven-phase in the country.
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Mayawati's election speech at Deoband under EC scanner
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 7 (ANI): The election speech of former chief minister Mayawati at Deoband on Sunday where she called upon Muslims to vote for SP-BSP alliance, and not for the Congress party, has come under the scanner of the Election Commission.
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ECI justifies transfer of four senior police officials in West Bengal
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Apr 7 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday justified the transfer of four senior cops in the state, stating that the poll panel had already appointed a special observer to ensure free and fair Lok Sabha polls.
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Agreeable to delay in declaration of poll results: 21 Oppn parties to SC i
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): Twenty-one Opposition parties have submitted before the Supreme Court that they were agreeable to a delay of even five days in the declaration of the Lok Sabha poll results if the Election Commission (EC) approved their demand for verification of 50 per cen
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Cong removes lines in campaign song after ECI's objection
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Apr 7 (ANI): Ahead of the launch of Congress' campaign song for the Lok Sabha elections on Sunday, the party had to remove a couple of stanzas after the Election Commission of India (ECI) reportedly objected to the lines that explicitly referred to alleged "disturbed co
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