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  Election Commission chief Sushil Chandra tests Covid-19 positive, under home isolation

  India | April 20, 2021 12:43 IST

  Sushil Chandra assumed charge as the 24th Chief Election Commissioner on April 13. Chandra was appointed as an election commissioner on February 14, 2019, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections

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  Sushil Chandra takes charge as Chief Election Commissioner

  News | April 13, 2021 18:04 IST

  Sushil Chandra on April 13 took charge as the 24th Chief Election Commissioner.

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  WB Election 2021: Political parties show concern of law and order situation, says CEC

  News | January 22, 2021 16:27 IST

  Chief Election Commissioner of India Sunil Arora on January 22 had a meeting with representatives of political parties on upcoming Assembly Elections in West Bengal. He said that most of the political parties showed concerns of the law and order situation during the election. The political parties also requested for deployment of optimal CRPF forces for the peaceful elections.

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  Maximum number of electors at polling station reduced from 1500 to 1000 in Assam: Sunil Arora

  News | January 20, 2021 18:13 IST

  Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said that maximum number of electors at a polling station has been reduced from 1500 to 1000 in Assam. "In view of Covid social distancing norms, the Commission has specifically revisited some extant norms. As a result, the maximum number of electors at a polling station has been reduced from 1500 to 1000," he said.

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  Chief Election Commissioner explains reason behind slow counting in Bihar

  News | November 12, 2020 22:20 IST

  Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on November 12 visited Rajghat after the successful bypolls conducted in Bihar.

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  Elections in India are virtual festivals of democracy: Chief Election Commissioner

  News | November 05, 2020 21:51 IST

  Chief Election Commissioner, Sunil Arora attended the inauguration ceremony of International Virtual Election Visitors Programme on November 05.

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  Bihar elections to begin on October 28, in 3 phases

  Elections | September 25, 2020 16:07 IST

  Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora announced schedule for Bihar elections, which will take place in three phases beginning from October 28. "Bihar to vote in three phases.

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  Tibetan community-in-exile to elect new parliament in 2021

  News | August 06, 2020 10:31 IST

  The Election Commission of Central Tibetan Administration, popularly known as the government-in-exile, on Wednesday (Aug 05) announced the start of the process for 2021 general elections.

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  Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswami, DMK chief Stalin condole Seshan's death

  India | November 11, 2019 16:55 IST

  Palaniswami, in his message, hailed Seshan as a hardworker and an excellent administrator.

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  Congress leaders remember Seshan's contribution to electoral reforms

  India | November 11, 2019 12:16 IST

  In her condolence message, Sonia Gandhi said Seshan was a seasoned civil servant who went on to serve as the Cabinet Secretary.

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  Fadnavis condoles death of ex-CEC Seshan

  India | November 11, 2019 10:29 IST

  Maharashtra's caretaker Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday condoled the demise of former chief election commissioner (CEC) T N Seshan, describing him as a great administrator.

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  CIC tenure cut to 3 years new RTI rules brought in

  India | October 25, 2019 17:29 IST

  The Modi government has reduced the tenure of Chief Information Commissioners and all information commissioners in transparency panels across the country to three years. The new RTI rules were notified Thursday night, a move activists call an assault on their independence and autonomy.

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  CEC Sunil Arora takes charge of World Election body

  India | September 03, 2019 13:31 IST

  CEC Sunil Arora on Tuesday assumed chairmanship of the Association of World Election Bodies (AWEB), an Election Commission statement said.

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  Election Commission may revisit penal provision on test vote: CEC Arora

  India | June 05, 2019 17:25 IST

  A voter who claims that the electronic voting machine (EVM) or the paper trail machine did not recorded his or her vote correctly is allowed to cast a test vote under Rule 49 MA of the Conduct of Election Rules.

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  Members of EC not supposed to be 'clones' of each other, divergence of views natural: CEC

  India | May 18, 2019 19:27 IST

  On a day Lavasa's decision to recuse from the model code of conduct complaints became public, the EC said the 'full commission' would meet on May 21 to discuss the issue of dissent and "related matters".

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  'Diversion of views' not new: Chief Election Commissioner over Lavasa dissent row

  India | May 18, 2019 14:42 IST

  In a statement, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said that diversion of views was not new among the members of the Election Commission and that they not expected to be clones of each other.

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  Kerala: No solicitation of votes in name of Sabarimala temple, says EC

  March 13, 2019 16:08 IST

  Tikka Ram Meena, who on Monday faced the BJP's ire after he issued a statement to this effect, on Wednesday briefed the media that it had been made clear to all political parties that under no cost should the name of Lord Ayyappa be used in election campaign.

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  Ex-CEC: Lok Sabha polls will see more money, violence & hatred

  Politics | March 08, 2019 17:19 IST

  More money will be spent, more violence will be there, more hatred will be there, I suppose, Krishnamurthy told PTI when asked about the upcoming general election.

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  EVMs are totally safe, we are not going back to the era of ballot papers, says CEC Sunil Arora

  News | January 24, 2019 13:36 IST

  EVMs are totally safe, we are not going back to the era of ballot papers, says CEC Sunil Arora

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  Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora seeks cooperation of political parties for fair, ethical elections

  India | December 02, 2018 14:34 IST

  A 1980-batch IAS officer of the Rajasthan cadre, Arora has also worked in ministries such as Finance, Textiles and Planning Commission.