Ashok Lavasa

"Inspires Us All": Raghuram Rajan On Deepika Padukone's JNU Visit

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday January 11, 2020

Backing Deepika Padukone, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said the actress's silent protest against JNU violence and Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa doing his duty impartially despite harassment to his family showed that for some people, truth, freedom, and justice are not just lofty words, but ideals worth sacrificing for.

Honesty Is "Tortuous", Writes Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Saturday December 28, 2019

After months of alleged harassment by government agencies, Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa has said the path to honesty "often turns out to be tortuous".

Replace Party Symbols On Voting Machines With Candidate Info: BJP Leader

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday October 17, 2019

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ashwini Upadhyay recently submitted a 21-page petition to Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and his deputies Ashok Lavasa and Sushil Chandra urging them to use their plenary powers under Article 324 to replace party symbols on voting machines and ballot papers with candidate details.

"Punishing Neutral Referee": Congress On IT Notice To Ashok Lavasa's Wife

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday September 24, 2019

A day after the Income Tax Department issued a notice to Novel Singhal, wife of Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa, referring to her earnings while working as an independent director of some companies, the Congress slammed the BJP government saying it was punishing the "neutral referee".

Income Tax Notice To Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa's Wife

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday September 24, 2019

A notice has been sent to Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa's wife Novel S Lavasa for discrepancies in income tax filings, sources told NDTV. The Income Tax department has sought information "related to foreign exchange", the sources said.

Election 2019 - Dissent In Poll Code Violation Cases Won't Be Made Public: Election Commission

India News | Reported by Anuj Pant, Edited by A Vaidyanathan | Tuesday May 21, 2019

Dissent and minority views in Election Commission's orders in cases of Model Code of Conduct violations would not be made public, the poll panel said today, rejecting the demand of Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa.

Elections 2019 - "Avoidable": Top Election Officer Denies Reports Of Rift Over Poll Code

India News | Edited By Debanish Achom | Saturday May 18, 2019

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora today said reports of Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa skipping meetings related to the poll code violations - as he was not allowed to record his dissent - are "unsavoury" and "avoidable".

Lok Sabha Election 2019 Live Updates: Rahul Gandhi Meets Chandrababu Naidu

India News | Edited By Abhimanyu Bose | Saturday May 18, 2019

A day before the final phase of the marathon national election, alliance talks continue between opposition leaders.

Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa Opts Out Of Meetings Over Clean Chits

India News | Reported by Arvind Gunasekar, Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Debanish Achom | Saturday May 18, 2019

Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa has skippedmeetings of the Election Commission on deciding violations of the Model Code over what he claimed was his "minority decisions going unrecorded", NDTV has learnt. The Election Commission had cleared Prime Minister Narendra Modi of any poll code violation in six instances.

Elections 2019: Election Body "Biased", Says Rahul Gandhi On Clean Chits To PM, Amit Shah

India News | Edited by Arun Nair | Saturday May 4, 2019

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi today accused the Election Commission of being "completely biased" against the opposition, a day after the poll body gave clean chits to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah over allegations of poll code violations. The Election Commission gave clean chits despite dissension from one of theelection commis...

Keeping Watch On All Developments: Poll Body After Pulwama, Air Strike

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 27, 2019

The Election Commission is keeping a tab on developments in the country after the Pulwama terror attack and the air strike on a terror camp in Balakot, a top poll panel official said on Tuesday. The EC is duty-bound to carry out the mandate given to it by the Constitution, Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa told reporters.

Ahead Of Karnataka Elections, Poll Panel Launches 3 Mobile Apps

Karnataka News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday April 6, 2018

Chief Election Commissioner Om Prakash Rawat and Election Commissioners Sunil Arora and Ashok Lavasa on Thursday launched three mobile applications for voters ahead of the May 12 Karnataka Assembly elections.

Om Prakash Rawat Appointed New Chief Election Commissioner

India News | Edited By Abhimanyu Bose | Sunday January 21, 2018

Om Prakash Rawat has been appointed as the next Chief Election Commissioner, the law ministry said today.

Hasmukh Adhia Designated As Finance Secretary

Business | Press Trust of India | Monday November 6, 2017

Hasmukh Adhia, a 1981 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre, is the current Revenue Secretary.

Public Sector Banks To Get Rs 2.11 Lakh Crore, A 'Bold' Step, Says Arun Jaitley

Business | NDTV Profit Team | Tuesday October 24, 2017

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the lending spree of public sector banks during 2008-14 had resulted in the bulk of the bad loans in the banking system.