Tripura on Thursday set a new record for the country's highest-ever voter turnout with 93 per cent polling in the Assembly elections which was by and large peaceful. The Left Front is hoping to return for a record fifth straight time in the elections to the 60-member Assembly in the north-eastern state with the contest being mainly between the ruling alliance and the Congress. ...
09:43 PM, Feb 14, 2013
A petition filed by fiery cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri seeking reconstitution of the Pakistan's Election Commission was dismissed on February 13 by the Supreme Court following a heated exchange in the courtroom between him and Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. ...
12:28 PM, Feb 14, 2013
Founder President of Karnataka Janata Party Padmanabha Prassana Kumar on February 6 alleged he faced threats to his life in Karnataka from BS Yeddyurappa, who is heading KJP now and he wanted 'poltical asylum' in Tamil Nadu. ...
04:01 PM, Feb 06, 2013
The Election Commission has cautioned Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar over the misuse of official machinery for political reasons and violating the model code of conduct ahead of the February 14 polls, officials said here on February 6. Sarkar told reporters that he would not comment on the matter. ...
12:40 PM, Feb 06, 2013
In a major haul ahead of the state Assembly elections in Nagaland, security forces have seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition from a suspected National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM) man in Kohima. Personnel of 17 and 19 Assam Rifles seized a huge consignment of highly sophisticated weapons, made in Germany and Austria, from the suspected NSCN-IM man during a joint operation conducted on February 5, an official...
01:07 AM, Feb 06, 2013
The Election Commission on Tuesday cautioned Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar against misuse of official machinery for political purposes in violation of the Model Code of Conduct. ...
06:22 PM, Feb 05, 2013
The Cabinet on Thursday approved the Petroleum Ministry's proposal to increase the number of subsidised LPG cylinders available to households to nine a year from the current cap of six. ...
01:03 PM, Jan 17, 2013
The Election Commission on Friday announced by-elections to the constituencies of several states, including Assam, Bihar, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh. ...
05:24 PM, Jan 11, 2013
The Election Commission of India on Friday announced the dates for polling in the three north eastern states of Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya. Polling will be held in Tripura on February 14, while in Meghalaya and Nagaland, the polling will be held on February 23. ...
04:11 PM, Jan 11, 2013
As the debate to strengthen India's sexual assault law continues, former chief election commissioner T Krishnamurthy has suggested immediate suspension of MPs and MLAs facing criminal charges. He also says that jurisdiction of these cases should be in fast-track courts. ...
08:55 AM, Jan 08, 2013
In another technological leap forward from the 2009 general elections when it had launched the COMET online monitoring system, the Election Commission of India now hopes to supervise the 2014 national elections - the largest democratic exercise in the world - with a coded SMS-based alert system. ...
12:54 AM, Jan 07, 2013
The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday tendered an oral apology to the Gujarat High Court on the issue of requisitioning of vehicles by it for the poll work, following which court reserved its verdict on the PIL challenging EC action. ...
05:00 PM, Dec 18, 2012
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Thursday questioned the timing of Narendra Modi's letter on Sir Creek issue saying the Gujarat Chief Minister has raised the matter at the time of elections, and indicated the government could take it up with the Election Commission. ...
05:05 PM, Dec 13, 2012
The Election Commission on Wednesday disapproved Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Veerappa Moily's announcement of raising subsidised LPG quota and asked him to be circumspect in future. Moily had announced that the cap on subsidised LPG cylinders could be raised from six to nine. ...
06:38 PM, Dec 12, 2012
A day after Election Commission rap, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister M Veerappa Moily on Wednesday said the government has not yet taken any decision on raising cap on supply of subsidised LPG cylinders and the EC would have been informed before announcing any decision. ...
11:43 AM, Dec 12, 2012
The Election Commission has served a notice to Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily for announcing that the cap on subsidised LPG cylinders could be raised from six to nine. EC says this is a violation of the model code of conduct as the announcement comes barely 24 hours ahead of the first phase of polling in Gujarat. ...
07:40 AM, Dec 12, 2012
The EC sends out a warning as the Centre announces a plan to raise the cap on subsidised LPG cylinders from six to nine. ...
09:15 PM, Dec 11, 2012
Taking suo moto cognisance of reports of the Centre's move ahead of Gujarat assembly polls to increase the cap on subsidised LPG cylinders, the Election Commission has directed it to stop the same forthwith. The Commission held an emergency meeting soon after the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas M Veerappa Moily said the government will raise the cap on supply of subsidised cooking gas (LPG) to nine cylinders per...
07:51 PM, Dec 11, 2012
Election Commission has geared up to conduct postal ballot at various facilitation centres in Gujarat where about three lakh polling staff including policemen are expected to cast their votes, officials said. Around 9,000 policemen engaged in poll duty have already cast their votes through postal ballots at the facilitation centres set up across the state, they said. ...
06:15 PM, Dec 11, 2012
The Election Commission is dissatisfied with the government's response on the direct cash transfer scheme and has asked the government to defer its implementation in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh till the end of the assembly elections. EC had questioned the timing of the cash transfer scheme, to which the government had replied that the scheme was announced before the announcement of poll dates. ...
01:30 PM, Dec 04, 2012
