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Delhi CEO asks police to file FIR against BJP candidate Kapil Mishra
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 24 (ANI): The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Delhi on Friday asked the police to file an FIR against BJP leader Kapil Mishra for his tweet where he termed the Assembly elections in the national capital as a contest between 'India and Pakistan.'
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Elections are indispensable root of democracy, says CEC Arora
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 24 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said here on Friday that democracy has proven to be the most enduring political system and elections are the indispensable root of democracy. He took over as Chairperson of the Forum of the Election Management Bodies
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EC asks Twitter to remove Kapil Mishra's 'India vs Pak' tweet
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 24 (ANI): The Election Commission has asked Twitter to remove BJP leader Kapil Mishra's post on Twitter regarding Assembly elections after Delhi Chief Electoral Officer's office requested the poll body to initiate the process of taking down the said tweet.
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SC directs Rajasthan EC to hold Panchayat elections by April 2020
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 24 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Rajasthan Election Commission to hold Panchayat elections in the state by April 2020.
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Spoke truth, I stand by my statement: Kapil Mishra on EC notice over 'Indi
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 24 (ANI): After Delhi Election Commission's returning officer issued a notice to Kapil Mishra over his tweet calling Delhi Assembly election as India vs Pakistan clash, the BJP candidate from Model Town said that he finds nothing wrong in his statement and stands by it
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Poll body notice to Kapil Mishra over his 'India vs Pak' tweet on Delhi po
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 24 (ANI): Delhi Election Commission's returning officer on Friday issued a notice to BJP leader Kapil Mishra over his tweet in which he termed Delhi assembly elections as an India vs Pakistan clash.
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ECI seeks report from Delhi CEO over Kapil Mishra's India-Pak remark on De
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 24 (ANI): The Election Commission of India has sought a report from Delhi Chief Electoral Officer on BJP leader Kapil Mishra's tweet on Delhi assembly elections in which he has likened these polls with India vs Pakistan reference.
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ECI to host 10th annunal meeting of FEMBoSA on Jan 24 in Delhi
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 24 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) will be hosting the 10th annual meeting of the Forum of the Election Management Bodies of South Asia (FEMBoSA) in New Delhi on January 24 and take over as chair of FEMBoSA for 2020.
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ECI pays tribute to India's first Chief Election Commissioner Sukumar Sen
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 23 (ANI): As a tribute to India's first Chief Election Commissioner Sukumar Sen, the Election Commission of India organised the first Sukumar Sen memorial lecture here on Thursday.
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Youth's belief in Constitution is heartening to see, says Pranab Mukherjee
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 23 (ANI): Amid the ongoing protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), former President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said that it was "heartening" to see the belief of the country's youth in the Constitution.
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ECI to host meeting of election management bodies of South Asia
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 23 (ANI): The Election Commission of India will host the 10th annual meeting of the Forum of the Election Management Bodies of South Asia (FEMBoSA) here and take over as chair of the organisation for 2020.
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AAP writes to Election Commission seeking cancellation of Kapil Mishra's c
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 22 (ANI): The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday wrote to the Election Commission alleging "wrongful acceptance of nomination forms of BJP candidate Kapil Mishra from Model Town constituency" and demanded cancellation of his candidature.
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