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Rahul Gandhi recalls Rajiv Gandhi's contribution in lowering voting age fr
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 23 (ANI): Congress Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi on Friday recalled his father, former prime minister of India Rajiv Gandhi's contribution in lowering the voting age from 21 to 18, stating that it gave an unequivocal message of confidence to the youth of India.
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India, Australia election officials discuss future of electoral democracy
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 21 (ANI): Australian election officials joined their Indian counterparts here on Tuesday to discuss the future of electoral democracy, with a focus on issues such as increasing voter participation, the merits of electronic voting and counting; and political funding, di
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Boycotted voting on J-K Bill because questions were unanswered: Akhilesh Y
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 6 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Akhilesh Yadav said that his party boycotted voting on the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019, as their questions were unanswered by the Central government on Tuesday.
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NCP to abstain from voting on Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): NCP MP Vandana Chavan on Monda criticised the "method" adopted by the Central government to push through its decisions on jammu and Kashmir in the Rajya Sabha and said her party will abstain from voting.
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Opposition preparing for defeat by raising non-issues like EVM: Devendra F
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Gondia (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 4 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday alleged that the opposition is preparing for a defeat by raising non-issues like finding fault with electronic voting machines (EVM) before the assembly elections.
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SC dismisses PIL seeking compulsory voting in general elections
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 2 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a direction for compulsory voting in general elections.
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Mufti, Omar engage in Twitter spat over passage of triple talaq bill in RS
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti and National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah engaged in a war of words on Twitter after the passage of the triple talaq bill in Rajya Sabha, with the latter stating that PDP leaders abstaining from voting "helped the governme
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Delhi HC refuses to consider application of EC on disposal of EVM in North
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to consider the application of Election Commission seeking the disposal of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) used in the recent Lok Sabha elections in North-West Delhi constituency, from where the BJP lawmaker Hans Raj
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Ahead of KMF elections, HD Revanna allegedly locks up multiple directors
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 28 (ANI): Former PM HD Deve Gowda's son and Holenarasipur constituency legislator HD Revanna has allegedly locked up multiple directors of Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) inside a hotel ahead of voting for the chairman's post on Monday.
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Disregard to rules, parliamentary conventions erode stature of Rajya Sabha
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (India), July 27 (ANI): Expressing his anguish over the chaotic scenes in Rajya Sabha during voting on RTI bill, Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said on Saturday that any disregard to the rules and parliamentary conventions erode the stature of the Upper House.
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What happened yesterday has pained me: R S Chairman Naidu
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 26 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday expressed "pain" over Thursday's incident in the upper house during voting process on Right to Information (Amendment) Bill that witnessed chaos and pandemonium after the House rejected Opposition's demand to r
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Opposition accuses BJP of manipulating ballot paper during voting on RTI B
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): Opposition on Thursday accused the BJP of manipulating ballot papers during the voting on the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in Rajya Sabha.
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