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Gyanesh Kumar, Sukhbir Singh Sandhu to take charge as Election Commissione
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The newly-appointed Election Commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu will take charge of the office today.
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Sukhbir Sandhu, Gyanesh Kumar appointed new election commissioners
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The Ministry of Law and Justice, issued an official statement on Thursday that said, "In exercise of powers conferred by Section 4 of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service, and Term of Office) Act, 2023 (Act No. 49 of 2023), t
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Adhir Chowdhury dissent on EC selection, Gyanesh Kumar, Sukhbir Sandhu to
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Retired IAS officer Gyanesh Kumar (1988-batch IAS) from Kerala retired as secretary of the cooperation ministry in February. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, former Chief Secretary, Government of Uttarakhand, will be the Election Commissioner, sources said.
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Civil society organisations frown on disruption of 'X' in Pakistan
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Access to X has been disrupted in many areas of Pakistan since February 17, when former Rawalpindi commissioner Liaquat Chattha accused the chief election commissioner and chief justice of Pakistan of being involved in rigging the February 8 general elections.
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Election Commission to decide on holding Lok Sabha, Assembly polls simulta
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Wednesday said that the poll body will decide on holding Lok Sabha Elections and Assembly Elections together or separately in Jammu and Kashmir after reviewing the security situation. The long wait for Jammu and Kashmir seems to have come to an e
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"We are committed to conducting elections in J-K peacefully": CEC Rajiv Ku
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Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said on Wednesday that the poll body is committed to conducting elections in the country peacefully and with maximum participation.
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SC agrees to hear pleas challenging Election Commissioners' Act dropping C
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to list for hearing on March 15 pleas challenging the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023, which dropped the Chief Justice of India from the selection panel of Election Commissioners.
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Congress leader Jaya Thakur moves SC, urges court to restrain Centre from
Updated : 2 years ago IST
A plea was filed in the Supreme Court to restrain the central government from appointing the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners as per Sections 7 and 8 of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment Conditions of Service and terms o
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Appointing new Election Commissioner now not morally right: Congress' Kart
Updated : 2 years ago IST
"With a few days left for the announcement of the election schedule, he has resigned and now we have only one Chief Election Commissioner. It is very sad...On the 15th PM Modi will head the meeting to select the next Election Commisioner. As per law, it's right but morally, it's not. Even Je
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Lok Sabha polls: Election Commission briefs its observers; ECI to visit J-
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The aim of the meeting for over 2000 observers is to streamline strategy to ensure that the model code is implemented during the elections. The observers will monitor polls to ensure the process is "free and fair."
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Election Commission of Pakistan appoints returning officers for senate ele
Updated : 2 years ago IST
According to the report, the election watchdog on Sunday issued a notification saying that the ECP Director General Training Saeed Gul will be the Returning Officer (RO) in the federal capital, whereas provincial election commissioners Aijaz Anwar Chohan, Sharifullah, Shamshad Khan, and Muha
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"Citizens entitled to know...why Constitutional functionary would step dow
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Meenakshi Arora, former Standing Counsel to the Election Commission of India on Sunday said that citizens are entitled to know why Arun Goel resigned as the Election Commissioner just before the announcement of Lok Sabha polls.
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