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CEC to visit Lucknow, Imphal to check poll preparedness
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India] Sept 19 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner Syed Nasim Zaidi and Election Commissioners will review poll preparedness in Lucknow and Imphal ahead of Assembly elections
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All India Trinamool Congress granted national party status
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept.3 (ANI): The Election Commission has granted national party status to All India Trinamool Congress (TMC).
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TMC becomes seventh national party of India
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India] (ANI): The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday was accorded the status of a national party by the Election Commission after the party satisfied one of the conditions mentioned in the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968.
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Teachers should not be deployed for poll duty during exams: Allahabad HC
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh), Aug. 10 (ANI): The Allahabad High Court has ordered that teachers should not be deployed for poll duty during examinations. The court yesterday issued directions to the Election Commission in this regard.
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Sharif's disqualification case: EC asks parties to present proof on A
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad, Aug. 4 (ANI): The Pakistan Election Commission started hearing the four references filed by many political parties, seeking disqualification of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and asked them to produce documentary evidence on August 17.
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Election Commission to hear petitions seeking PM Sharif's disqualific
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad, July 30 (ANI): The Election Commission of Pakistan will hold a preliminary hearing of petitions seeking the disqualification of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and four of his relatives on August 3.
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SC issues notice to EC on plea seeking disqualification of convicted lawma
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 22 (ANI): The Supreme Court of India on Friday issued a notice to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to respond to a plea with regard to disqualifying convicted Members of Parliament and Members of State Assemblies/Legislators as per an earlier direction of the apex court
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Office of Profit case: 21 AAP MLAs to appear again before EC
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 21 (ANI): Twenty one Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs will today appear again before the Election Commission here in connection with an Office of Profit case.
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Parliamentary Secy row: BJP demands criminal proceedings against AAP
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 14 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday sought criminal proceedings against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for filing a false affidavit with the Election Commission in connection with the offices appointed to the newly recruited Parliamentary Secretaries.
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Owaisi accepts lapses on AIMIM's part in filing documents with Maha E
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad, July 13 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi had yesterday accepted the lapses on part of his party in filing the requisite documents with the state election commission, which led the latter to cancel AIMIM's registration as a politica
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BJP dubs AAP as synonym of 'misusing public money and corruption'
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 14 (ANI): With the Election Commission set to commence hearing of 21 AAP legislators who were made parliamentary secretaries and are facing charges in the Office of Profit case, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday said the Aam Aadmi Party had become synonymous with &
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Gurdas Maan selected icon for Punjab assembly elections
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 13 (ANI): The Election Commission of India on Wednesday selected famous Punjabi singer and actor Gurdas Maan as the state icon for the 2017 assembly polls.
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