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  Election commissioners’ salary set to see over 2-fold hike soon

  India | January 17, 2018 17:49 IST

  The three commissioners, including the Chief Election Commissioner, are entitled to a salary which is “equal to the salary of a judge of the Supreme Court”, according to the provisions of a law governing their conditions of service.

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  Rajiv Mehrishi to be next CAG, Sunil Arora appointed Election Commissioner

  India | August 31, 2017 22:25 IST

  Rajiv Mehrishi was will be the next CAG while Sunil Arora has been appointed Election Commissioner

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  Supreme Court questions Centre on enabling law on appointment of CEC, ECs

  India | July 05, 2017 22:37 IST

  Supreme Court today asked the Centre why no enabling law as mandated under the Constitution for the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners has yet been framed.

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  West Bengal Election Commissioner resigns

  India | October 06, 2015 21:54 IST

  Kolkata: Apparently under pressure from political parties in the wake of violence-marred civic polls, West Bengal State Election Commissioner S R Upadhyay today resigned even as counting of ballots is yet to be taken up.Upadhyay

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  Centre invites applications for CIC appointments

  India | September 09, 2015 16:26 IST

  New Delhi:  The Centre today invited applications for appointment as Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commisioners in CIC.The term of Chief Information Commissioner Vijai Sharma ends in December. There is a vacancy of three Information

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  Former Gujarat Chief Secretary appointed as Election Commissioner

  India | May 08, 2015 0:00 IST

  New Delhi: Achal Kumar Jyoti, a former Chief Secretary during the tenure of Narendra Modi as Gujarat Chief Minister, was on Thursday appointed as the Election Commissioner, filling one of the two vacancies in the

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  Nasim Zaidi set to be next Chief Election Commissioner

  India | April 08, 2015 19:45 IST

  New Delhi: Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi is set to become the next Chief Election Commissioner later this month. The Law Ministry has initiated the file to appoint the next CEC as present incumbent H S

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  Elections to AIADMK's General Secretary post on Aug 29

  Politics | August 19, 2014 14:59 IST

  Chennai: Elections to AIADMK's General Secretary post, held by party supremo and Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, will be held here on August 29 with the process starting from tomorrow.The elections, held once in five years,

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  Former CEC Quraishi expresses concern over SC verdict

  India | December 12, 2013 21:46 IST

  New Delhi: Former Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi today expressed concern over the Supreme Court verdict on gay rights and hoped the government will address the issue."I am also concerned about the Supreme Court

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  Naseem Zaidi takes over as Election Commissioner

  India | August 08, 2012 10:11 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 8: Former Civil Aviation Secretary Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi has been appointed  Election Commissioner and  he took up his new assignment on Tuesday. President Pranab Mukherjee earlier cleared his appointment in the