Political Parties
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EC deletes 111 'non-existent' political parties from list; refers three for legal action
India | Jun 21, 2022, 01:38 PM ISTAny party aggrieved from this may approach the concerned Chief Electoral Officer/ Election Commission within 30 days, the Election Commission said.
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Political parties need to give details of voluntary contributions in ITRs
India | Apr 05, 2022, 09:20 AM ISTITR-7 is filed by charitable/ religious trust, political party, scientific research association, Newsagency Association or institution, fund or institution or university or other educational institution or any hospital or other medical institution and university and college.
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Budget 2022: It is betrayal of salaried, middle classes, says Congress
Business | Feb 01, 2022, 01:44 PM ISTCongress general secy and chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the salaried and the middle classes have been affected due to pay cuts and high inflation.
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Will ally only with small parties for Uttar Pradesh polls: Congress state chief Ajay Kumar Lallu
India | Sep 05, 2021, 01:53 PM ISTCongress' state unit chief Ajay Kumar Lallu on Sunday said his party will forge alliances only with small parties and will "not even think about" joining hands with the big ones for the elections.
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Bengal polls: ECI to hold all-party meeting in Kolkata over Covid-19 norms in rallies
India | Apr 16, 2021, 09:27 AM ISTThe poll body will meet one representative of every political party today to discuss the implementation of COVID norms for upcoming four phases of election.
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WB polls: Flags of political parties set up in fields of Midnapore
News | Mar 25, 2021, 10:34 AM ISTWith few days left for the state assembly elections in West Bengal, villagers in Midnapore cannot contain their excitement. Election fever is high as flags of political parties were set up in fields of Dherua village. BJP flags overpowered others in numbers and villagers are very much confident on the former's win in the upcoming election. Elections in West Bengal will be held in eight phases from March 27 to April 29.
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Air pollution can be controlled in less than 4 years through joint efforts of all parties: Kejriwal
News | Oct 19, 2020, 08:24 PM ISTChief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal on October 19 said that if all concerned governments and parties come together, then air pollution in Delhi can be controlled in less than four years time.
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Political parties collect Rs 11,234 crore from unknown sources in 15 years: ADR
India | Mar 10, 2020, 06:56 PM ISTPolitical parties have collected Rs 11,234 crore from unknown sources in the last 15 years, according to election watchdog, Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR).
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SC directs political parties to upload on their websites the reasons for selection of candidates
News | Feb 13, 2020, 02:55 PM ISTSupreme Court directs political parties to upload on their websites the reasons for the selection of candidates with criminal antecedents.
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EC launches online system to let new parties tack status of registration applications
Elections | Jan 01, 2020, 09:43 PM ISTThe Election Commission has launched an online system to allow political parties track their applications for the registration with the poll panel on a real-time basis.
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HC seeks Centre's reply on plea to review political parties having names with religious connotations
India | Jul 17, 2019, 08:33 PM ISTThe Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought response of the Centre and the Election Commission (EC) on a plea for barring political parties from having names with religious connotations and symbols similar to the national flag.
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15 parties got fewer votes than NOTA in 2019 polls
India | Jun 06, 2019, 05:44 PM ISTOf the 36 political parties, whose representatives were elected to the 17th Lok Sabha, 15 got fewer votes than NOTA. Many of these parties contested only a handful of seats.
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610 political parties won no seat in Lok Sabha elections 2019: EC
India | Jun 05, 2019, 03:50 PM ISTA total of 13 parties managed to enter the Lok Sabha by bagging just one seat each, according to data available with the Election Commission.
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Political advertising on Facebook creating 'inequalities'
India | May 08, 2019, 12:38 PM ISTAs more and more political parties advertise on Facebook to reach out to maximum number of voters, the practice is creating new types of inequalities for campaigners and, in turn, posing new set of challenges for the regulators, warn researchers.
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Plea in Supreme Court to bring political parties under RTI
Apr 07, 2019, 09:32 AM ISTA petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to declare all registered and recognised political parties as "public authority" under the Right to Information Act.
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Candidates need to declare their criminal antecedents to the EC before contesting an election: SC
News | Sep 25, 2018, 11:30 AM ISTCandidates need to declare their criminal antecedents to the EC before contesting an election: SC
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SC directs all political parties to put all information about their candidates on their websites
News | Sep 25, 2018, 11:04 AM ISTSupreme Court directs all political parties to put all information about their candidates on their websites. SC also directs wider publicity, through print and electronic media, antecedents of candidates affiliated to political parties
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Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on legalising foreign funding to political parties
India | Jul 02, 2018, 07:45 PM ISTThe petitioner contended that the amendments to the FCRA were introduced with retrospective effect to overturn a Delhi High Court order holding the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress guilty of accepting donations from overseas companies.
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Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on legalising foreign funding to political parties
India | Jul 02, 2018, 07:45 PM ISTThe petitioner contended that the amendments to the FCRA were introduced with retrospective effect to overturn a Delhi High Court order holding the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress guilty of accepting donations from overseas companies.
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Political parties collected Rs 1,500 crore in five assembly elections, spent just Rs 494 crore: ADR
National | Feb 15, 2018, 07:38 PM ISTPolitical parties collected over Rs 1,500 crore during the five state assembly elections held last year but spent just Rs 494 crore, according to an analysis by ADR.