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EC launches VVIP Programme ahead of Lok Sabha elections
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 8 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday launched a Voter Verification and Information Programme (VVIP) for verification of names, new registrations, changes in the voter details and corrections in the Voter Id Cards for the upcoming General Electio
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DMK urges EC to hold by-polls for 21 seats in TN along with LS polls
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 8 (ANI): A delegation headed by Rajya Sabha MP and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader Kanimozhi visited the Election Commission (EC) office here on Friday, urging the top electoral body to hold by-polls for 21 vacant assembly seats in Tamil Nadu simultaneously w
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Delhi voter list row: BJP urges EC to initiate action against AAP
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 8 (ANI): A delegation of BJP leaders met Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora on Friday and raised objections against AAP for falsely accusing the BJP of tampering with Delhi’s electoral rolls.
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Simultaneous elections 'desirable goals', says CEC Sunil Arora
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 8 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Thursday said that simultaneous elections are "desirable goals", but for that, the political system of the country will have to take steps to align the life of a state assembly with the life of Parliament.
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EC proposes to institute annual lecture in memory of 1st CEC
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 8 (ANI): Election Commission on Thursday proposed to institute annual lecture in memory of late Sukumar Sen, who was the first Chief Election Commissioner of India.
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Delhi HC dismisses plea seeking EC's supervision of parties' internal poll
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 6 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to conduct and supervise the internal polls of regional and national political parties.
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2019 polls: AAP fields Elvis Gomes from South Goa LS seat
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], Feb 06 (ANI): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced that Elvis Gomes will contest from the South Goa Lok Sabha seat in the upcoming general elections.
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Pak's former PM barred from leaving country
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Feb 6 (ANI): Pakistan's former Prime Minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani, has been barred from leaving the country due to the ongoing National Accountability Bureau (NAB) case against him.
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SC asks Election Commission to file reply on petition concerning EVM
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 4 (ANI): Supreme Court on Monday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to file its reply in four weeks and has fixed a date after six weeks for final disposal of a petition filed by a journalist, challenging the involvement of private players in checking EVMs
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Opposition parties visit EC, demand 50 per cent vote counting through pape
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 4 (ANI): Opposition parties led by Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday visited the Election Commission and requested the poll body to make mandatory the count of half of the votes of all electronic voting machines (EVMs) through paper trails.
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Kolkata episode echoes in Parliament, both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha not a
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi, Feb 4 (ANI) The face-off between the West Bengal government and the Centre echoed in Parliament which failed to function on Monday due to intense slogan-shouting and disruptions caused by various Opposition parties, particularly the Trinamool Congress.
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Farhan Akhtar flies to UK for launch of debut album ‘Echoes’
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai [Maharashtra], Feb 4 (ANI): Farhan Akhtar is all set to launch his debut album ‘Echoes’ and has flown to London, UK for it.
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