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SC dismisses Congress' plea seeking cross-verification of VVPAT
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 15 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the Congress Party's plea seeking directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to count and cross verify at least 25 percent of voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) with votes cast with Electronic Voting machi
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Complains of MCC violation under examination: EC
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 14 (ANI): Hours after Congress created hue and cry over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's alleged road show outside the polling booth in Ahmadabad's Ranip, the Election Commission (EC) assured that the matter will be examined.
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Gujarat polls: Congress tears into EC for adopting 'double standard'
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Trivandrum (Kerala) [India], Dec.14 (ANI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday lashed out at the Election Commission for adopting a double standard after the poll body did not bar Prime Minister Narendra Modi's road show, but sent a notice to Congress president-elect Rahul Gandhi for
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Just a case of sour grapes: BJP on Congress' 'puppet' remark
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India] December 14 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary in-charge for Gujarat, Bhupendra Yadav, on Thursday said that the Congress Party always tries to pull strings and now that it is about to face a defeat, it is blaming the Election Commission (
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Congress attacks BJP, says 'puppet' EC mum on PM's road shows
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 14 (ANI): The Congress Party on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on their road shows during the polls, saying that the Election Commission (EC) has gone mum and distanced itself from its responsibility.
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EC issues notice to Rahul for violating model code of conduct
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 13 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday issued a notice to Congress President-elect, Rahul Gandhi for violating Section 126 (1) (b) of R P Act by giving an interview to a local Guajarati news channels in poll-bound Gujarat.
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Rahul interview row: Media houses land in soup
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 13 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday directed the Chief Electoral Officer of Gujarat to initiate action against the media channels in state that telecast Congress president-elect Rahul Gandhi's interview across poll-bound districts.
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SC issues notice to EC, Centre against candidates contesting two seats
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Centre over plea seeking cancellation of nomination papers of any candidate contesting election in two constituencies simultaneously.
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No EVM can be connected to Bluetooth: EC
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 09 (ANI): After the first phase of Gujarat Assembly elections ended on Saturday, the Election Commission of India (ECI) assured that the polling concluded in a free and fair manner, and also rebuffed allegations of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) being connected
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Gujarat polls: 68% voter turnout in first phase
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): 68 per cent voters came out to vote in the first phase of Gujarat Assembly elections, informed the Election Commission of India, on Saturday.
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Gujarat polls: EC releases data of EVMs, VVPATs used in first phase
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): As Gujarat went to polls in the first phase today, the Election Commission of India (ECI) released a data of the number of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and VVPATs used in all 24,689 polling stations.
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Delhi HC issues notice to EC on Sharad Yadav's arrow symbol plea
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 7 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notices to the Election Commission of India (EC) and the Janata Dal (United) group led by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sharad Yadav faction's plea against the EC's order rejecting their claim to the party
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