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State EC prepares list of critical booths ahead of MCD Polls
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The State Election Commission has prepared a list of 3,356 critical booths at 492 locations ahead of civic polls in the national capital on the basis of inputs from Delhi Police and district election officers, officials said on Friday.
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Manish Sisodia alleges BJP conspiring to kill Kejriwal; Manoj Tiwari terms
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia on Friday alleged the Bharatiya Janata Party for conspiring to kill Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and said that he will submit a complaint regarding the same in the election commission besides a First Information Report.
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Kazakhstan seems to siding with China after Tokayev 's landslide win
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
After winning Kazakhstan's Sunday snap election, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is expected to strengthen its ties with China and Western powers as Russia's invasion of Ukraine erodes Moscow's clout over former Soviet states in Central Asia.
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MCD elections: State poll panel bars publication of exit polls
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The state poll panel further notified that "between 0800 hrs of December 4, 2022 till 1730 hrs of December 5, 2022, as the period during which conducting of any Exit Poll and publishing or publicising by means of the print or electronic media & dissemination in any other manner whatsoeve
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Arun Goel's appointment as Election Commissioner was at lightning speed, S
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the Centre on the appointment of former IAS officer Arun Goel as the new Election Commissioner at a "lighting speed" saying the process was completed within 24 hours.
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Election Commission shouldn't be 'yes man' of government: SC
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice KM Joseph emphasised that the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and the Election Commissioners should be "procedure-based and transparent".
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Legal experts on appointment of serving bureaucrats in EC
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Legal experts said that appointments to constitutional posts is a fundamental principle of good governance after the Centre appointed bureaucrats as Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (EC).
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SC seeks files from Centre on appointment of Arun Goel as new Election Com
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Attorney General R Venkataramani, appearing for the Centre, objected to the mixing up of the appointment of Goel with the larger issue of the appointment of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (ECs) already being heard by the court.
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Sitaram Yechury demands independent panel for appointment of CEC, EC
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Yechury also welcomed the Supreme Court opinion that the CEC must be "apolitical" and beyond "influence".
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Fair, transparent mechanism required to appoint someone of strong characte
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The Supreme Court has said that the Constitution has vested enormous powers on the "fragile shoulder" of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and the two Election Commissioners (ECs) and stressed on the "fair and transparent mechanism" so that the "best man" is appointed as the CEC.
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AAP seeks State Election Commission's probe into alleged misuse of voter d
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
After NGO Chilume misused the voter data, Aam Admi Party urged the State Election Commission to conduct a probe into the irregularities. The AAP has urged State Election Commission to conduct a probe headed by the Chief Justice of the High Court.
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Road ahead for Imran Khan seems rough, full of potholes
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's open blame game against the military institutions and name-calling Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa for "illegitimately" ousting his government in April this year has crossed all "red-lines" and rendered him an 'enemy' of Rawalpindi.
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