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Poll Body Transfers Chennai Police Commissioner
The EC on Friday ordered the transfer of Greater Chennai Police Commissioner A Arun, replacing him with the 1997 batch IPS officer Abhin Dinesh, on Monday.
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Poll Body Transfers Bengal Official Over Complaints Of Irregularities
The Commission said it had received a report from the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) regarding the inclusion of contractual employees in the database prepared for election duty in the district in violation of its instructions.
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Poll Body Orders Transfer Of Bengal Officials Posted In Same Area For 3 Years
The Election Commission has directed the transfer of senior West Bengal government officials and police officers who have been serving in the same post or district for more than three years, a senior official of the poll body said on Wednesday.
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"Additions, Deletions Part Of Electoral Roll Revision Exercise": Top Court
Additions and deletions are part of the electoral roll revision exercise undertaken by the Election Commission, the Supreme Court said, as it resumed final hearing on a batch of 19 petitions challenging the SIR of electoral rolls in Bihar.
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Mamata Banerjee May Visit Delhi In February To Protest Against SIR: Sources
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to visit Delhi in February to register a major protest against the Election Commission of India (ECI) over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll.
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Mamata Banerjee's Seat Saw 4X Voter Deletions Than Suvendu Adhikari's Nandigram
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Bhabanipur constituency has recorded one of the highest voter deletions in West Bengal, logging nearly four times more removals than Opposition Leader Suvendu Adhikari's Nandigram, according to data.
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'Why No Proposal For New Booths In High-Rises?' Poll Body Asks Bengal Unit
The Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal is under fire after failure to submit a proposal for new polling booths in high-rise buildings ahead of the Assembly elections in the state scheduled for next year.
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"Citizens Deserve Impartial Election Commission": MK Stalin On Bihar Result
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday congratulated Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) leader Nitish Kumar for the Bihar election result but slammed the Election Commission of India (ECI).
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"Some Parties Didn't Ask For Corrections...": Poll Body On Voter Roll Row
The Election Commission clarified that political parties are involved at all stages of preparation of electoral rolls, as the poll body faces criticism over the voter list revision in Bihar.
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"Resign From Lok Sabha If You Don't Trust Poll Body": BJP To Rahul Gandhi
The BJP on Saturday Rahul Gandhi must resign on "moral grounds" from the membership of the Lok Sabha if he does not have faith in the Election Commission, and flayed him for not submitting a written declaration on his "vote theft" claim.
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"Surrender Fake EPIC Card By August 16": Poll Body Sets Deadline For Tejashwi Yadav
The Election Commission on Friday told RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav that it was a crime to forge and use a bogus government document and set a deadline for him to submit his "apparently fake" Electoral Photo Identity Card by August 16.
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Poll Body Explains 65 Lakh Gap In Draft Voter List In Bihar
The Enumeration Forms for 7.24 crore electors were collected out of about eight crore forms distributed and downloaded during the Enumeration Phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list in Bihar, ECI said.
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"Rights Of Voters Being Snatched": Jairam Ramesh On Voter List Revision
Jairam Ramesh criticised the decision of the Election Commission to determine citizenship of Indian nationals, accusing them of doing "NRC through back door" over the poll-body's decision to Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls.
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As Tulsi Gabbard Backs Paper Ballots, Poll Body Sources' EVM Clarification
Election Commission sources on Friday rejected suggestions that electronic voting machines (EVMs) used in the country are vulnerable to hacking, asserting that the machines work like simple calculators which are not connected to the internet.
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Poll Body Plans To Find 'Ghost' Voters Through New Software Amid Allegations
Amid the Trinamool Congress raising the issue of 'fake voters', the Election Commission has decided to introduce a new option in its software for the detection of 'ghost' electors, an official said.
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Poll Body Transfers Chennai Police Commissioner
The EC on Friday ordered the transfer of Greater Chennai Police Commissioner A Arun, replacing him with the 1997 batch IPS officer Abhin Dinesh, on Monday.
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Poll Body Transfers Bengal Official Over Complaints Of Irregularities
The Commission said it had received a report from the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) regarding the inclusion of contractual employees in the database prepared for election duty in the district in violation of its instructions.
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Poll Body Orders Transfer Of Bengal Officials Posted In Same Area For 3 Years
The Election Commission has directed the transfer of senior West Bengal government officials and police officers who have been serving in the same post or district for more than three years, a senior official of the poll body said on Wednesday.
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"Additions, Deletions Part Of Electoral Roll Revision Exercise": Top Court
Additions and deletions are part of the electoral roll revision exercise undertaken by the Election Commission, the Supreme Court said, as it resumed final hearing on a batch of 19 petitions challenging the SIR of electoral rolls in Bihar.
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Mamata Banerjee May Visit Delhi In February To Protest Against SIR: Sources
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to visit Delhi in February to register a major protest against the Election Commission of India (ECI) over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll.
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Mamata Banerjee's Seat Saw 4X Voter Deletions Than Suvendu Adhikari's Nandigram
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Bhabanipur constituency has recorded one of the highest voter deletions in West Bengal, logging nearly four times more removals than Opposition Leader Suvendu Adhikari's Nandigram, according to data.
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'Why No Proposal For New Booths In High-Rises?' Poll Body Asks Bengal Unit
The Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal is under fire after failure to submit a proposal for new polling booths in high-rise buildings ahead of the Assembly elections in the state scheduled for next year.
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"Citizens Deserve Impartial Election Commission": MK Stalin On Bihar Result
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday congratulated Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) leader Nitish Kumar for the Bihar election result but slammed the Election Commission of India (ECI).
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"Some Parties Didn't Ask For Corrections...": Poll Body On Voter Roll Row
The Election Commission clarified that political parties are involved at all stages of preparation of electoral rolls, as the poll body faces criticism over the voter list revision in Bihar.
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"Resign From Lok Sabha If You Don't Trust Poll Body": BJP To Rahul Gandhi
The BJP on Saturday Rahul Gandhi must resign on "moral grounds" from the membership of the Lok Sabha if he does not have faith in the Election Commission, and flayed him for not submitting a written declaration on his "vote theft" claim.
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"Surrender Fake EPIC Card By August 16": Poll Body Sets Deadline For Tejashwi Yadav
The Election Commission on Friday told RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav that it was a crime to forge and use a bogus government document and set a deadline for him to submit his "apparently fake" Electoral Photo Identity Card by August 16.
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Poll Body Explains 65 Lakh Gap In Draft Voter List In Bihar
The Enumeration Forms for 7.24 crore electors were collected out of about eight crore forms distributed and downloaded during the Enumeration Phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list in Bihar, ECI said.
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"Rights Of Voters Being Snatched": Jairam Ramesh On Voter List Revision
Jairam Ramesh criticised the decision of the Election Commission to determine citizenship of Indian nationals, accusing them of doing "NRC through back door" over the poll-body's decision to Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls.
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As Tulsi Gabbard Backs Paper Ballots, Poll Body Sources' EVM Clarification
Election Commission sources on Friday rejected suggestions that electronic voting machines (EVMs) used in the country are vulnerable to hacking, asserting that the machines work like simple calculators which are not connected to the internet.
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Poll Body Plans To Find 'Ghost' Voters Through New Software Amid Allegations
Amid the Trinamool Congress raising the issue of 'fake voters', the Election Commission has decided to introduce a new option in its software for the detection of 'ghost' electors, an official said.
