
New Delhi: Terming the 2010 Commonwealth Games a "nightmare", Chief Election Commissioner SY Qureshi on Friday said the event is being remembered more for its controversies, which denied the nation the pride it got from the performance of its athletes. "What a nightmare it was, something we should have been proud of, that pride was denied to the nation... Unfortunately we did not get any time to bask in the...

10:37 PM, Jun 01, 2012

New Delhi: Less than a month to go before the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, the Election Commission (EC) issued an order to bring down curtains on Chief Minister Mayawati's biggest public promotion campaign yet, that includes the statues of herself and the BSP's election symbol, the elephant. Chief Election Commissioner SY Qureshi on Saturday at a Press Conference said the statues will be covered as they were built on...

05:13 PM, Jan 07, 2012

Kolkata: Chief Election Commissioner SY Qureshi along with senior poll panel officials will hold parleys with West Bengal officials and police March 22 to review preparedness for the forthcoming assembly polls, an election official said on Thursday. Two Election Commissioners and Deputy Election Commissioner Vinod Zutshi will accompany the poll panel chief. "The full election commission bench will come to the city March 22 night and hold a series of...

08:14 AM, Mar 18, 2011