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"Raids carried out without ECI permission, to create hype": Bhupesh Baghel
Updated : 1 year ago IST
"On one hand, they came here without the permission of ECI, and secondly, they brought the machine to create hype, they recovered only Rs 33 lakhs. They just want to defame me. They don't have anything else with them. I haven't received any summons. I am not running away. Whenever I go ou
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"Every voter should have a unique ID number": TMC delegation after meeting
Updated : 1 year ago IST
A delegation of the Trinamool Congress met Election Commission officials in Kolkata on Thursday regarding their complaints about the same Elector Photo Identity Card (EPIC) number. After the meeting, West Bengal Minister and Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim told the reporters that every voter sho
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ECI provides digital push for continuous capacity building of functionarie
Updated : 1 year ago IST
In line with CEC Gyanesh Kumar's vision and conviction to deploy technology to bring in system efficiencies in elections, it was decided that a unified IT architecture with a customised dashboard would be devised to facilitate different stakeholders.The single window platform would streamlin
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CEC Gyanesh Kumar directs officials to be responsive to political parties
Updated : 1 year ago IST
ECI in an official statement said that CEC and ECs Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi interacted with CEOs on a series of topics that will pave the way for improvements in election management in the country within the established legal framework.
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ECI clarifies having same Electors Photo Identity Card number doesn't mean
Updated : 1 year ago IST
"Irrespective of the EPIC number, any elector can cast a vote only at their designated polling station in their respective Constituency in their State/UT where they are enrolled in the electoral roll and nowhere else." ECI clarified in an official statement.
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"Constituency delimitation, a sword hanging over South India's head": MK S
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Stalin confirmed that invitations for the all-party meeting would be sent to the 40 political parties registered with the Election Commission of India (ECI) in Tamil Nadu.
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ECI to organise conference of Chief Electoral Officers of States & UTs
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Gyanesh Kumar called all State CEOs to brainstorm and learn from each other's experiences during a two-day conference at India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM) on March 4-5, 2025.
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Vivek Joshi assumes charge as Election Commissioner
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
According to an official release from the ECI, Dr Joshi is a 1989 batch officer of the Indian Administrative Service of the Haryana cadre.
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Former CEC Rajiv Kumar bids farewell to ECI, describes it as 'place of wor
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Rajiv Kumar said, "This building is the place of worship of democracy. Through great hard work, it has amassed heritage in the last 75 years. I am very hopeful that in the time to come, this will rise higher than where it stands today. This is going to very capable hands.
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Gyanesh Kumar appointed new Chief Election Commissioner, to succeed Rajiv
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has been appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner of India.
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ECI bids farewell to Rajiv Kumar, India's 25th Chief Election Commissioner
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday bid farewell to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India, Rajiv Kumar, who will be demitting the office on February 18.
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"If you delete data, how will truth come to light?": Pramod Tiwari welcome
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission of India to file its response on the pleas seeking verification of the burnt memory and symbol loading units in EVMs in compliance of its previous judgement.
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