Thursday, May 19, 2022 | Last Update : 02:14 PM IST
Election Commission of India
Assembly polls 2022: EC, health officials to review COVID situation today
EC is prepared for the assembly polls and is expected to announce the dates soon of Goa, Punjab, Uttarakhand, and Manipur assemblies
06 Jan 2022 10:51 AM
Election Commission bans victory rallies on May 2
A recent media survey on Tuesday showed the steep spike in Covid-19 cases in the poll-bound states
28 Apr 2021 6:50 AM
Sanjay Kumar | Bengal lesson: Drawbacks of a multi-phase state election
Was planning an eight-phase poll spread over a month, and during a pandemic too boot, wrong, after all?
20 Apr 2021 11:55 PM
Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Bengal violence erupted as all leaders poisoned the air
What India is seeing is a generation of political leaders who are immature, who lack the poise of a leader of a national stature
15 Apr 2021 12:00 AM
Polling peaceful in all five states, high voter turnout seals parties' destiny
Voting was held in 1.5 lakh polling stations across 475 Assembly seats in the four states and the Union territory of Puducherry
07 Apr 2021 7:59 AM
EC strips Kamal Nath's 'star campaigner' status over poll code violations
The Congress said it will move the Supreme Court against the Election Commission's decision.
31 Oct 2020 2:31 AM
Aakar Patel | Draw lessons from US, make voting in India better and safer
It must be asked if we cannot further reform the process and also learn from practices that other nations follow that might help us.
27 Oct 2020 6:40 PM
Bihar election 2020: ECI raps parties for neglecting COVID-19 precautions
In its advisory on October 9, the ECI had asked political parties to follow instructions related to COVID-19 at all stages
21 Oct 2020 11:24 PM
Bypolls to 56 Assembly seats on November 3; all eyes on Madhya Pradesh
The bypolls for one Lok Sabha seat in Bihar and two assembly seats in Manipur would be held on November 7.
29 Sep 2020 8:14 PM
Bihar to go for three-phase poll from October 28; counting of votes on Nov. 10
Over 7.29 crore voters will cast their votes across 243 Assembly constituencies of Bihar.
25 Sep 2020 1:39 PM
Centres loves us: Sharad Pawar's dig at Modi sarkar after I-T department sends notice
The veteran leader confirmed he received a notice asking for “clarification and explanation” on his election affidavits.
23 Sep 2020 2:15 PM
Bihar Assembly poll, by-elections in Madhya Pradesh to be held around same time
The Commission during a meeting on Friday reviewed the reports and inputs from Chief Secretaries and Chief Electoral Officers
05 Sep 2020 2:48 AM
Disposable gloves, thermal scanners: EC guidelines for polls amid COVID19
A separate set of guidelines would be issued for voters who are residing in areas notified as
21 Aug 2020 6:13 PM
Election Commission tightens security in Maharashtra
In Mumbai, there are two critical polling stations, one each in Goregaon and Mankhurd’s Shivaji Nagar.
21 Oct 2019 3:24 AM
EC announces ban on exit polls from 7 am to 6:30 pm on October 21
Elections to the 90-member Haryana Assembly will be held on October 21 along with the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly.
15 Oct 2019 12:43 PM
ECI publishes final list of voters
All voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in the upcoming Assembly elections scheduled to be held on October 21.
10 Oct 2019 1:53 AM
ECI fixes rate cards for poll expenses
The expenditure limit for each candidate for the Assembly elections has been fixed at Rs 28 lakhs.
02 Oct 2019 2:41 AM
Social media sites to follow ‘code of ethics’ in polls: EC
During Lok Sabha elections this year, social media platforms took action against 909 “violative cases” reported by the ECI.
27 Sep 2019 6:01 AM
Liquor shops to be under CCTV surveillance during elections
The Election Commission of India (ECI) Thursday informed the collector’s office about the new rules for liquor shops during the elections.
27 Sep 2019 2:10 AM
Rajya Sabha bypolls on Oct 16 to fill vacancies of Jaitley, Jethmalani
The Election Commission said the last date for withdrawal of candidatures is October 9.
26 Sep 2019 5:25 PM
Columns
It was obvious long before and reconfirmed after political strategist Prashant Kishor’s firm but polite refusal of party’s membership offer
The recent appointment of Archana Goyal Gulati, former member of Niti Aayog and CCI, at Google, has revived the old debate
As recent events demonstrate, every party prefers having the law enforcers acting as a private militia
Once it dawns on the judiciary that some laws are out of place in a 21st century democracy, then problematic laws will fall