Bangalore: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister KS Eshwarappa has courted fresh trouble. Close on the heels of the Election Commission reprimanding him for violating the model code of conduct in connection with his alleged hate speech and asked him to be cautious in future, an FIR has now been filed against him for offering "large amounts" during "arti" performed by women during his electioneering in parts of Shimoga. "An FIR was...
07:42 PM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Tuesday reprimanded Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister KS Eshwarappa for violating the Model Code of Conduct in connection with his alleged hate speech and asked him to be cautious in future. The BJP leader who is also the candidate from Shimoga assembly constituency in Karnataka has been booked for allegedly inciting communal feelings and promoting hatred and ill-will between different classes in society in a...
09:28 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Islamabad: Pakistan Election Commission on Saturday barred candidates from seeking votes in the name of religion or sect under new guidelines issued for the country's landmark May 11 General Election. The poll panel said the new guidelines were aimed at ensuring the "smooth and peaceful conduct" of the General Election. "Under the new guidelines candidates will not seek votes in the name of religion or sect," state-run Radio Pakistan reported....
12:50 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Karachi: For the first time in Pakistan's history, a transgender has been allowed to contest elections, with the country's Election Commission accepting her nomination papers from a constituency in Karachi. Initially the Election Commission had rejected the nomination papers of Bindiya Rana when her supporter failed to show up at the ECP office at the time of filing of papers. But after filing an appeal, Bindiya has finally got the...
10:47 PM, Apr 14, 2013
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Friday swung into action and issued notices to Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister KS Eshwarappa and Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil for alleged hate speeches in Karnataka. On Thursday, Judicial Magistrate First Class Arjun Nallur admitted a private complaint by the President of minority cell of the district Congress, Sayad W Addu, over Eshwarappa's speech allegedly "instigating" a particular community against others and violating the...
06:42 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Bangalore: In the battle for Karnataka, a lot is playing out on the social media, especially Twitter. The Bharatiya Janata Party, the Congress and BS Yeddyurappa's Karnataka Janata Paksha have all joined the bandwagon. The question is whether the Election Commission will be able to regulate online campaigns. Sanjay Gowdar Sidappa leads the team of silent warriors for Yeddyurappa's KJP. He is a part of the social media strategy cell...
09:33 AM, Apr 11, 2013
Bangalore: All efforts will be made to ensure free and fair Assembly polls in Karnataka, Chief Election Commissioner VS Sampath said on Tuesday after reviewing arrangements with the state administration. On the suggestion of political parties and in view of the severe hot conditions, the EC has decided to advance the poll timings by an hour to 7 am, he told reporters. Sampath, along with Election Commissioners HS Brahma and...
07:52 PM, Apr 09, 2013
New Delhi: The Election Commission has told the Supreme Court that the new electronic voting machines (EVMs)'s are almost ready. The Election Commission will show the new EVMs to all the political parties sometime in May. The special feature of the new EVM is that as soon as the voter presses a button to cast his vote, a screen will show him that candidate whom he or she has voter...
05:21 PM, Apr 09, 2013
Kolkata: The West Bengal panchayat polls case will come for for hearing in the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday. The State Election Commission and the West Bengal government are at loggerheads. Mamata Banerjee's government has proposed May 5 and May 8 as the new dates for panchayat polls but the EC wants to conduct polls in 3 phases. The state government moved an application before the court of Justice Biswanath...
08:37 AM, Apr 09, 2013
Bangalore: Chief Election Commissioner VS Sampath will visit Bangalore on Monday to assess the city's poll preparedness for the May 5 Assembly elections. Sampath along with Election Commissioners HS Brahma and SNA Zaidi will hold a meeting with representatives of all political parties on Monday and hear their grievances. They will hold another meeting of top election officials on Tuesday to discuss threadbare the poll and security arrangements. The poll...
08:37 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Islamabad: Pervez Musharraf's nomination papers for a parliamentary constituency in the port city of Karachi were rejected on Sunday while his papers for another seat in northern Pakistan were accepted by election authorities. Election officials rejected the former military ruler's papers for parliamentary constituency number 250 in Karachi. Jamaat-e-Islami leader Niyamatullah Khan, who intends to contest the May 11 polls from the same seat, had on Saturday objected to Musharraf's...
01:30 PM, Apr 07, 2013
Bangalore: Complying with an Election Commission directive, the BJP government in Karnataka on Friday transferred Bangalore Police Commissioner BG Jyothiprakash Mirji ahead of the May 5 Assembly elections. Home Secretary Raghavendra H Auradkar, who was posted in his place, took over charge. According to sources, the Commission had shot down a panel of three names suggested by the state government and insisted on Auradkar's appointment. "This order is issued as...
11:02 AM, Apr 05, 2013
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Thursday banned the publication or broadcast of any exit poll during the period of Assembly elections in Karnataka. The EC also prohibited the display of any election matter including results of any opinion poll or any other poll survey, in any electronic media, during the period of 48 hours before end of polling on May 5. "Election matter has been defined as any matter...
02:15 AM, Apr 05, 2013
The Election Commission and the West Bengal government are at loggerheads over the dates of the coming Panchayat elections in the state. The Calcutta High Court will hear the Election Commission's petition to quash the state government's notification. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wants elections in two phases as opposed to three. ...
09:08 AM, Apr 02, 2013
BJP on Monday said it is open to all steps by the Election Commission for electoral reforms, including making public all donations to political parties, and maintained it will abide by any change in rules the poll panel seeks on the issue. Asked about reports that the Election Commission and the government have differences over making it mandatory for political parties to declare all donations before it, BJP says it...
03:10 AM, Apr 02, 2013
The West Bengal State Election Commission has moved the Calcutta High Court on Monday appealing for quashing of the state Panchayat Election notification. The Mamata Banerjee government had called for a two-phase election to be held on April 26 and 30. ...
12:43 PM, Apr 01, 2013
The Election Commission has differed with the government on the amendment of law with regard to funding of political parties. ...
11:42 AM, Mar 31, 2013
Citing law and order problems in West Bengal, the Congress on Saturday said it was imperative to conduct the upcoming panchayat (rural body) polls under the strict vigil of central security forces for free and fair elections. ...
04:40 AM, Mar 31, 2013
Ruling Trinamool Congress on Friday attacked the State Election Commission, with which it is engaged in a tussle over the panchayat poll, of being 'biased' in favour of the opposition parties and accused the erstwhile Left Front government of doubling the tenure of the present election commissioner to derive political benefit. ...
02:47 AM, Mar 30, 2013
Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, a retired judge with a strong reputation for honesty, was on Sunday chosen by Pakistan's Election Commission as the caretaker Prime Minister to conduct the May 11 general elections. ...
01:45 PM, Mar 24, 2013
