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Bypolls In 8 Assembly Seats Across 7 States To Be Held On November 11
The voting for assembly bypolls in eight constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Punjab, Telangana and Rajasthan will be held on November 11, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar announced on Monday.
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Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Law To Appoint Election Commissioners
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused, for a second time, to ban a contentious new law on the appointment of election commissioners; the court has, though, added the petition to a list of pending cases and said these will be heard in April.
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Poll Panel Members Voluntarily Give Up Perks As Part Of Austerity Measure
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey on Friday decided to voluntarily give up perks and privileges as an austerity measure.
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"Voting Machines Made Part Of Motivated Slugfest": Top Election Officer
Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Tuesday said "most parties" have reposed their faith in electronic voting machines (EVMs), but expressed regret that some sections made it part of a "motivated slugfest".
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Bihar Elections: Lalu's Remarks Violative of Model Code, Says Election Commission
The Election Commission today cautioned RJD chief Lalu Prasad for his reported castiest remarks which it said were violative of the model code and asked him to be "more careful" in public utterances during election campaigns in future.
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Money Influencing Bihar Elections More Than Before: Ex-Poll Panel Chief
People should rise above caste and religious lines and not vote for politicians known for muscle and money power if they have to cleanse the system, former Election Commission chief K J Rao says.
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Legal Lacuna in Dealing With Menace of Paid News: Chief Election Commission
There is a legal lacuna in dealing with the growing menace of 'paid news' in the Indian elections and there is a need to make it an offence under the electoral law, says Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath.
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Election Commission to Consider Army Chief Appointment Issue
The BJP had earlier opposed the appointment of the next Army chief before the completion of the Lok Sabha elections.
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Over Rs 1.37 crore unaccounted cash seized in poll-bound UP
Over Rs 1.37 crore in cash, 10 kg of silver and six pistols along with live cartridges were recovered during a vehicle checking drive in view of the coming Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh elections.
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Bypolls In 8 Assembly Seats Across 7 States To Be Held On November 11
The voting for assembly bypolls in eight constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Punjab, Telangana and Rajasthan will be held on November 11, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar announced on Monday.
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Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Law To Appoint Election Commissioners
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused, for a second time, to ban a contentious new law on the appointment of election commissioners; the court has, though, added the petition to a list of pending cases and said these will be heard in April.
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Poll Panel Members Voluntarily Give Up Perks As Part Of Austerity Measure
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey on Friday decided to voluntarily give up perks and privileges as an austerity measure.
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"Voting Machines Made Part Of Motivated Slugfest": Top Election Officer
Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Tuesday said "most parties" have reposed their faith in electronic voting machines (EVMs), but expressed regret that some sections made it part of a "motivated slugfest".
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Bihar Elections: Lalu's Remarks Violative of Model Code, Says Election Commission
The Election Commission today cautioned RJD chief Lalu Prasad for his reported castiest remarks which it said were violative of the model code and asked him to be "more careful" in public utterances during election campaigns in future.
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Money Influencing Bihar Elections More Than Before: Ex-Poll Panel Chief
People should rise above caste and religious lines and not vote for politicians known for muscle and money power if they have to cleanse the system, former Election Commission chief K J Rao says.
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Legal Lacuna in Dealing With Menace of Paid News: Chief Election Commission
There is a legal lacuna in dealing with the growing menace of 'paid news' in the Indian elections and there is a need to make it an offence under the electoral law, says Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath.
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Election Commission to Consider Army Chief Appointment Issue
The BJP had earlier opposed the appointment of the next Army chief before the completion of the Lok Sabha elections.
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Over Rs 1.37 crore unaccounted cash seized in poll-bound UP
Over Rs 1.37 crore in cash, 10 kg of silver and six pistols along with live cartridges were recovered during a vehicle checking drive in view of the coming Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh elections.
