Himachal Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Manish Garg on Monday reviewed the preparations for the National Voters Day programme to be held on January 25 at Gaiety Theatre and gave the officials the necessary directions.
Lashing out at the ruling Congress government in Telangana over its electoral promises, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy on Sunday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party would retain power for a third term in the Lok Sabha elections just a few months away.
A two-day state-level workshop of district-level master trainers was held in Gandhinagar as part of the preparations for the upcoming Lok Sabha general elections.
The Commission gives away awards every year in four categories -- general, special, best-performing government departments or institutions and best-performing state -- to encourage and congratulate officers who have performed in elections.
Earlier, Pakistan's Supreme Court revoked the Peshawar High Court (PHC) order reinstating 'bat' as the electoral symbol of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the party announced that its candidates would contest elections independently, ARY News reported.
In a veiled attack at Imran Khan and his party after it was snubbed of its iconic 'bat' symbol, Pakistan Muslim-League Nawaz (PML-N) Chief Organiser Maryam Nawaz said that a "terrorist party" could not be allotted an electoral symbol, Dawn reported.
Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) patron-in-chief Jahangir Tareen said the court's decision should not be linked with the level-playing field for the upcoming general elections.
"The inauguration of the Ayodhya Ram Temple is not a spiritual event; rather, it is a political one. The BJP, ever since they came to power in 2014, has not fulfilled their electoral promises. The party has no qualms about not fulfilling its promises. It is trying to divert the attention of
Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari's remarks come a day after the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lost the battle for its electoral symbol, forcing its candidates to contest the elections as independents.
After Pakistan's Supreme Court revoked the Peshawar High Court (PHC) order reinstating 'bat' as the electoral symbol of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the party announced that its candidates would contest elections independently, ARY News reported on Saturday.
As Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slated to start the 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' from here tomorrow, the party on Saturday said that the Yatra is an ideological battle the grand old party has mounted against the politics of polarisation and social, economic and political injustice.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Gohar Ali Khan alleged that some masked men broke into his house and attacked his son and nephew while he was present at the hearing regarding his party's electoral symbol at the Supreme Court, Dawn reported.