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BJP lodges strong protest with CEC over cash transfer scheme
National | Nov 30, 2012, 02:52 PM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 30: Senior BJP leader L K Advani today led a delegation of party leaders to meet the Chief Election Commissioner to allege that the Congress was violating the electoral Code of Conduct
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SC allows mining in Karnataka on leases cleared by CEC
Sep 03, 2012, 01:49 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sep 3: The Supreme Court today lifted its ban on iron ore mining operations in Karnataka by companies which had not flouted lease conditions. A three-judge forest bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam
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ICC CEC recommends mandatory use of DRS, BCCI opposes
Cricket | Jun 25, 2012, 09:51 PM ISTKuala Lumpur, Jun 25: The ICC's Chief Executives Committee today recommended mandatory use of the controversial Decision Review System in Tests and one-dayers —a move which will set it on collision course with cricket's financial
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Quraishi demits office as CEC
India | Jun 10, 2012, 10:46 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 10: Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi today demitted office at the end of his six-year tenure.At a simple function at the Commission headquarters here he signed his relinquishing order, paving the
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V S Sampath is the new Chief Election Commissioner
India | Jun 06, 2012, 09:35 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 6: Election Commissioner V S Sampath was today appointed the new Chief Election Commissioner who will preside over the next Lok Sabha general elections in 2014.62-year-old Sampath will take over as CEC
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Exit Polls Are Best For Entertainment Channels, Says CEC Quraishi
India | Mar 05, 2012, 04:57 PM ISTNew Delhi, March 4: Amid a flurry of exit polls predicting the outcome of Assembly elections ahead of the March 6 results, Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi oon Sunday said such surveys should at best
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Don't Need More Powers, Only Fine-Tuning Of Law, Says CEC
India | Mar 04, 2012, 06:39 PM ISTNew Delhi, March 4: The Mode Code of Conduct, which came under attack recently from ministers in trouble and from government which hurriedly dropped a controversial move to give it a statutory backing, needs to
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CEC Heaps Praise On Politicians
India | Feb 22, 2012, 08:55 AM ISTGurgaon, Feb 22: “You love democracy and hate politicians, this is not possible”—quipped Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi on Tuesday as he heaped praised on the country's political leaders, noting that because of their
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CEC Complains To PM Against Law Minister Khurshid
India | Jan 14, 2012, 02:49 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 13: Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid has ruffled feathers in the Election Commission by stating that his ministry had administrative control over the poll body, prompting its chief S Y Quraishi to
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CEC Seeks Statute Protection For ECs
India | Jan 01, 2012, 11:34 AM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 1: After the episode involving the demand over his predecessor's removal, Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi feels there is need for a constitutional amendment to give protection to the Election Commissioners
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Govt For Ban On Candidates Facing Chargesheet 1 Yr Before Poll
India | Dec 30, 2011, 08:34 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 30: Government has floated a proposal to bar from elections candidates facing charge sheet for heinous offences one year before elections. Disclosing this, Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi expressed the hope
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Right to Reject An Interesting Possibility : Quraishi
India | Dec 26, 2011, 05:51 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 26: Team Anna's demand for incorporating Right to Reject a candidate in Parliament and assembly elections is an “interesting possibility”, feels Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi.He, however, finds that their plea
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CEC Refuses To Change Uttarakhand Poll Date
India | Dec 25, 2011, 09:13 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 25: Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi today expressed inability to consider changing the poll date (Jan 30) in Uttarakhand as the political parties in the state have cited bad wintry weather conditions
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Recall Issues Should Be Decided In Par, Not Jantar Mantar : CEC
India | Dec 12, 2011, 10:37 PM ISTShimla, Dec 12: Taking a jibe at Anna Hazare, Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi today said his demands like right to recall or reject elected representatives should be decided in Parliament and “not at
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Right To Reject, Recall May Not Work In India : CEC
India | Oct 16, 2011, 02:44 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 16: Amid a campaign by Team Anna for polls reforms, the Election Commission has disfavoured any proposal to include the ‘Right to Reject' or ‘Right to Recall' clauses in election rules, saying
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CEC Dismisses Charge Of Bias
National | Apr 11, 2011, 06:48 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 11: The Election Commission today dismissed the charge of bias in its actions and made it clear that steps for the conduct of fair and free polls are "not directed against anyone"."It
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Tamil Nadu A challenging Case: CEC
National | Apr 08, 2011, 05:22 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 8: Calling Tamil Nadu a "challenging case", the Election Commission today said it cannot "close its eyes to rampant malpractices" there and rejected the charge levelled by DMK and PMK that it
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Elections Biggest Source Of Corruption: CEC
India | Mar 26, 2011, 07:46 AM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 25: Noting that elections have become the biggest source of corruption, Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi today said the incidents of paid news were on the rise during polls. "Election has