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Will look into demand of using ballot paper: CEC
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 19 (ANI): With the political parties demanding the use of Ballot papers instead of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in elections, Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat on Monday said it takes stakeholders views very seriously and will try to address the issues raised c
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Indian EVMs are unique in world: CEC Rawat
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India] March 19 (ANI): The Chief Election Commission Om Prakash Rawat on Monday said that the Indian Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are unique in the world.
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Pun elected Nepal vice Pres 'unopposed'
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Mar. 19 (ANI): Nanda Bahadur Pun has been re-elected as the Vice-President of Nepal for the second term unopposed.
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Will do 'satyagaraha' till life in my body: Anna Hazare
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India] March 16 (ANI): Gandhian Anna Hazare on Friday said his satyagraha (insistence on truth) will start from March 23 and it will continue till life will be in his body.
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UP Assembly adjourned over ban on media's entry to Gorakhpur counting cent
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 14 (ANI): Amid the counting of votes for the bypolls, the Uttar Pradesh Assembly was adjourned for 10 minutes on Wednesday, following ruckus over the issue of media being kept out of counting centre in Gorakhpur.
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RS polls: Incomplete nomination form filed by Congress candidate, says Goy
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 13 (ANI): Union Railway Minster Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said the Election Commission (EC) has been informed about the irregularities in the nomination forms of Congress Rajya Sabha candidate Naranbhai J. Rathwa and independent candidate P.K. Valera.
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Expert panel to select educational 'Institutions of Eminence'
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New Delhi [India] March 12 (ANI): An empowered expert committee has been constituted to select 'Institutions of Eminence' from the private and public teaching institutions.
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Voting in Charilam Assembly constituency begins
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Charilam (Tripura) [India], Mar. 12 (ANI): Voting in Tripura's Charilam Assembly constituency, which was deferred following the death of Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate Ramendra Narayan Debbarma, was conducted on Monday.
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First tranche of electoral bonds issued, says OP Rawat
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Mar. 11 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner O.P. Rawat on Saturday said the first tranche of electoral bonds has been issued, scheme for which was notified on January 2.
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NOTA secures 1.33 cr votes in last 5 years
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New Delhi [India] March 9 (ANI): The None of the Above (NOTA) option in elections has secured 1,33,09,577 (1.33 crore) votes in state assemblies and Lok Sabha elections combined in the last five years.
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Congress unit in AP demands action against BJP, TDP
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar.9 (ANI): Leaders of the Congress Party in Andhra Pradesh submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday, demanding appropriate action against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) for their failure to deliver on t
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Delhi HC to EC: Allot pressure cooker symbol to Dhinakaran
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 9 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to allot the 'pressure cooker' symbol to the sidelined All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader T.T.V. Dhinakaran.
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