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Simultaneous elections 'desirable goals', says CEC Sunil Arora
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 8 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Thursday said that simultaneous elections are "desirable goals", but for that, the political system of the country will have to take steps to align the life of a state assembly with the life of Parliament.
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EC proposes to institute annual lecture in memory of 1st CEC
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 8 (ANI): Election Commission on Thursday proposed to institute annual lecture in memory of late Sukumar Sen, who was the first Chief Election Commissioner of India.
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BJP to approach EC against Mamata Govt for blocking its rallies
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 3 (ANI): A delegation of senior BJP leaders will meet the Chief Election Commissioner on Monday to complain about the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government for blocking rallies of BJP leaders.
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Nepal's new Ambassador to India takes oath
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Feb 3 (ANI): Nepal's newly appointed Ambassador to India, Nilambar Acharya, took oath here at the Presidential Palace on Sunday.
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Observers will ensure money, muscle power not exercised in WB: CEC
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Chief election commissioner Sunil Arora, who reviewed poll preparedness in West Bengal on Friday, said election observers will ensure that money and muscle power is not used to manipulate voters.
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'Police probing fake voter IDs of OP Rawat, Rajat Kumar'
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Jan 29 (ANI): Economic Offences Wing (EOW) additional DCP on Tuesday informed that a probe is underway on the complaint of fake voter IDs of former chief election commissioner OP Rawat and state’s chief election officer Rajat Kumar.
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Fake voter IDs of OP Rawat, Rajat Kumar surface; probe initiated
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Jan 29 (ANI): Two duplicate voter ID cards in the names of former chief election commissioner OP Rawat and Telangana's chief election officer Rajat Kumar have been detected.
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No going back to ballot paper era and we won’t be intimidated: CEC
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], Jan 24 (ANI) There is no going back to the era of ballot papers and “we are not going to be intimidated, bullied or coerced into giving up” the EVMs, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora asserted on Thursday, amid demands by some parties for d
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Will not going back to era of ballot papers: CEC
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], Jan 24 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner of India Sunil Arora on Thursday rejected opposition parties demand and made it clear that country is not going back to the era of ballot papers.
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Former CEC Naveen Chawla calls EVM a fine machine, cautions against return
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Naveen Chawla on Tuesday said that EVM was “a very good and fine machine” and cautioned against returning to the use of ballot papers for conducting the polls.
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EC committee submits report on modification in section 126
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 10 (ANI): The Committee constituted under the chairmanship of sr. deputy election commissioner Umesh Sinha to review and suggest modifications and changes in the provisions of Section 126 and other sections of the Representation of the People Act 1951, submitted its re
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CEC reviews Lok Sabha poll preparedness in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Jan 7 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora on Monday reviewed the preparedness for coming Lok Sabha elections in Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh.
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