Mamata Banerjee. File | Photo Credit: AP Jalpaiguri (West Bengal) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on April 5 hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks about atrocities against women and corruption, asserting that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and her government had taken stern action against the culprits involved in alleged sexual … Read more
Jairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Calling for greater accountability in using technology in conduct of polls, the Congress on February 14 questioned the Election Commission (EC) of India’s “reluctance” to engage with INDIA parties over their demand that the number of VVPATs prescribed be steadily increased towards 100%. The Opposition party also … Read more
Chief Secretary A. Santhi Kumar reviews with senior officers, ahead of the three-day visit of the Election Commission of India to Telangana from October 3 to 5. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Chief Secretary A. Santhi Kumari has asked the officials concerned to come prepared with all details for the forthcoming visit of the senior … Read more
Chief Election Commissioner of India Rajiv Kumar. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Registered voters living in villages along the disputed border with Assam can participate in the upcoming Assembly elections in Meghalaya, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar said on January 13. Mr. Kumar led an Election Commission of India (ECI) team in a … Read more
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has shown contributions worth over Rs 42 lakh, with most of the funds coming from party leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and party MPs. The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has shown contributions worth Rs 1.29 crore in its contribution report to the Election Commission (EC). While the TMC … Read more
Fifteen former bureaucrats with experience in the electoral process have been appointed as special observers for the assembly polls in five states. They will be supervising and monitoring the work being done by the electoral machinery in their assigned states and ensure that stringent and effective action is taken based on intelligence inputs and complaints, … Read more
The Election Commission (EC) on Monday declared that polls to the three Rajya Sabha seats from Kerala falling vacant later this month will be held on April 30. The poll panel issued a detailed press note for “conduct of biennial election to the council of states from Kerala to fill the seats of members retiring … Read more
The Election Commission of India is learnt to have taken a dim view of the Law ministry’s last minute ‘reference’ which forced the poll panel to withdraw the announcement of the April 14 Rajya Sabha elections to three seats in Kerala, earning it heavy criticism from state’s political parties. On Friday, the poll panel sought … Read more
A day after announcing the dates for assembly polls in West Bengal, the Election Commission on Saturday removed Additional Director General of Police (Law and order) Jawed Shamim and brought in Jag Mohan in his place, an official order said. Shamim, a 1995-batch IPS officer, will replace Mohan as the DG Fire Services in the … Read more
New Delhi: Over 55 per cent voter turnout was registered in phase three of the Bihar assembly elections on Saturday with the Election Commission noting that the figures are likely to go up later in the evening. Deputy Election Commissioner Chandra Bhushan Kumar, who is in charge of Bihar, told reporters in the evening that … Read more