Dumka: Jharkhand Deputy Chief Minister Hemant Soren was on Monday granted bail after he surrendered before a local court in connection with a model code of conduct case. Soren surrendered before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Balmukund Rai and moved for bail, which was granted immediately. The case pertained to a model code of conduct case slapped against him under the Representation of People's Act during the 2009 Assembly...
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New Delhi: The Group of Ministers meeting on Wednesday to discuss the row with EC on the Model Code of Conduct, reportedly did not make any recommendations. There is reportedly no such move under contemplation by the government or the Group of Ministers, sources said. The war of words between the Congress and the Election Commission on model code of conduct escalated on Wednesday with the latter saying that there...
08:47 PM, Feb 21, 2012
New Delhi: Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma was on Tuesday granted personal hearing by the Election Commission to explain his minorities sub-quota remarks for which the poll body slapped a notice and he is likely to appear on Friday. The Commission, which met in New Delhi on Tuesday evening, decided to grant personal hearing to the minister following his request in this regard. "The Minister had sought a personal hearing...
08:40 PM, Feb 21, 2012
New Delhi: The war of words between the Congress and the Election Commission on model code of conduct is escalating with the latter saying that there will not be any compromise on the issue of poll code violation. Meanwhile, sources have suggested that the government is planning to take the model code of conduct out of the purview of the Election Commission. The government's Group of Ministers (GoM) is slated...
03:49 PM, Feb 21, 2012
Kanpur: An FIR has been filed against Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi for alleged model code of conduct violation by not taking up the route it had prescribed to the leader for his road campaign in Kanpur. The case has been filed in Kanpur for violating Section 144. Kanpur District Magistrate Hari Om on Monday said that Rahul stuck to his route, despite having been assigned an alternative route by...
08:59 PM, Feb 20, 2012
Lucknow: The T N Seshan ghost seems to be haunting Uttar Pradesh after a lull of many years. Usually poll time sets the entire state abuzz with colourful election activity but campaigning is turning out to be a rather quiet affair this time. The official machinery is all geared up to enable the state's 12 crore voters to elect 403 legislators for a giant sized assembly, but there is unusual...
10:33 AM, Jan 30, 2012
New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi has said that the use of black money during the Assembly elections was a major cause for concern and the EC was trying its best to deal with it. In an interview with CNN-IBN, Quraishi spoke about the use of money power, liquor and drugs during elections and the EC's efforts to crack it. Rajdeep Sardesai: Mr Quraishi, we are seeing the assets...
09:55 PM, Jan 25, 2012
New Dellhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati turned 56 on Sunday. But unlike previous years, Lucknow hasn't been bathed in blue lights this time. Celebrations will be low key because the Election Commission has ordered the District Magistrate of Lucknow to keep a close watch on festivities and submit a full account of expenses incurred by the ruling BSP on Sunday. The EC is scrutinising all weddings and birthdays as...
07:12 AM, Jan 15, 2012
Lucknow: Keeping in mind the model code of conduct in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will host the birthday bash of Chief Minister Mayawati on January 15, when she turns 56, at the state party headquarters here, an official said. Unlike in the past, when the birthday bash was hosted by the state government which she heads, this time it will be a party affair. "Behenji's...
05:26 PM, Jan 14, 2012
Faizabad: Elections are a bad time to get married as one politician in Uttar Pradesh found out to his dismay. With the Election Commission watching he has had to cut his big fat wedding to size. Pawan Pandey, the Samajwadi Party candidate from Faizabad, has been forced to trim his guest list from 30,000 to 100 after the Election Commission cracked the whip to ensure weddings and public functions aren't...
09:31 AM, Jan 14, 2012
ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA MODEL CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THE GUIDANCE OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND CANDIDATES 1. General Conduct (1) No party or candidate shall include in any activity which may aggravate existing differences or create mutual hatred or cause tension between different castes and communities, religious or linguistic. (2) Criticism of other political parties, when made, shall be confined to their policies and programme, past record and work. Parties...
07:11 PM, Jan 12, 2012
Kolkata: As the countdown to the West Bengal assembly elections begins, the latest allegations brought against the Left Front government were that the comrades were violating the model code of conduct. As a result the doubts were there if an old election trick is being repeated behind the walls of Writers Building in Kolkata. Just a month before the elections, there are allegations that the CPI(M) is clearing appointments, and...
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