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LS polls to be held in 7 phases, first phase polling on April 11
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 10 (ANI): Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday announced the dates for the 17th Lok Sabha elections, which will be held in seven phases and the first phase of polling will take place on April 11.
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Punjab CM welcomes EC advisory on ‘shameful’ use of defence personnel pics
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Chandigarh, (Punjab), [India], March 10 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday welcomed the Election Commission directive against the use of pictures relating to defence personnel for election propaganda or campaigning while calling for an end to the politicisation
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RJD criticises BJP for politicising valour of soldiers, hails EC decision
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Patna (Bihar) [India], Mar 10 (ANI): Criticising BJP for politicising the valour of armed forces, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Sunday said the Election Commission of India (ECI) has done a right thing by asking political parties not to use the photograph of soldiers during the e
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Singhvi accuses BJP of using air strike for political gains, demands detai
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Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], Mar 10 (ANI): Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Sunday accused the BJP of using the last month's air strike for its own electoral benefits while asking the party to reveal the details of the exact number of terrorists killed.
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EC considers various factors before announcing poll dates: Ex-CEC
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New Delhi [India], Mar 10 (ANI): Former Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla on Sunday said the Election Commission (EC) determines various factors such as the number of poll phases, the strength of central forces needed and other arrangements, before announcing the poll dates.
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Election Commission press conference at 5 pm today
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India] Mar 10 (ANI): Amidst speculation about the announcement of Lok Sabha election schedule, the Election Commission of India is holding a press conference in the national capital on Sunday at 5 pm.
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EC directs politicos to avoid using photographs of defence personnel durin
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New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI): The Election Commission has asked all political parties and their candidates to avoid displaying photographs of defence personnel on posters used during pre-poll campaigning and for propaganda purpose in connection with the impending elections.
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BJP writes to ECI on data theft, irregularities in Andhra voters' list
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New Delhi [India], Mar 8 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday wrote a letter to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to register a complaint against the alleged electoral data theft, massive irregularities in electoral rolls, and electoral malpractices in Andhra Pradesh.
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SC refuses to entertain plea seeking linkage of Aadhaar card with voter ID
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New Delhi [India], Mar 8 (ANI): Ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections, the Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking direction to link Voter Identity cards with Aadhaar card to improve the electoral process..
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Naidu demands election commission to initiate prosecution in data theft ca
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Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Mar 7 (ANI): Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday said he has demanded the Election Commission to initiate prosecution in the data theft case after a complaint was received against TDP for allegedly using the people’s data illegally through ‘Sevami
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TDP complains to Andhra Election Commission over extensive applications fo
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Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Mar 5 (ANI): The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) ministers have complained to Chief Electoral Officer of Andhra Pradesh Gopal Krishna Dwivedi about the en masse applications for deletion of voters from electoral rolls.
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We have made EVMs a football, says CEC Sunil Arora
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Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Mar 5 (ANI): "We have made EVMs a football," said Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora on Tuesday while expressing disappointment over political parties raising questions on the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM).
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