Madhya Pradesh Minister Narottam Mishra disqualified by EC on corruption charges
New Delhi, June 24 (IBNS) : The Election Commission of India on Saturday disqualified Madhya Pradesh Health Minister Narottam Mishra from contesting elections for three years over alleged corrupt practices and paid news during 2008 assembly polls in the state, NDTV reported.
President election on July 17, announces EC
New Delhi, June 7 (IBNS): Polling to elect the next President of India, if needed, will be held on July 17.
New Delhi, June 3 (IBNS): The Election Commission conducted their EVM Challenge but neither of the two political parties that had volunteered to hack electronic voting machines performed it on Saturday.
EC holds EVM hacking challenge ; only two parties attend
New Delhi, June 3 (IBNS) : The Election Commission on Saturday held the EVM hacking challenge, demonstrating various security checks in the machine following a controversy over allegation of manipulation of votes, reports said.
New Delhi, June 3 (IBNS): The Election Commission is all set to host its EVM challenge in Delhi on Saturday.
Election Commission postpones polls of Rajya Sabha for three states
New Delhi, May 22 (IBNS): The Election Commission of India postponed the polls in ten seats of Rajya Sabha for three states, namely, Goa, Gujarat and West Bengal on Monday evening that would fall vacant this year.
EVMs used in Uttarakhand polls be taken to judicial custody : High Court
Dehradun, Apr 27(IBNS) : The Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday issued notices to the Central Election Commission and the State Election Commission on a petition on EVM tampering, reports said.
AIADMK leader Dinakaran to appear before Delhi police today
New Delhi, Apr 22 (IBNS) : AIADMK Deputy General Secretary TTV Dinakaran will appear before the Delhi police on Saturday to join an investigation into his alleged attempt to bribe officials of the Election Commission to get the party symbol in favour , of the ruling faction, media reports said.
AIADMK symbol case : EC grants time till Jun 16 to rival camps to submit details
New Delhi, Apr 21 (IBNS) : As the rival factions of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK kept struggling for a truce and merger, the Election Commission on Friday granted them time till June 16 to submit more documents in connection with the party’s poll symbol, reports said.
Centre clears proposal to buy VVPAT-enabled voting machines
New Delhi, Apr 19 (IBNS) : The Government on Wednesday cleared the proposal of the Election Commission (EC) to buy new VVPAT-enabled EVM machines that prints a paper receipt for each vote cast, reports said.
Lookout Notice against TTV Dinakaran by Delhi police
New Delhi/Chennai, Apr 19 (IBNS) : A day after the rival factions of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK agreed to oust party General Secretary V Sasikala and her tainted nephew TTV Dinakaran, the Delhi police on Wednesday issued a lookout notice against the latter in a case of alleged bribery to officials of the Election Commission of India, media reports said.
Delhi police files bribery case against Sasikala nephew TTV Dinakaran
New Delhi, Apr 17 (IBNS) : The Delhi police on Monday registered a criminal case against AIADMK chief VK Sasikala's nephew TTV Dinakaran on the charge of attempting to bribe the Election Commission of India, The Times of India reported..
Veerappa Moily speaks against Congress' stand on EVM
New Delhi, Apr 12 (IBNS) : Opposing the stand of his party against the use of electronic voting machines, senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily on Wednesday said there is no question of going back to ballot system, reports said.
Election Commission bans exit polls for Lok Sabha bypolls in Kashmir
Srinagar, Apr 1 (IBNS) : The Election Commission of India (ECI) has banned exit polls for Lok Sabha by-elections in Jammu and Kashmir, scheduled to be held between April 9 and April 16.
EC freezes AIADMK party symbol ahead of by-election
New Delhi, Mar 22 (IBNS): The Election Commission has frozen the party symbol of AIADMK over the dispute between Sasikala and Paneerselvam camps ahead of by-election in late former CM J Jayalalitha's constituency, media reports on Wednesday.