Election Commission bans exit polls from Jan 28 to Mar 3
The Election Commission has banned exit polls during the entire period when elections to five state assemblies would be held.
In a statement here, Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand, Radha Raturi s
Election Commission bans 'peo-puttar' words in Punjab poll campaign
First it was kaka and now it is peo-puttar (father-son).
The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday directed that the words peo-puttar should not be used in advertisements and campaigning, in an incorrec
EC teams seize Rs 19 crore cash, 36 lakh ML liquor in Punjab
Surveillance and Income Tax department teams, deployed for checking black money and narcotics in poll-bound Punjab, have seized close to Rs 18.84 crore cash and confiscated over 36 lakh ML of foreign
Punjab polls: 801 nominations rejected
As many as 801 nominations were rejected during scrutiny as withdrawal of papers started on Saturday for the January 30 Punjab Assembly election.
During scrutiny on Friday, nomination papers of 801
Work on veiling Mayawati statues, BSP symbol yet to commence
A day after Election Commission ordered statues of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and her party symbol to be draped ‘at the earliest’, work on it is yet to commence with the district authoritie
Maya's statue to be draped during election: CEC
The Election Commission on Saturday said statues of Chief Minister Mayawati and elephants, BSP's poll symbol, installed at a number of places in Uttar Pradesh would be covered during the state assembl
Amarinder's brother joins Akali Dal
In a jolt to Congress in Punjab ahead of assembly polls, Malwinder Singh, brother of former chief minister Amarinder Singh, on Saturday joined ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) after he was not given
Election Commission transfers UP DGP, home secretary
The Election Commission (EC) late on Saturday transferred Uttar Pradesh DGP Brij Lal and principal secretary (home) Kunwar Fateh Bahadur after major opposition parties accused the two officials of wor
Kerala goes to vote, actress in trouble
Racing to elect a new government, the volatile southern state last recorded 61.2 per cent voter turnout today.
A headline doing the rounds on an otherwise incident free poll day was the case of Moll
Two grilled by I-T for withdrawing 20 cr in a day
As part of surveillance of large cash withdrawals ahead of the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, Income Tax officials are questioning two persons, who worked as conduits for traders and withdrew Rs 20 crore