H S Brahma
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Paper trail machines will dismiss all doubts over EVM’s credibility, claim ex-CECs
India | Mar 21, 2017, 11:27 AM ISTFormer Chief Election Commissioners S Y Quraishi and H S Brahma called for a quick rollout of the Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines in all polling stations across the country to silence them.
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H.S. Brahma relinquishes CEC post Zaidi to take over on Apr 19
India | Apr 18, 2015, 11:13 PM ISTNew Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner H S Brahma today relinquished the charge of the top post of the nation's poll panel.A 1975-batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre, Brahma (65), who hails from Assam, was
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Nasim Zaidi set to be next Chief Election Commissioner
India | Apr 08, 2015, 07:45 PM ISTNew Delhi: Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi is set to become the next Chief Election Commissioner later this month. The Law Ministry has initiated the file to appoint the next CEC as present incumbent H S
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Election Commission for strict implementation of model code of conduct in Assam
India | Mar 24, 2015, 04:22 PM ISTGuwahati: The Election Commission of India today regretted lack of uniform application of model code of conduct across states and said it needs to be more aggressive in implementation of rules and action against violators. "We
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1,400 political parties not participating in electoral process may lose registration
National | Mar 22, 2015, 09:40 AM ISTKolkata: The Election Commission is planning to cancel the registration of political parties which have not contested elections in past 5-10 years.Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) HS Brahma yesterday said that at present, there are more
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Internet voting a possibility in future: CEC
National | Feb 27, 2015, 08:19 PM ISTNew Delhi: Chief election commissioner HS Brahma on Friday said voting by internet could be a possibility in the future and the first step in this direction is the EC's plan to make electoral rolls
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EC to start work on e-postal ballots for NRIs, says H S Brahma
National | Jan 16, 2015, 09:25 PM ISTNew Delhi: The new Chief Election Commissioner, H S Brahma, today said that the EC would soon start working on facilitating the NRIs with the electronic postal ballots.The e-postal ballots will allow the NRIs to
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HS Brahma takes office as Chief Election Commissioner
National | Jan 16, 2015, 06:10 PM ISTNew Delhi: Hari Shankar Brahma, who today took over as the 19th Chief Election Commissioner, said his priority and “mission objective” is to ensure free and fair conduct of Delhi Assembly polls.“My first priority and
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H S Brahma new Chief Election Commissioner
National | Jan 15, 2015, 06:43 PM ISTNew Delhi: Election Commissioner Hari Shankar Brahma was today elevated as the Chief Election Commissioner.He will assume charge tomorrow after present incumbent V S Sampath demitted office today on attaining the age of 65 years.“The
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HS Brahma may be the next Chief Election Commissioner
National | Jan 14, 2015, 09:55 PM ISTNew Delhi: Government may be all set to appoint Election Commissioner HS Brahma as the next Chief Election Commissioner in place of VS Sampath who demits office on Thursday. If Brahma is elevated, then it
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Know the three election commissioners who have successfully conducted 2014 LS polls
National | May 15, 2014, 07:07 AM ISTNew Delhi: Conducting free, fair and peaceful elections in a country like India is not an easy job. Yet our Election Commission has succeeded in ensuring successful completion of the entire election process that spread
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BJP may face trouble if it releases manifesto April 7: EC
National | Apr 06, 2014, 01:22 PM ISTPatna: The BJP may land in trouble if it releases its election manifesto April 7 as it will be in violation of the model code of conduct, Election Commissioner H.S. Brahma said here Saturday."We will
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EC increases polling time by two hours for Lok Sabha polls
National | Mar 13, 2014, 11:49 AM ISTNew 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