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SC issues notice to Centre, ECI on PIL seeking direction to frame rules to
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre and Election Commission of India (ECI) on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction to frame rules for registration and regulation of political parties, in order to ensure secularism, transparency, and political justice. Read More
"Inciting statements should be avoided": Rajeev Ranjan Prasad on Durai Mur
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"...This is a constitutionally mandated process. Supreme Court has also accepted that this process comes under the purview of Election Commission of India. This has been undertaken in India very successfully. It will be undertaken in other states of the country too. Those who are making inci
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Complaint against Sonia Gandhi legally untenable, beyond jurisdiction, say
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Rouse Avenue Court on Thursday dismissed a criminal complaint against former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, holding that the plea was legally untenable, deficient in substance, and beyond the scope of its authority.
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"Nitish Kumar has become 'Bhishma Pitamah' of corruption": Tejashwi Yadav
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Calling Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as the "Bhishma Pitamah" of corruption, Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly Tejashwi Yadav said on Thursday that the public "will take revenge" in the upcoming elections for mismanaging the state, including for alleged increased crime, corrupti
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"SIR exercise will be carried out in Bengal": BJP leader Dilip Ghosh
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
However, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has not yet announced any dates for conducting the SIR in the Bengal, with Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar saying on August 17 that a decision will be taken on it.
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Hardeep Puri takes "balak budhi" jibe at Rahul Gandhi, says "imaginary cla
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
With opposition's candidate in Vice Presidential polls B Sudershan Reddy getting less than expected votes, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Puri on Wednesday hit out the Congress and other opposition parties over their repeated "vote chori" allegations against the BJP and
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EC holds meet of all CEOs to assess preparedness for rolling out nationwid
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
This was the third Conference of Chief Electoral Officers this year. The conference was inaugurated by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, in the presence of Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi.
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Madras HC dismisses PIL based on allegations by Rahul Gandhi; imposes pena
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Madras High Court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to clarify allegations of large-scale voter list manipulation in the 2024 General Elections.
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EC intensifies scrutiny of new political party applications to combat elec
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The decision comes after the Commission noticed several recent cases where applicants submitted "manipulated or false affidavits" in attempts to secure political party registration.
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"We will take 'vote chor, gaddi chhod' campaign forward across the entire
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In Bihar, the Congress party led the 16-day yatra, under the leadership of Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, aimed to highlight alleged 'vote chori' (vote theft) by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and alleged irregularities in the voter list by the Elec
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BJP's G Kishan Reddy slams Congress, saying, "They want to do politics on
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Union Minister G Kishan Reddy on Tuesday slammed the Congress party, saying that it neither believed in democracy nor the Parliament, the Supreme Court, the Election Commission, or the Army. He further stated that they (Congress) want to do politics on every issue.
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"RSS never speaks against the country": G Kishan Reddy defends NDA VP cand
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"He (CP Radhakrishnan) is an RSS man. What is there to hide? RSS is an Indian organisation. RSS never speaks against the country, against the Election Commission, against the Parliament, against the Supreme Court, against the Army - something which Rahul Gandhi and Congress do," Reddy told A
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