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UP Bureaucrat Sent Back After Failing To Enumerate Poll Booths In Bengal's Cooch Behar
Anurag Yadav was appointed the observer for Cooch Behar South on March 16 and he joined two days later. But yesterday, at a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, he failed to answer questions.
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Inside 15-Minute Meet Between Trinamool Congress And Poll Body Chief
The meeting lasted roughly 15 minutes but has resulted in a significant political controversy with sharply differing accounts from both sides.
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'Get Lost' vs 'Stay Quiet': An Election Body-Trinamool Congress Showdown
Derek O'Brien said the Trinamool delegation went to meet the Chief Election Commissioner with nine letters from Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
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"Conflict Of Interest": Chief Justice Recuses From Poll Body Appointments Case
A bench was hearing petitions on the non-inclusion of the Chief Justice of India in the panel which selects the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners
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'Arbitrary, Unilateral Move': Mamata Banerjee To Poll Chief Over Reshuffle
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has now written to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, putting on record her protest against the state's removal of top bureaucrats ahead of the assembly election.
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Poll Body Appoints Ex-Bureaucrat Manjeet Singh As Special Observer For Assam
The Election Commission on Monday appointed former bureaucrat Manjeet Singh as the special observer for poll-bound Assam with a mandate to update the poll panel on election preparedness in the northeastern state.
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Election Commission's Reshuffle Hours After Poll Announcement, Trinamool Hits Back
Just hours after the West Bengal poll dates were announced, the Election Commission ordered the removal of top bureaucrats in the state, including Chief Secretary Nandini Chakravorty, of the Mamata Banerjee-led government.
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Bypolls To 8 Assembly Seats On April 9 And 23, Counting On May 4: Poll Body
Bypolls to five assembly seats in Goa, Karnataka, Nagaland and Tripura will be held on April 9 and in another three constituencies of Gujarat and Maharashtra on April 23, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gynaesh Kumar announced on Sunday.
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The Process To Impeach Poll Body Chief And How Opposition Is Prepared
Reasons cited in notice for impeachment of CEC include large-scale deletion of voters' names in Bihar and Bengal during SIR, biased attitude towards certain political parties, alleged misconduct on part of Gyanesh Kumar
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193 Opposition MPs Seek Removal Of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
As many as 130 Lok Sabha MPs and 63 Rajya Sabha MPs have signed a notice seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, sources said on Thursday.
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UP Bureaucrat Sent Back After Failing To Enumerate Poll Booths In Bengal's Cooch Behar
Anurag Yadav was appointed the observer for Cooch Behar South on March 16 and he joined two days later. But yesterday, at a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, he failed to answer questions.
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Inside 15-Minute Meet Between Trinamool Congress And Poll Body Chief
The meeting lasted roughly 15 minutes but has resulted in a significant political controversy with sharply differing accounts from both sides.
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'Get Lost' vs 'Stay Quiet': An Election Body-Trinamool Congress Showdown
Derek O'Brien said the Trinamool delegation went to meet the Chief Election Commissioner with nine letters from Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
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"Conflict Of Interest": Chief Justice Recuses From Poll Body Appointments Case
A bench was hearing petitions on the non-inclusion of the Chief Justice of India in the panel which selects the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners
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'Arbitrary, Unilateral Move': Mamata Banerjee To Poll Chief Over Reshuffle
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has now written to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, putting on record her protest against the state's removal of top bureaucrats ahead of the assembly election.
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Poll Body Appoints Ex-Bureaucrat Manjeet Singh As Special Observer For Assam
The Election Commission on Monday appointed former bureaucrat Manjeet Singh as the special observer for poll-bound Assam with a mandate to update the poll panel on election preparedness in the northeastern state.
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Election Commission's Reshuffle Hours After Poll Announcement, Trinamool Hits Back
Just hours after the West Bengal poll dates were announced, the Election Commission ordered the removal of top bureaucrats in the state, including Chief Secretary Nandini Chakravorty, of the Mamata Banerjee-led government.
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Bypolls To 8 Assembly Seats On April 9 And 23, Counting On May 4: Poll Body
Bypolls to five assembly seats in Goa, Karnataka, Nagaland and Tripura will be held on April 9 and in another three constituencies of Gujarat and Maharashtra on April 23, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gynaesh Kumar announced on Sunday.
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The Process To Impeach Poll Body Chief And How Opposition Is Prepared
Reasons cited in notice for impeachment of CEC include large-scale deletion of voters' names in Bihar and Bengal during SIR, biased attitude towards certain political parties, alleged misconduct on part of Gyanesh Kumar
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193 Opposition MPs Seek Removal Of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
As many as 130 Lok Sabha MPs and 63 Rajya Sabha MPs have signed a notice seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, sources said on Thursday.
