The Election Commission of India has announced the much-awaited poll dates for the Lok Sabha election, on Sunday. The election will be held in seven phases starting from April 11 and ending on May 19. The votes will be counted on May 23.
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The Election Commission, on Thursday, has announced that voters can now registered their complaint with the help of smartphone regarding violation of the model of code of conduct by any political party.
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After a parliamentary panel chaired by BJP MP Anurag Thakur received complaints alleging bias against right-wing voices on the platform, Thakur asked Twitter to address issues in “real-time” and “engage more” with the Election Commission.
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A lawyer had filed a petition before the court seeking directions to the Election Commission impose restrains on any form of advertisement, videos or messages 48 hours before the election and demanded regulation of popular social-media sites.
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The chief election commissioner, Sunil Arora, on Thursday, said there’s no question of reintroducing ballot papers and the Election Commission “will not be intimidated, bullied or coerced into giving up EVMs”.
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Dhananjay Munde, nephew of ex-minister Gopinath Munde and senior NCP leader, has demanded a probe into the death of Gopinath Munde after a self-proclaimed hacker claimed that Gopinath Munde was murdered when he was tried to reveal some facts
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Syed Shuja, who claims to be a former designer of India’s electronic voting machine, has made several controversial revelations regarding hacking of EVMs during the 2014 general election.
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The purported fake news claims that the polling for the general election will start from April 7 to May 17. It also listed dates of polling for different states. The news has been circulating on popular social-media platforms, including Facebook and WhatsApp.
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The Election Commission has ordered transfer of secretary and commissioner of public relations in the state government of Chhattisgarh, Rajesh Sukumar Toppo, from his present post for alleged “misconduct and unbecoming of a civil servant”.
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The Election Commission of India has replaced the chief electoral officer of Mizoram, SB Shashank, after protests in the state demanding his ouster. The EC has named Ashish Kundra to take his post.
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