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  Achal K Jyoti takes over as new Election Commissioner

  India | May 13, 2015 18:02 IST

  New Delhi: Achal Kumar Jyoti, a former Chief Secretary of Gujarat, today took over as the new Election Commissioner, filling one of the two vacancies in the three-member body.  “Jyoti took over his charge today

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  HS Brahma takes office as Chief Election Commissioner

  Politics | January 16, 2015 18:10 IST

  New 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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  No regrets on decision on Varanasi: Sampath

  Politics | January 15, 2015 17:24 IST

  New Delhi: Outgoing Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath has no regrets about the decision to go by the district authorities in the high-profile Varanasi constituency where a BJP rally of Narendra Modi was refused

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  Proposal to link Aadhar with voter identity card in the pipeline

  India | January 14, 2015 14:00 IST

  New Delhi: A proposal for 'seeding' Aadhar card with the voter identity card to prevent duplication and falsification was discussed on Tuesday at a meeting of the Chief Electoral Officers at the Election Commission.The meeting

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  CEC VS Sampath to demit office tomorrow

  India | January 14, 2015 13:52 IST

  New Delhi: V S Sampath, Chief Election Commissioner, demits office tomorrow, capping less than six years of an eventful tenure, occasionally marked by controversies, that saw him conduct two Lok Sabha elections and at least

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  EC meet today; schedule for Delhi polls likely to be announced

  Politics | January 12, 2015 9:01 IST

  New Delhi: The much awaited schedule for the Delhi Assembly polls is likely to be announced today when the Election Commission officials will meet at 11 am.Sources indicated that the single phase polling in Delhi

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  Government nod likely to voting for NRIs through electronic means

  India | January 11, 2015 10:55 IST

  New Delhi: Days after extending more benefits to Persons of Indian Origin, the government is set to accept the recommendations of a committee which has favoured voting for NRIs through electronic means.  The government has

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  Government set to accept NRI voting through electronic means

  India | January 07, 2015 10:13 IST

  New Delhi: The government is set to accept the recommendations of a committee which has favoured voting for NRIs through electronic means. The government, which has firmed up its stand, is set to tell the

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  Driver ferrying Jaitley responsible for putting on beacon light: CEC

  Politics | November 13, 2014 23:55 IST

  Ranchi: Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath today said the driver ferrying Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was responsible for putting on a beacon light when the latter attended a party programme here on Tuesday.

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  WhatsApp messages to be under scanner during poll period: V S Sampath

  Politics | November 13, 2014 19:19 IST

  Ranchi:  Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath today said any offensive material on social media during election period will be strictly dealt with.  “The Chief Secretary and the DGP were told to instruct the police

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  Bypolls to three Delhi assembly seats on Nov 25

  Politics | October 25, 2014 20:05 IST

  New Delhi: The Election Commission today announced bypolls to three assembly constituencies in Delhi which fell vacant after BJP MLAs were elected to the Lok Sabha in the recently-held general elections.Chief Election Commissioner V S

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  EC wants debarring of candidates charged with heinous offences

  Politics | October 20, 2014 14:57 IST

  New Delhi: After Supreme Court's intervention instantly disqualifying those convicted of serious offences, the Election Commission now wants debarring of a candidate from elections on framing of charges in cases of heinous offences.In a bid

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  J&K polls: EC officials to visit Srinagar today

  Politics | October 18, 2014 11:04 IST

  Srinagar: Election Commission officials are scheduled to visit Jammu and Kashmir today where they will consult state government and different political parties to discuss feasible time-table for state elections.Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath Friday

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  Haryana polls: EC to deploy five police observers

  Politics | October 05, 2014 7:03 IST

  Chandigarh: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) VS Sampath on Saturday said that for the first time, five police observers will be deployed in Haryana to ensure free, fair and clean polling in the state where election

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  Paid news should attract disqualification: CEC

  India | September 28, 2014 17:33 IST

  New Delhi: Paid news should be made an electoral offence that attracts disqualification so that it acts as a deterrent, Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath today suggested and said inadequacies in legal framework were

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  EC to take call on polls in J-K next month

  Politics | September 28, 2014 16:37 IST

  New Delhi: The Election Commission will take a call on holding Assembly elections in flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir after it receives the report of the state Chief Electoral Officer in mid-October.The term of the 87-member

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  No time to think about elections: Omar Abdullah

  Politics | September 13, 2014 17:43 IST

  Srinagar:  With Jammu and Kashmir engrossed in a massive rescue and relief operation, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said the last thing on his mind at the moment was holding of assembly elections in the

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  Maharashtra, Haryana assembly polls on Oct 15, counting on Oct 19

  Politics | September 12, 2014 22:02 IST

  New Delhi: Assembly elections will be held in Maharashtra and Haryana in a single phase on October 15 that may well be the first for the ‘Modi wave' after the Lok Sabha polls.Counting of votes

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  Money power in polls major issue in Jharkhand: CEC

  India | July 22, 2014 19:51 IST

  Ranchi: Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath today said Income Tax officials would work in tandem with police to check money flow during yet-to-be announced assembly elections in Jharkhand.“Use of money power is a major

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  Voters may enroll until last date of filing nominations: EC

  India | July 15, 2014 23:41 IST

  Mumbai: As many as 19.31 lakh applications have been registered so far as part of the ongoing summary revision of electoral rolls in Maharashtra and voters would have the opportunity to enroll themselves until the