EC Bars Gujarat BJP From Using ‘Pappu’ in Electronic Advertisement
The Election Commission has barred the ruling BJP in Gujarat from using the word "Pappu" in an electronic advertisement, which apparently targeted Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, calling it "derogatory". "Pappu" is perceived as a social media slur coined to target...
गुजरात विधानसभा निवडणूक दोन टप्प्यात, 9 आणि 14 डिसेंबरला होणार मतदान तर 18 डिसेंबरला निकाल
नवी दिल्ली: बहुचर्चित गुजरात विधानसभा निवडणुकीचा कार्यक्रम अखेर जाहीर झाला आहे. दोन टप्प्यांमध्ये गुजरातमध्ये मतदान होणार आहे. पहिल्या टप्प्यात 9 डिसेंबर तर दुस-या टप्प्यात 14 डिसेंबरला मतदान होईल. 18 डिसेंबरला मतमोजणी होईल. पहिल्या टप्प्यात 19 जिल्ह्यातील 89 जागांसाठी तर, दुस-या...
गुजरात में विधानसभा चुनावों की तारीख का ऐलान, दो चरणों में 9 और 14 दिसंबर को चुनाव
नई दिल्ली: चुनाव आयोग की ओर से गुजरात विधानसभा चुनाव 2017 के कार्यक्रम का ऐलान कर दिया है। गुजरात के 19 जिलों में चुनाव के पहले चरण के तहत 9 दिसंबर को मतदान होगा। बाकी 14 जिलों में 14 दिसंबर...
Gujarat goes to polls on 9th and 14th December
New Delhi: Assembly elections in Gujarat will be held in 2-phases on December 9 and December 14. The Election Commission said the counting of votes will take place on December 18, announced Chief Election Commissioner A K Joti. The term of the...
7 cops suspended for ‘allowing’ EC bribery case accused roam free
New Delhi: Seven Delhi Police personnel have been suspended for allegedly allowing an arrested middleman in the Election Commission bribery case to roam freely in Bengaluru where he had been taken for a court hearing, police said today. Sukesh Chandrashekhar was...
क्या कल्याणकारी योजनाओं के तहत वाशिंग मशीन, कुकर उपहारस्वरूप बांटे जा सकते हैं ? सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने चुनाव आयोग और हिमाचल सरकार से मांगा जवाब
नई दिल्ली:सुप्रीम कोर्ट इस मामले की सुनवाई करने को तैयार हो गया है कि चुनाव से पहले वाशिंग मशीन, लेपटॉप और ग्राइंडर जैसी चीजें राज्य की कल्याणकारी योजनाओं के तहत उपहार के तौर पर बांटी जा सकती हैं या नहीं। शुक्रवार...
‘One India, One poll’ possible by Sept 18 next year: Election Commission
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) of India on Wednesday clarified that it would be logistically ready to conduct simultaneous polls by September 2018. It must be noted that the EC has only informed about the logistical capability to conduct the...
Wanted: Three young people for three top posts
New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government may have to fill in three constitutional positions -- Chairman of the 15th Finance Commission, Comptroller and Auditor General, and one vacacny in the Election Commission. Informal exercises have since begun to fill in the...
AAP will hold hackathon on same day as Election Commission
New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party will hold an EVM or Electronic Voting Machine hackathon on the same day as the Election Commission's challenge for parties to prove allegations of tampering. AAP says its "counter-hackathon" aims at proving that the...
EC to hold live demo of EVMs to prove they can’t be hacked
New Delhi: The Election Commission will hold a live demo of EVMs and VVPATs tomorrow in Delhi as well as a press conference on claim by political parties that EVMs can be hacked. The Election Commission last week formally threw a...
About time Election Commission brings in VVPAT machines: Prashant Bhushan
New Delhi: Following the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) showing a "live demonstration" vindicating its charge of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) tampering, senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan called on the Election Commission to introduce the VVPAT machines as quickly as possible. "It's very...
Delhi BJP to lodge complaint with EC against AAP
File Pic New Delhi: The Delhi BJP on Tuesday stepped up its attack on the AAP, saying it will lodge a complaint with the Election Commission for the party's alleged involvement in corruption cases and seek its derecognition. The saffron party's...
EVM tampering allegations: Election Commission calls all-party meeting on May 12
File Pic New Delhi: The Election Commission has convened an all-party meeting on May 12 following allegations of tampering of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), sources said on Thursday. The EC’s meeting with all the parties comes in order to convince and...
EC to get 30,000 new VVPAT machines by July for Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh polls
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) will get 30,000 new paper trail machines in July, augmenting its present stock to a level where it can deploy these units in all polling stations during the Assembly polls in Gujarat...
SC issues notice to EC on EVMs
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today sought a response from the Election Commission on a PIL seeking investigation by software experts into allegations that Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) were tampered with in the recent Assembly polls. A bench comprising Chief Justice...
EC to hear battle for the leaves on March 22
Chennai: If we could move our attention away from UP (for a bit) where it remains frozen since a Yogi assumed office over the weekend, there's news from Tamil Nadu. The twin leaf poll symbol of the AIADMK is likely to...
Dear Kejriwal and Mayawati, EC says EVMs fully tamper-proof
New Delhi: The electronic voting machines are "fully tamper-proof, as ever", the Election Commission said today dismissing claims of BSP supremo Mayawati and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who had questioned their reliability. In a strongly-worded statement, the Commission said "baseless,...
चुनाव आयोग को हाईकोर्ट का नोटिस
नागपुर: एक जनहित याचिका की सुनवाई करते हुए मुंबई उच्च न्यायलय की नागपुर खंडपीठ ने चुनाव आयोग को नोटिस जारी किया है। मनपा चुनाव के संदर्भ में हाईकोर्ट में दर्ज की गयी याचिका पर सुनवाई करते हुए न्यायाधीश बीआर गवई...
EC issues notice to UP CM Akhilesh Yadav for bribery remark
Lucknow: The Election Commission has issued a show cause notice to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav over his bribery remark. The UP CM has bee asked to explain his remark by 5 pm latest on March 7. On Saturday in...
EC notice to Parrikar for bribe remark, response by Thursday
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Tuesday issued a notice to Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar over his alleged bribery remark during campaigning in Goa. The EC said the CD containing his remarks was not tampered with in any manner. The...
बैंक और आयकर विभाग कर रहे चुनाव आयोग की मदद
नागपुर: नागपुर महानाग पालिका चुनाव में उम्मीदवार कितना खर्च कर रहे हैं और वे जो खर्च कर रहे हैं, उसके काबिल वे हैं या भी नहीं? राज्य चुनाव आयोग इस बार इस तथ्य पर भी नजर रख रहा है। नोटबंदी...
