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Akhilesh to move EC to stake claim for SP symbol
Updated : 8 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan. 2 (ANI): Amid the ongoing political tussle in the Samajwadi Party, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, who has been nominated party president, is expected to approach the Election Commission today to stake claim for the party's 'cycle&
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UP elections: Akhilesh to move EC to stake claim of SP symbol
Updated : 8 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan. 1 (ANI): Amid the ongoing political tussle in the Samajwadi Party, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, who has been nominated as the party president, will approach the Election Commission tomorrow to stake claim to fight the assembly polls under
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Pak poll body rejects Imran's allegations as 'highly irresponsib
Updated : 8 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 1 (ANI): The Election Commission of Pakistan has taken strong exception to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan's comments that the Nawaz Sharif government planted its men in the commission to rig the 2018 general election.
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Former CEC Qureshi welcomes delisting of 200 political parties
Updated : 8 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi[India], Dec. 22 (ANI): Former Chief Election Commissioner of India S. Y. Qureshi on Thursday welcomed the Election Commission's(EC's) proposed move to delist 200 political parties on the basis of lack of engagement in any political activity over a long period of time, as
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EC has finally woken up, says Somnath Chatterjee
Updated : 8 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Dec. 21(ANI): Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Wednesday expressed surprise on the Election Commission's decision to write to the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) informing them to delist 200-odd political parties, saying it is good that
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Strict action will be initiated against political parties who are getting
Updated : 8 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 21 (ANI): With the Election Commission writing to the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) informing it about its decision to delist 200-odd political parties which exist only on paper, Minister of State for Law and IT P.P. Choudhary on Wednesday said strict action wi
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BJP says electoral reforms mandatory for nation
Updated : 8 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 21 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday welcomed the move of the Election Commission (EC) to write to the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to delist 200-odd political parties and said electoral reform is mandatory for the nation.
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Election Commission ready to hold any type of election: Nepal Chief Commis
Updated : 8 years, 11 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Dec. 21 (ANI): The Election Commission of Nepal has given the green signal for holding any of elections, with the political parties of Nepal concentrating on holding the local level election.
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EC to write to CBDT about decision to delist 200 political parties
Updated : 8 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 21 (ANI): The Election Commission will write to the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) informing it about the decision to delist 200-odd political parties, which exist only on paper.
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EC's suggestions are good, govt. will take into consideration: P.P. C
Updated : 8 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 19(ANI): The Election Commission's recommendation to the government to put a ban on anonymous donations above Rs. 2,000 has been welcomed by Minister of State for Law and Justice P.P.Choudhary.
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NCP seeks EC intervention, demands action against Raosaheb Danve
Updated : 8 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec. 19 (ANI): The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Monday urged the Election Commission to take cognizance of Maharashtra BJP chief Raosaheb Danve's remark that 'lakshmi' comes a day before polls and said if proper action is not initiated on t
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I.T. department issues clarification of status of political parties under
Updated : 8 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec.17 (ANI):There have been some newspaper reports which seem to wrongly suggest that there cannot be any scrutiny of Income-tax returns of political parties registered with the Election Commission in the context of deposits of old currency notes. This inference seems to
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