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EC conducts workshop for District Election Officers ahead of LS Polls
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Feb 14 (ANI): Ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, the Election Commission conducted workshop for all District Election Officers here on Wednesday.
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TDP lodges complaint against YSRCP’s Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy before EC
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Chittoor (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Feb 13 (ANI): The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) lodged a complaint before the Election Commission against YSRCP leader Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy.
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Vikarabad Collector suspended for alleged poll rigging
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Feb 10 (ANI): The Telangana government has suspended Syed Umar Jaleel, the Collector of Vikarabad who is accused of "poll rigging" on Saturday. The state government acted after the Election Commission ordered it to put the Collector under suspension.
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DMK appeals ECI to save ‘deer’ of democracy from ‘hunter’ BJP
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Feb 10 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Sunday appealed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to use its Constitutional powers, and save the ‘deer’ of democracy from the ‘hunter’ BJP by holding by-polls in 21 assembly seats along with the coming Lok Sa
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Notice sent to ECI to frame guidelines for social media sites
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 9 (ANI): An NGO has sent a notice to the Election Commission of India (ECI) demanding it frame guidelines to regulate the functioning of online social media platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook, ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
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Notice sent to ECI to frame guidelines for social media sites
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 9 (ANI): An NGO has sent a notice to the Election Commission of India (ECI) demanding it frame guidelines to regulate the functioning of online social media platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook, ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
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EC launches VVIP Programme ahead of Lok Sabha elections
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 8 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday launched a Voter Verification and Information Programme (VVIP) for verification of names, new registrations, changes in the voter details and corrections in the Voter Id Cards for the upcoming General Electio
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DMK urges EC to hold by-polls for 21 seats in TN along with LS polls
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 8 (ANI): A delegation headed by Rajya Sabha MP and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader Kanimozhi visited the Election Commission (EC) office here on Friday, urging the top electoral body to hold by-polls for 21 vacant assembly seats in Tamil Nadu simultaneously w
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Delhi HC dismisses plea seeking EC's supervision of parties' internal poll
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 6 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to conduct and supervise the internal polls of regional and national political parties.
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SC asks Election Commission to file reply on petition concerning EVM
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 4 (ANI): Supreme Court on Monday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to file its reply in four weeks and has fixed a date after six weeks for final disposal of a petition filed by a journalist, challenging the involvement of private players in checking EVMs
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Opposition parties visit EC, demand 50 per cent vote counting through pape
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 4 (ANI): Opposition parties led by Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday visited the Election Commission and requested the poll body to make mandatory the count of half of the votes of all electronic voting machines (EVMs) through paper trails.
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BJP delegation meets EC over West Bengal row
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 4 (ANI) A BJP delegation including Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Rajya Sabha MP Bhupendra Yadav met the Election Commission on Monday over the ongoing political slugfest in West Bengal.
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