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India to get new Chief Election Commissioner soon, PM Modi-chaired panel to meet next week
India | Feb 14, 2025, 04:58 PM ISTAhead of the retirement of incumbent Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar on February 18, PM Modi-led panel will recommend a name. The President will finally appoint the next CEC.
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Delhi election results: Celebrations begin at BJP office as party seeks comeback after 27 years
Delhi | Feb 08, 2025, 01:00 PM ISTDelhi election results: Visuals from outside Delhi BJP office in Delhi showed BJP workers and supporters dancing, congratulating each other and bursting crackers.
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EC hits back at AAP ahead of voting in Delhi: 'Repeated deliberate tactics to malign poll body'
Delhi | Feb 04, 2025, 01:27 PM ISTThe Aam Aadmi Party has alleged impartiality by the Election Commission after a case was registered against her. She alleged that she was booked even though she herself informed the police and EC. Meanwhile, Ramesh Bidhuri's relatives were openly violating MCC, she claimed.
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Congress files complaint with EC against AAP's 'defamatory' post labelling Rahul Gandhi dishonest
Delhi | Jan 25, 2025, 11:42 PM ISTDelhi Assembly Elections: Aam Aadmi Party had shared a post on X in which, Arvind Kejriwal was depicted as honest while scores of other BJP, and Congress leaders as dishonest. Among them was the image of Rahul Gandhi which prompted a row between AAP and Congress.
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Delhi Elections: 1040 nominations accepted, 477 rejected during scrutiny of nomination papers
Delhi | Jan 19, 2025, 12:13 PM ISTDelhi Assembly Elections 2025: The nominations of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal, BJP's Parvesh Verma and Congress Sandeep Dikshit have been accepted from the New Delhi seat.
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Erode East Assembly: EC announces date to conduct bypoll for second time in two years | Details
Chennai | Jan 07, 2025, 06:48 PM ISTThe Erode seat fell vacant last month when the incumbent MLA EVKS Elangovan died due to illness. The voting for the Erode seat will be held on February 5, the same day as for 70 seats of Delhi Assembly.
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CJI Sanjiv Khanna recuses himself from hearing petitions on Election Commission Appointment Law
India | Dec 03, 2024, 07:54 PM ISTCJI Sanjiv Khanna recuses himself from hearing petitions challenging the exclusion of the Chief Justice from the Election Commission appointment panel, with the case to be heard by a new bench in January 2025.
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BJP files complaint with Mumbai Police over Congress leader Bhai Jagtap’s ‘kutta’ slur
Maharashtra | Nov 30, 2024, 12:36 PM ISTCongress leader Ashok Jagtap, often referred to as Bhai Jagtap alleged that the Election Commission has been working as per the wishes of PM Modi while referring to it as a dog. He has refused to apologise for his statement.
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West Bengal Bypoll Results Highlights: Trinamool Congress wins all 6 seats, decimates BJP
Kolkata | Nov 23, 2024, 04:07 PM ISTTMC sweeps all six West Bengal assembly by-elections, including Madarihat, previously held by BJP, following the November 13 polls.
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Bhokar Assembly Election Results: BJP's Sreejaya Chavan wins with 128,726 votes
Maharashtra | Nov 23, 2024, 11:27 PM ISTThe Bhokar Assembly constituency in Maharashtra witnessed a high-stakes battle in the 2024 elections between BJP's Sreejaya Chavan and Congress's Tirupati Kondagir, following the Chavan family's political shift.
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EC asks Jharkhand BJP to take down social media post citing it violative of MCC
Jharkhand | Nov 17, 2024, 11:18 PM ISTThe Election Commission stated that prima facie the video seems to be in violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC). Accordingly, the poll body has sought an explanation from the state unit of the BJP.
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ECI dismisses Congress allegations of irregularities in Haryana elections, calls it baseless
India | Oct 30, 2024, 06:01 AM ISTThe Election Commission of India has rejected Congress's allegations of irregularities in the Haryana elections as baseless and urged the party to avoid making unfounded claims that could disrupt public confidence in the electoral process.
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ECI suspends rural housing survey in 6 West Bengal districts ahead of bye-elections
Kolkata | Oct 22, 2024, 02:55 PM ISTThe Election Commission of India (ECI) has halted the Rural Housing Scheme survey in six West Bengal districts, enforcing the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) ahead of the November 13 bye-elections.
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EC directs Jharkhand govt to remove acting DGP with immediate effect, say sources
Jharkhand | Oct 19, 2024, 05:57 PM ISTThe Election Commission has asked the government to replace acting DGP Anurag Gupta with the senior most DGP level official available in the cadre.
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Congress Questions EVMs, EC Steps In to Explain Differences with Pagers
Originals | Oct 16, 2024, 11:56 PM ISTRecently, Congress leader Rashid Alvi made some bold claims about electronic voting machines (EVMs) in India. He suggested that because Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a close relationship with Israel, the EVMs could be manipulated—just like Hezbollah's pagers, which allegedly turned into explosive
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Assam Assembly bypolls: 5 seats to vote on November 13, results on November 23
Arunachal Pradesh | Oct 15, 2024, 04:36 PM ISTAssembly bypolls: The five seats are Dholai, Sidli, Bongaigaon, Behali, and Samuguri.
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Maharashtra Assembly elections date announcement: Voting on November 20, results on November 23
Maharashtra | Oct 15, 2024, 04:46 PM ISTThe Election Commission of India announced the dates for the Maharashtra Assembly Elections on Tuesday. With this, MCC came into force in the state.
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Deepender Hooda urges Election Commission to transfer Bhiwani SP for violating MCC
Haryana | Oct 05, 2024, 07:12 AM ISTPolling for 90 seats of the Haryana Assembly is underway. The results of the elections will be declared on October 8. While the BJP is eyeing the third straight term, the Congress party, INLD and JJP are looking to dethrone the BJP from power.
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Haryana Congress writes to ECI against parole to Ram Rahim to prevent voter manipulation
Haryana | Oct 01, 2024, 08:03 PM ISTGurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is serving a 20-year sentence for the rape of two disciples. The Election Commission approved his parole with conditions on Monday.
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J-K: EC halts appointment of Army Colonel as SSP over violation of Model Code of Conduct
Jammu and Kashmir | Oct 01, 2024, 07:08 AM ISTAccording to the law, when the Model Code of Conduct is implemented, the administration can not transfer or provide new postings to any official unless approval is taken from the Election Commission.