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U'Khand: VVPAT counting will be valid if different from EVM votes
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 17 (ANI): Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) counting will be considered valid in Uttarakhand if it is found different from Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) votes for the 17th Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission said.
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Naidu targets EC, calls it 'biased body'
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday hit out the Election Commission, calling it a 'biased body' which gave "controversial and pro-government decisions".
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EC asks star campaigners, other leaders to refrain from addressing media d
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): The Election Commission (EC) asked star campaigners and other political leaders to refrain from addressing the media by way of press conferences and giving interviews on election matters during the silence period beginning Friday evening ahead of the last
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Delhi HC defers hearing in plea seeking review of political parties' regis
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): The Delhi High court on Friday deferred till May 24 the hearing in a plea seeking directions to the Election Commission to review political parties' registration connotations.
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Modi bribed Varanasi voters, why EC not keeping eye as in Bengal?: Mayawat
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 17 (ANI): BSP supremo Mayawati on Friday alleged that Narendra Modi bribed and threatened voters in Varanasi and questioned why the Election Commission is not keeping an eye on the parliamentary constituency like in West Bengal.
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Attending family function when my car was vandalized: Mukul Roy
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 17 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mukul Roy on Friday denied Trinamool Congress' (TMC) allegations that he was campaigning after the stipulated time by the Election Commission and said he was attending a family function when his vehicle was v
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LS polls: EC announces re-poll at polling booth in Chandni Chowk seat
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): The Election Commission of India ordered on Thursday re-poll at a polling station in Chandni Chowk parliamentary constituency.
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TDP opposes EC's 'undemocratic' order for repolling in 5 booths
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 17 (ANI): Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Thursday "strongly opposed" the Election Commission's decision to hold repolling at five booths under Chandragiri and Chittoor parliamentary constituencies and termed it as "partial one-sided and undemocratic".<
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EC seeks factual report from MP CEO over Pragya Thakur's 'Godse is patriot
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): The Election Commission of India on Thursday sought a factual report from Madhya Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in the matter of Pragya Singh Thakur's statement in which she termed Mahatma Gandhi's assassin as a "true patriot".
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End of campaign in WB: Opposition meets EC
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): A delegation of the Opposition parties on Thursday met the Election Commission (EC) and registered its strong opposition to its decision to end the campaigning early in West Bengal after violence erupted during BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata
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Omar, Mehbooba hail Mamata for standing against BJP, question EC
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and her predecessor Omar Abdullah have extended support to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is locked in a bitter fight with BJP, while questioning the Election Commission's decision to
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Petition in Delhi court seeking ECI direction to review political parties'
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): A petition has been filed in the Delhi High Court on Thursday seeking direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to review political parties registered with religious, caste, ethnic or linguistic connotations and de-register them if they fail to r
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