Mumbai: Setting the ball rolling for the forthcoming Assembly polls in Maharashtra, the full Election Commission panel led by Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath today interacted with their state counterparts to review the preparedness
New Delhi: The Election Commission today cautioned the media on the issue of ‘paid news' by asking it to show “greater responsibility” with suitable disclaimers, particularly during election time.“The minimum that is expected of ethical
New Delhi: In fresh trouble for former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, the Election Commission today slapped a show cause notice on him for failing to lodge his election expenses as per law in a
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee today congratulated the Election Commission on the successful conduct of the general elections and asked the poll body to document it.Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath, accompanied by Election Commissioners
New Delhi: The Election Commission is likely to present the official list of newly elected members of the 16th Lok Sabha to President Pranab Mukherjee tomorrow.The list containing the names of all the 543 MPs
New Delhi: After raid on its party office in Varanasi, BJP today appealed to Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath to “exercise his authority” to ensure that no rigging takes place during last leg of
New Delhi: The Election Commission today gave a clean chit to Rahul Gandhi on the allegation that he had violated secrecy of voting by entering the enclosure of the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in one
New Delhi: The Chief Election Commissioner VS Sampath today reiterated that the Commission is doing its job in a strict and non-partisan manner. He gave a stern message to the Bharatiya Janata Party saying, "We
Chennai: The ruling AIADMK today slammed the Election Commission decision to order repoll in two polling stations under Salem and Namakkal Parliamentary constituencies, terming it as “against the canons of propriety of the election process”.“No
Kolkata: In a strict warning to officials, Chief Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath Sunday said it will "come down heavily" on them in cases of "partiality", "partisan conduct" or "inaction.Addressing the media after the full bench
Jammu: The Election Commission has sought a report from the civil aviation ministry over the alleged deliberate delay in allowing Narendra Modi's chopper to take off from Delhi, but has not received any complaint about
Lucknow: The Election Commission today shifted three district collectors from Ballia, Shahjahanpur and Sant Ravidas Nagar (Bhadohi) with immediate effect.Sunil Kumar Srivastav, special secretary, Food and Supplies, has been appointed district collector of Ballia, while
New Delhi: The Congress Thursday moved the Election Commission against BJP saying that its official slogan "Abki baar, Modi sarkar" was unconstitutional and its supporters were using slogans with religious connotations in violation of the
Aizawl/Agartala: Five NGOs and youth organisations in Aizawl have launched protest rallies against the Election Commission's decision to allow tribal refugees in Tripura's relief camps to cast their votes through postal ballots for the lone
New Delhi: India will begin voting in exactly a fortnight from now to elect 543 MPs for a new Lok Sabha in a parliamentary election that will be the world's largest democratic exercise involving a
New Delhi: The Election Commission has decided to grant two more hours to people to cast their votes in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.Highly-placed sources told PTI that the EC has finalised grant of two
New Delhi: The Election Commission has pressed the Law Ministry to take a call on “restricting” opinion polls by writing to it just days before the Lok Sabha polls were announced, but the government seems
New Delhi: Nearly two years after the Election Commission introduced ‘others' gender option, over 28,000 transgender community members have registered in the electoral roll so far and will be eligible to vote in Lok Sabha
New Delhi: The Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampat today announced the schedule for elections to 16th Lok Sabha.The election to 16th Lok Sabha will start from April 7, 2014 and will continue till May
New Delhi: The Election Commission Wednesday urged people to "exercise their right to vote" in the coming Lok Sabha election "in an informed and ethical manner".Chief Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath also appealed to political parties
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