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Chhattisgarh urban body elections to be held on Dec 21
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Nov 25 (ANI): Chhattisgarh urban body elections will be held on December 21 while the counting of votes will be on December 24, state Election Commission on Monday announced.
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Hong Kong elections record a high 71.2 pc voter turnout
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Nov 25 (ANI): Hong Kong voters turned out in unprecedented numbers for local elections on Sunday, with 71.2 per cent of the city's 4.1 million registered voters casting their ballots by the time the polls closed, the semi-autonomous region's Election Commission said, as cited by N
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Jharkhand assembly polls: Former Manipur Police DG appointed as special po
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Nov 23 (ANI): Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday appointed former Director-General of Manipur Police Mrinal Kanti Das as special police observer for the Jharkhand Assembly polls.
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Plea in Delhi HC seeks inspection of VVPAT slips used in 2019 LS elections
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 22 (ANI): A petition was filed in the Delhi High Court on Friday seeking directions to Election Commission (EC) to inspect voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) slips of electronic voting machine (EVM) machines used in 2019 General elections.
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Electoral bond scheme facilitates institutionalised corruption: Kapil Siba
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 22 (ANI): Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Friday attacked the ruling BJP and said they have institutionalised corruption by facilitating political funding through electoral bonds.
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US: Michael Bloomberg files paperwork for presidential run
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Nov 22 (ANI): Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg filed paperwork with US Federal Election Commission on Thursday to run for President as a Democrat in the 2020 elections.
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Imran Khan asks his party 'not to worry' in foreign funding case
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Nov 21 (ANI): After the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) ordered hearing of the foreign funding case against the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on a daily basis, Prime Minister Imran Khan assured his party leaders not to worry about the case.
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Jharkhand Assembly elections: EC team reviews poll preparedness in Ranchi
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], Nov 21 (ANI): The Election Commission team led by its chief Sunil Arora on Thursday reviewed poll preparations in Ranchi with the Chief Secretary, the Director-General of Police and other enforcement agencies of the state.
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Ordinance for indirect election of mayors promulgated in Tamil Nadu
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India] Nov 21 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Wednesday promulgated an ordinance for holding indirect elections to the post of mayors and chairpersons of municipalities in the state.
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Petition in SC seeks probe into Lok Sabha election results
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 20 (ANI): A petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking a direction to the Election Commission (EC) to investigate the 17th Lok Sabha election results for discrepancies.
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Karnataka: EC seizes 53 pressure cookers from poll-bound Hoskote
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], Nov 19 (ANI): A flying squad of the Election Commission has conducted a raid and seized 53 pressure cookers from a house in poll-bound Hoskote in Bangalore Rural district, officials said on Tuesday.
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US says it is ready to work with Sri Lanka's new President Gotabaya Rajapa
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Nov 19 (ANI): The US on Monday (local time) said it was ready to work with Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the new President of Sri Lanka and called on him to uphold Sri Lanka's commitments to security sector reform, accountability, respect for human rights, and non-recurrence
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