Kolkata: The West Bengal State Election Commission on Saturday wrote to the state government seeking a change in the schedule for the panchayat polls and the bunching of districts in each phase. The state government had issued a notification on Friday proposing three-phase polls. Nine districts are to go to the hustings July 2, and four each July 6 and July 10.
The SEC's latter has sought a regrouping of districts - six in phase one, five in phase two and the remaining six in the final leg.
Following the opposition seeking change of date for the third phase which clashes with the Rathayatra festival, the panel has sought shifting of the polls in the third stage to another day.
Responding to the letter, Panchayat Minister Subrata Mukherjee said the third phase may be advanced by a day to July 9....
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04:15 AM, May 19, 2013
Kolkata: Opposition parties in West Bengal on Friday demanded deployment of central paramilitary forces in an all-party meeting convened by the State Election Commission to ensure proper, free and fair panchayat elections. "We need adequate protection for candidates and the voters though every state of the polls - filing of nomination, campaigning, polling day as also counting. The ground situation is not conducive for that. In various local elections across...
04:47 AM, May 18, 2013
Guwahati: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday filed his nomination papers for seeking re-election to the Rajya Sabha for the fifth successive time from Guwahati. The Prime Minister was accompanied by Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh. The elections are scheduled to be held on May 30 and Manmohan's present term ends on June 14. The Prime Minister, who has held this seat from the state since 1991, will address the...
12:40 PM, May 15, 2013
Islamabad: Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf's efforts to seek election to parliament from four seats suffered major setback after his candidature was rejected in all four constituencies for which he had filed nomination. The tribunals barred the former general from contesting the May 11 polls from two constituencies in the Pakistani capital and Punjab province. The tribunals comprising High Court judges upheld decisions by Returning Officers to reject Musharraf's nomination...
04:06 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Islamabad: Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf's efforts to seek election to parliament from four seats suffered major setbacks on Tuesday when tribunals barred him from contesting the May 11 polls from two constituencies in the Pakistani capital and Punjab province. The tribunals comprising High Court judges upheld decisions by Returning Officers to reject Musharraf's nomination papers for two National Assembly constituencies in Islamabad and Kasur. The development came a day...
02:50 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Islamabad: A Pakistani election tribunal on Monday declared former premier Raja Pervez Ashraf ineligible for contesting the upcoming general election. The tribunal comprising judges of the Lahore High Court upheld a Returning Officer's decision to reject nomination papers filed by Ashraf to contest polls from a parliamentary constituency in his hometown of Gujjar Khan. The tribunal rejected an appeal filed by Ashraf against the Returning Officer's decision to reject his...
11:04 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Islamabad: A Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader, who was a candidate for Pakistan's upcoming polls, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in southern Sindh province on Thursday, police said. Two gunmen, who were riding a motorcycle, shot at Fakhrul Islam outside his home in Halanaka area of Hyderabad city this afternoon. Islam was hit by several bullets and died instantly, police officials said. The gunmen escaped after the attack. No group...
03:35 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia will hold General Elections on May 5, an electoral official said on Wednesday, in what could be the toughest test of the ruling coalition's 56-year hold on power in the country. The Election Commission (EC) announced that General Elections will be held on May 5 while nomination process will take place on April 20. The EC said all 222 parliamentary and 505 state seats would be decided...
10:00 AM, Apr 11, 2013
Bangalore: Many candidates in Karnataka put off their move to file nominations for the May 5 Assembly elections on Wednesday owing to "Amavasya", considered inauspicious, as the poll process was set in motion. Less than a handful of nominations were filed on the first day of the election process, in a lukewarm start to the exercise, largely blamed on "New Moon". But it appears that Karnataka Textiles Minister Varthur Prakash...
06:33 PM, Apr 10, 2013
Islamabad: Former premier Raja Pervez Ashraf's nomination papers for a parliamentary constituency in Rawalpindi were rejected by authorities on Sunday even as the Election Commission completed the verification of nominations of 24,094 candidates contesting the May 11, 2013 polls. Ashraf's nomination papers were rejected after he was accused of misappropriating funds and indulging in nepotism. The Pakistan People's Party leader is facing allegations of corruption in clearing rental power projects....
12:10 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Islamabad: Pakistan Election Commission on Friday rejected former president Pervez Musharraf's nomination papers, raising objection under article 62 and 63 of the constitution. Musharraf had recently returned to the country after a four-year self-imposed exile to take part in elections, despite death threats from Pakistani Taliban. Musharraf, who was banned by a court from leaving the country, wanted to contest in the May 11 polls from Karachi, Islamabad, Chitral and...
04:13 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Actor Anupam Kher, who was a part of the cast of the Oscar-nominated film 'Silver Linings Playbook' was seen in Los Angeles interacting with several Hollywood stars, including Leonardo Dicaprio at the pre-Oscar nomination party. ...
12:58 PM, Feb 28, 2013
The 85th Academy Awards in Los Angeles will be held Sunday, February 24, 2013. 'Lincoln' leads the Academy Awards with 12 nominations, including best picture. ...
01:40 PM, Feb 23, 2013
Rajeev Masand brings to you the nominations in the Best Actress category at the 85th Academy Awards which will be held on February 24th, 2013. ...
11:42 AM, Feb 02, 2013
CNN-IBN Entertainment Editor examines the nominations for the Oscar Best Picture nominations for the year 2013. ...
12:37 PM, Jan 19, 2013
Indian actor Anupam Kher, who features in the cast of Hollywood movie 'Silver Linings Playbook', is ecstatic after the romantic-comedy bagged eight nominations at the 85th Academy Awards. He says "this is the biggest moment of my life". ...
11:12 AM, Jan 11, 2013
Indian singer Bombay Jayashri won her first Academy Award nomination for writing the lyrics for the lilting 'Pi's Lullaby' in Ang Lee's ship-wreck story 'Life of Pi'. She is competing with five other contenders for the Music (Original Song) category. ...
10:54 AM, Jan 11, 2013
Singer Bombay Jayshree's song in Ang Lee's 'Life of Pi' has bagged the nomination in 'The Best Original Song' category of 85th Annual Academy Award. The singer is excited about the nomination and plans to attend the ceremony. ...
10:24 AM, Jan 11, 2013
The Civil War saga 'Lincoln' leads the Academy Awards with 12 nominations, including best picture, director for Steven Spielberg and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones. ...
07:21 PM, Jan 10, 2013
