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SC dismisses plea seeking direction to ECI
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 25 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition filed by lawyer and Bharatiya Janta Party leader Ashwini Upadhyay seeking a direction to political parties that they don’t setup candidates who have more than two children.
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Biennial election to Andhra, Telangana Legislative Councils to take place
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 25 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced that biennial election to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Legislative Councils and the by-election to Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council from Visakhapatnam Local Authorities’ Constituency will be held on March
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Lok Sabha 2019: EC team to visit Jammu and Kashmir in March to assess grou
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 24 (ANI): A team of the Election Commission of India (ECI) will tour the state of Jammu and Kashmir in the first week of March to assess the ground situation for holding the Lok Sabha in the state.
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SC asks EC's response to PIL seeking audit review of EVM, VVPAT
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 22 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday sought a detailed response from the Election Commission of India (ECI) to a plea seeking audit of the source code of voter-verified paper audit trails (VVPATs) and electronic voting machines (EVMs).
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EC officials demonstrate working of EVM, VVPAT machines
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 21 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday demonstrated the mechanism of EVM and VVPATs with the help of demo machines during an awareness program here.
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Odisha: High court judges given demo of EVM
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Feb 20 (ANI): Acting on a directive of the Election Commission of India (ECI), a demonstration-cum-mock poll on the functioning of EVM-VVPAT was conducted in the premises of the Orissa High Court on Tuesday.
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Sushil Chandra takes charge as new Election Commissioner
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 15 (ANI): Sushil Chandra on Friday took charge as the new Election Commissioner (EC) of India.
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Gautam Khaitan's bail plea order reserved by court for Feb 19
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 15 (ANI): A Delhi court on Friday reserved for February 19 its order on the bail plea of lawyer-businessman Gautam Khaitan, who was sent to judicial custody in a black money and money laundering case.
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Former wrestler Jagdish Bhola convicted by CBI in three drug cases
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Mohali (Punjab), [India], Feb 13 (ANI): Former Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of Punjab Police and international wrestler Jagdish Bhola was convicted in three drug cases by a CBI court here on Wednesday.
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DMK appeals ECI to save ‘deer’ of democracy from ‘hunter’ BJP
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Feb 10 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Sunday appealed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to use its Constitutional powers, and save the ‘deer’ of democracy from the ‘hunter’ BJP by holding by-polls in 21 assembly seats along with the coming Lok Sa
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Notice sent to ECI to frame guidelines for social media sites
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 9 (ANI): An NGO has sent a notice to the Election Commission of India (ECI) demanding it frame guidelines to regulate the functioning of online social media platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook, ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
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EC conducts mock polls to raise awareness in Chennai
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu), [India], Feb 9 (ANI): Ahead of the general elections, the Elections Commission of India on Saturday conducted mock polls in various parts of Chennai to raise awareness among people about voter-verified paper audit trails (VVPATs).
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