The Election Commission on Saturday expressed hope that its two new icons, shuttler Saina Nehwal and boxer Mary Kom, will be able to encourage women and youth to come out in large numbers to vote in the forthcoming Gujarat elections. "EC has added Saina Nehwal and Mary Kom to its list of national icons. Till now we had former President APJ Abdul Kalam and Indian cricket captain MS Dhoni as...
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India is hosting a conference of heads of election management bodies of SAARC countries in New Delhi from April 30 to May 2 when they will focus on giving a final shape to their Forum. The setting up of such a forum of SAARC election management bodies was approved in principle at the conference held in Islamabad in 2011. The three-day conference will be...