Rahul Gandhi disqualified: There is a hiccup with Election Commission as in a similar case, the poll body had to reverse its decision to conduct a by-poll in Lakshadweep.
Elections to the 60-member Meghalaya Assembly will be held on February 27. The counting of votes will take place on March 2.
The Election Commission is set to announce the schedule for Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura assembly elections on Wednesday.
Bureaucratic reshuffle: New Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, a Joint Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare and a Joint Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affair were also appointed
His appointment was announced by the government in a press statement. Sushil Chandra retired as the chief election commissioner in May this year after which Rajiv Kumar took charge.
Congress on freebies: The grand old party urged the Elections Commission to rather focus on conducting free and fair elections by properly implementing election laws.
In a recent interaction with the Legislative Secretary in the Law Ministry, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar made this push for the reform first proposed in 2004.
Jharkhand’s ruling JMM and opposition BJP have been locking horns over Soren flouting office-of-profit norms due to the mining lease being in his name.
Petitioner Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has also sought direction from the Election Commission to seize the election symbol and deregister/derecognize the political parties, which fail to fulfill their essential rational promises, made in the election manifesto.
Punjab's Chief Electoral Officer S Karuna Raju on Sunday said according to the schedule, the notification for the biennial election will be issued on Monday (March 14).
Now, the recognised national and state parties can field a maximum of 40-star campaigners. Other parties which are registered but not recognised can now have 20-star campaigners during the electioneering.
The elections to the 60-member Manipur Assembly would be held in two phases on February 27 and March 3 whereas the counting of votes will take place on March 10. The AMCO said if the first phase of polling was held on Sunday (February 27) it would hurt the religious sentiment of the Christians.
Directing the Chief Electoral Officers of all the five poll-bound states, the Commission said that the concerned departments of the notified category of electors may be informed accordingly, and may be asked to nominate "Nodal Officer" for this purpose of the postal ballot facility.
According to a notification issued by the SEC, polls to Siliguri Municipal Corporation, Chandernagore Municipal Corporation, Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation and Asansol Municipal Corporation would now be held on February 12 instead of January 22. Polling will be held from 7 am to 5 pm it said
The Jamiat, in its letter, said that the 'dharam sansad' to be organized in Aligarh on January 22 and 23 or on any other dates at other places when the election process is on, be prohibited.
The Election Commission of India has launched its new ‘cVIGIL’ App to report any violations of the election code of conduct during the tenure.
In the directive issued by the commission, situations related to pandemics, floods, festivals, cold conditions in certain regions, feedback from concerned States/UT are taken into consideration.
"I welcome the decision of the ECI banning celebrations and processions of electoral victories. I have directed all state units of BJP to strictly adhere to this decision," Nadda said
Sushil Chandra was appointed the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chairman on November 1, 2016. He spent considerable time as Director of Investigation and Director General of Investigation, Mumbai and Gujarat, respectively followed by his stint as Member (Investigation), CBDT and thereafter assuming the post of Chairman of this apex body.
A bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh issued notice to Centre, EC and sought their response to the application by former DGP of UP and also chairman of think tank CASC.
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