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Srinagar: On Wednesday, the scrutiny of nomination papers for the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat concluded at the Office of the Returning Officer 02-Srinagar Parliamentary Constituency. Out of 39 nomination papers received, 29 were deemed valid by Returning Officer Dr. Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat, in adherence to Election Commission guidelines. Among the approved candidates are Aga Syed […]

SRINAGAR: National Conference Vice President and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said, “Election Commission of India should be ashamed. The Government did not take a decision, the ECI did not take action. Finally, the Supreme Court had to intervene and issue directives on the conduct of elections in J&K before September 2024.” Omar […]

KOLKATA: As Chhattisgarh reached 70.87 per cent of voter turnout in its first phase, while Mizoram’s assembly elections reached 77.04 per cent, on Tuesday. It was also the first time that 126 villages in Bastar district went for polling since independence.  “126 new polling stations in Left Wing Extremism-affected areas of Bastar division reflects the […]

One of the key provisions of the bill is the establishment of an Election Authority responsible for conducting fair elections, similar in power to the Election Commission, with no government interference.

CEC directs officials to tighten vigilance against money power and drug menace in Karnataka

Day after EC strips TMC of its national status, party MP Sougata Roy says it is mulling all options, including legal ones

AAP has achieved the status of a national party while NCP, TMC and CPI have lost their most-coveted status.

Congress said that the poll body was not prepared for demonstrations of Remote Voting Machine

The Election Commission will announce the schedule for the Gujarat assembly polls at 12 noon on Thursday. The poll panel has called for a press conference to announce the schedule. The term of the 182-member Gujarat assembly ends on February 18 next year. The poll panel had not announced the Gujarat election schedule when it […]

  NEW DELHI: A delegation of Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) is scheduled to meet Election Commission of India (ECI) officials here on Thursday over the issue of political violence in run-up to bypolls in Tripura. A delegation of six-party MPs will visit the ECI office to submit a memorandum in connection with the horrific […]