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Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Anil Desai summoned by EOW in fund withdrawal compl
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Anil Desai has been summoned by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai police. He has to appear for questioning on March 5 with regard to the Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) allegation that the Uddhav Thackeray faction withdrew party funds even after the Election Commiss
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Imran Khan seeks to recuse Pak CJI from hearing cases related to him, his
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan is considering seeking the recusal of Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa from any bench hearing matters related to him or his party, after expressing mistrust in Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Aamir Farooq, The Express Tribu
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Election Commission warns political parties to follow model code of conduc
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Taking note of the various trends and cases of plummeting levels of political campaign discourse in recently held elections, the Election Commission of India has issued further advisory to all political parties to maintain decorum and utmost restraint in public campaigning and raise the l
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Pakistan Election Commission issues schedule for presidential polls
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
According to the ECP, the candidates for Pakistan's top constitutional office can submit nomination papers with the presiding officers in Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta by March 2 before 12 pm (local time).
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100 CAPFs positioned in Bengal from today; 820 more companies to be reloca
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Considering free, fair, and peaceful parliamentary elections in West Bengal, the Centre has deployed a total of 100 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) in the first phase of deployment, with 820 additional companies scheduled to be relocated in the state gradually in separate
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UP: Leaders of various political parties meet ECI; urges to ensure fair co
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Leaders from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Samajwadi Party (SP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Apna Dal, and Congress visited the ECI delegation to discuss various issues related to the upcoming polls.
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More than 16 lakh cases of duplication of voters in West Bengal, claims Su
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"We are submitting the documents and facts of false voters to the District Election Commission CEO from 42 Lok Sabha constituencies. This sums up to 16,91,132 voters. This has resulted primarily due to double entry cases," Adhikari said as he presented the elaborate list along with all th
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States, UTs expected to comply with ECI guidelines on exemption of forest
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) held that the concerned authorities of states and Union Territories are expected to comply with the instructions and guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India regarding the exemption of forest officers forest vehicles and forest officers from ele
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ECI seeks clarification from Odisha govt, BJD for using 'conch' symbol in
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has sought clarification from the Chief Secretary of the Government of Odisha and the General Secretary of Biju Janta Dal (BJD) for using the "conch" symbol of the BJD, a recognized state party, in advertisements issued by the state government using pub
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Tehreek-i-Insaf seeks contempt proceedings against Election Commission of
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The applicants, citing Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, four ECP members, and the Sindh election commissioner as the alleged contemnors, asserted that the officials had not complied with the SHC order issued on February 13 concerning their election grievances
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Maharashtra: Police begin probe against Shiv Sena (UBT) after forgery comp
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
According to Mumbai Police, the probe was initiated against the Shiv Sena (UBT) faction after the Eknath Shinde-led party filed a complaint that the Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena) withdrew Rs 50 crores from the party fund even after the Election Commission declared the Shinde faction as the r
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Whip is not issued for Rajya Sabha elections, says Himachal LoP Jairam Tha
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"As the dates for Rajya Sabha polls are released and BJP has also announced its candidates, Congress is doing things that normally should not be done. The whip is not issued in the Rajya Sabha, this is a clear point from the Election Commission," Thakur said speaking to ANI on Monday.
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