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Karnataka polls: ECI issues notice to Shivakumar over party's newspaper ad
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Election Commission on Saturday issued notice to Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar in the context of a complaint received from BJP for a newspaper advertisement alleging "unsubstantiated but specific information".
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EC issues advisory to political parties over "plummeting level of campaign
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Election Commission of India (ECI) taking serious note of the "plummeting level" of campaign discourse in the run-up to the Karnataka assembly polls on Tuesday issued an advisory to all national and State political parties and candidates to exercise caution and restraint in their utteran
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Karnataka polls: ECI reviews election arrangements, directs state teams to
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Ahead of the Karnataka Assembly elections, the Election Commission of India led by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Monday, held a video conference with the officials to review the election arrangements, law and order condition in the state.
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"Intervene on drop of a hat": Telangana BJP in-charge writes to EC, urges
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A day after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge likened Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a "poisonous snake" and later expressed regret, Telangana BJP in-charge Tarun Chugh on Friday wrote to the Election Commission urging it to file an FIR against the former and bar him from campaigning
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"ECI runs by rules, no question of interference": K'taka CM dismisses Shiv
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"Election Commission is a constitutionally formed, independent body. It runs by the rules of the Election Commission. So, there is no question of interference. He is scared of his defeat, so he is making baseless, useless allegations every morning. I need not answer all that," said Bommai
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Pak election commission extends deadline to submit party tickets for Punja
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The deadline for submitting party tickets and receiving symbol allotments for candidates seeking to run in the Punjab Assembly elections was extended by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday, Geo News reported.
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Conduct of Punjab polls on May 14 getting impossible: Pak poll body to top
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said Tuesday that the conduct of elections on May 14 is becoming impossible owing to the lack of resources and forces to maintain law and order in its answer to the Supreme Court of Pakistan about elections in Punjab, Geo News reported.
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Pakistan: Punjab elections on May 14 can lead to "anarchy and chaos", ECP
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to The Express Tribune, a three-judge bench led by the chief justice and comprising Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Ijazul Ahsan, on April 4 declared as "unconstitutional" the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) decision to postpone the election for the Punjab Assembly to Octo
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BJP wants "opposition free India", says Rajya Sabha MP on party's claims o
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Saturday said that the Election Commission of India and Courts should take notice of the claims that the BJP is making that it would secure more than 300 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
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Anti-national forces put Sisodia, Satyendar Jain in jail: Delhi CM Kejriwa
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"All the anti-national forces that want to stop the progress of the country are against the AAP, but the almighty is with us," Kejriwal said. The Election Commission of India recently granted national party status to AAP.
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AAP leaders hail national party status, Trinamool Congress MP says party w
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In significant decisions that have ramifications for national polity, the Election Commission on Monday recognised Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as a national party and withdrew this recognition from Nationalist Congress Party, CPI and Trinamool Congress.
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Suvendu takes swipe at Trinamool after national party status loss, asks wh
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Monday thanked the Election Commission for derecognising Trinamool Congress as a national party and asked the party when it is removing "All India" from its party's name.
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