EC declares dates for 2019 LS poll, voting to take place in 7 phases

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. Read More
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Voter can report violation of model code via smartphone: EC

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. Read More
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Panel: Twitter must address issues ‘real-time’, ‘engage more’ with EC

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. Read More
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FB to Bombay HC: New tools for political ad transparency soon

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. Read More
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EVM ‘hacking’: EC says it ‘won’t be bullied’ to bring back ballot papers

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”. Read More
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Gopinath Munde’s nephew seeks probe into his uncle’s death

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 Read More
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Hacker claims EVMs in 2014 LS poll were hacked to benefit BJP

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. Read More
 
 

EC to Delhi Police: Probe fake news on Lok Sabha poll dates

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. Read More
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EC orders transfer of Chhattisgarh public relations chief

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”. Read More
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Mizoram: SB Shashank removed as chief electoral officer

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. Read More
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