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SC directs EC to decide before May 6 on 9 complaints against PM Modi, Amit
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 2 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Election Commission to decide before May 6, the nine complaints filed by Congress party against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah for allegedly violating the model code of conduct.
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SC asks EC to decide plea seeking re-scheduling of voting time during Ramz
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi (India) May 2 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Election Commission to decide a plea seeking advancing of the start of polling by two hours to 5 a.m. in view of Ramzan coinciding with the remaining three phases of the Lok Sabha polls and due to heat conditions in Ra
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AP: ECI orders re-polling in five booths
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 02 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed officials to conduct re-elections at five polling stations in Andhra Pradesh on May 6.
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EC notice to Rahul Gandhi over 'law to kill tribals' remark against PM Mod
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 2 (ANI): The Election Commission has served a notice to Congress president Rahul Gandhi for saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi has devised a law to "shoot tribals" at a rally in Madhya Pradesh recently.
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Cyclone Fani: Naidu writes to EC, seeks relaxation of code of conduct in f
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Amravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India] May 1, (ANI): Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday wrote a letter to the Election Commission requesting relaxation of the model code of conduct in four districts in the wake of the cyclone Fani.
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NCPCR writes to EC over video showing children abusing PM Modi in presence
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has written to the Election Commission of India regarding a video in which children were seen using abusive language for Prime Minister Narendra Modi before Congress General Secretary for eastern U
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EC bans Pragya Singh Thakur for campaigning in LS Polls for 3 days
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday debarred BJP Bhopal candidate Pragya Singh Thakur from campaigning for three days in the Lok Sabha polls.
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AAP approaches EC, demands investigation into expenditures incurred by PM
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): A delegation of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday visited the Election Commission of India demanding an investigation on the money incurred in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's roadshow in Varanasi before he filed his nomination from the Lok Sabha constituen
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EC issues notice to Sidhu for personal attack on PM Modi
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 1, (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday issued a notice to Punjab Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu for his alleged personal attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a public rally in Ahmedabad on April 17.
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Sitaram Yechury writes EC, alleges misuse of official machinery by PM Modi
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): Sitaram Yechury, General Secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI (M) on Wednesday wrote to the Election Commission of India (ECI), alleging misuse of the official machinery by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for electoral gain in the Lok Sabha
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Owaisi urges EC action on Shiv Sena for seeking burqa ban
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 1 (ANI): AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday asked the Election Commission (EC) to take action against Shiv Sena for its "polarising" editorial in its mouthpiece Samna seeking a ban on the burqa in order to ensure national security.
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Mayawati accuses BJP of misusing government machinery to influence polls
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 1 (ANI): BSP supremo Mayawati on Wednesday accused the BJP of misusing government machinery to influence the Lok Sabha elections and questioned why the Election Commission (EC) was not taking cognisance in the matter.
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