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 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
Gujarat Congress unit on Monday filed a complaint against Chief Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly violating the model code of conduct by 'campaigning' on the election day at the polling station where he cast his vote. ...
05:14 PM, Dec 17, 2012
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11:42 PM, Feb 21, 2012
Does the model code of conduct need revision or statutory status? ...
09:30 PM, Feb 21, 2012
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
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...
06:06 PM, Mar 05, 2011
A non-cognizable offence has been registered against actor. ...
02:15 AM, Oct 13, 2009
BSP is a party for down-trodden but is not poverty stricken, defends partyman. ...
01:08 AM, Apr 18, 2009
Upadhyay was reportedly distributing cash to meritorious madrassa students. ...
08:21 PM, Apr 13, 2009
EC issued notice to D Srinivas for violating the model code of conduct. ...
09:14 PM, Apr 09, 2009
Election Commission diktat forbids hike in dearness allowance. ...
02:10 PM, Mar 30, 2009
The media coordinators took the decision to uphold the model code. ...
03:23 PM, Mar 26, 2009
EC reviewing Mulayam's threat to lady returning officer closely. ...
09:26 AM, Mar 26, 2009
Faizabad SDM said Katiyar's cavalcade had 3 SUVs with no number plates. ...
12:11 PM, Mar 24, 2009
The EC is meeting in on Sunday to discuss the issue. ...
04:19 PM, Mar 22, 2009
