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CAPF must be deployed 15 days before polling day in WB: BJP writes to ECI
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 22 (ANI): As elections in West Bengal are inching closer, the state's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unit has written a letter to the Election Commission of India (ECI), urging that the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) must be deployed at least 15 days
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We are apolitical, says BSF on TMC's allegations of being used to threaten
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 21 (ANI): Border Security Force (BSF) on Thursday said the force was "apolitical" in response to allegations made by Trinamool Congress (TMC) that met a full bench of the Election Commission and claimed that the BSF was intimidating people in border are
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'Deploy Central Forces, people in fear in Bengal', Dilip Ghosh urges ECI
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 21 (ANI): West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh on Thursday urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to deploy Central Forces in the state at the earliest claiming there is a 'sense of fear' among people ahead of elections.
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Pak Election Commission sets new precedent, walks out of its own meeting o
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 21 (ANI): Setting a new low, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) scrutiny committee which is auditing Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) accounts related to foreign fundings on Wednesday walked out of its own meeting after questions were raised o
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Andhra Pradesh HC gives nod to conduct panchayat polls
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], January 21 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday directed the state government to hold gram panchayat elections in the state as per the schedule announced by State Election Commissioner.
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Pakistan's ECP issues notices to 19 political parties over scrutiny of fin
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 21 (ANI): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday issued notices to 19 political parties in the parliament regarding scrutiny of financial statements and funds.
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Full bench of Election Commission to visit West Bengal today
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora and Election Commissioners Sushil Chandra and Rajiv Kumar would arrive in poll-bound West Bengal to review election preparedness on Wednesday evening.
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Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury writes to EC, says TMC withheld municipal polls for
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 20 (ANI): Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday wrote to Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora saying that administration of municipalities and municipal corporations in West Bengal was being left to an administrator for two or more yea
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Election Commissioner of India Sunil Arora to visit Bengal from Jan 20
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): Election Commissioner of India Sunil Arora and other election officials will visit West Bengal from January 20 to January 22 to hold review meetings with stakeholders for conducting elections and assessing preparedness.
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Pak opposition rallies reach Islamabad to protest against foreign funding
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 19 (ANI): Separate rallies led by different constituent members of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM)--the opposition's 11-party alliance--have reached here to hold a protest outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) against an 'unacceptable delay' i
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Pakistan Election Commission suspends membership of 154 lawmakers over fai
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 18 (ANI): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday suspended the membership of 154 members of the country's Senate, national and provincial assemblies after they failed to submit statements of their assets and liabilities.
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Imran Khan a 'criminal': Nawaz Sharif questions Election Commission's negl
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 17 (ANI): Hitting out at Prime Minister Imran Khan for shifting the blame on the agents managing two US companies registered on his orders in the PTI foreign funding case, PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif called the former "a criminal" and questioned why the Election
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