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April 9, Thiruvananthapuram/Guwahati/Puducherry – Voting in the Thursday assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry saw record voter turnout, with women participating in greater numbers than men.The election process was largely peaceful, despite heavy security deployment, with only...

New Delhi, April 9 – Welcoming the high turnout in the first phase of Assembly elections on Thursday, which may be the highest in five decades, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar greeted voters and poll officials, emphasizing that the impressive voting figures reflect the people's trust...

New Delhi, April 8 Senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi criticised the rejection of the opposition's notices to move a motion in Parliament to remove Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar from his post, alleging that the decision undermines constitutional processes and weakens...

Guwahati, April 8 A foreign delegation arrived here on Wednesday for a two-day visit to witness the Assam Assembly elections as part of the Election Commission's International Election Visitors' Programme (IEVP), officials said.Polling in Assam will take place on Thursday.The 15-member...

New Delhi, April 8 Senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi criticised the rejection of the opposition's notice to move a motion in Parliament to remove Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, alleging that the decision undermines constitutional processes and weakens accountability...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 8 Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly, V D Satheesan, on Wednesday sought the EC's intervention to ensure that government employees can exercise their franchise without any hindrance through the postal voting process.In a letter to Chief Election...

Kolkata, April 8 The Election Commission removed Anurag Yadav, the general observer for Cooch Behar Dakshin, on Wednesday after it was found that he was unaware of the number of polling stations in the assembly constituency, an official said.During a briefing for observers, Yadav was unable to...

New Delhi, April 8 The meeting between a Trinamool Congress delegation and the full bench of the Election Commission on Wednesday ended on a contentious note, with the TMC saying the panel's chief asked them to "go away" at the end of the seven-minute meeting, while the EC accused them of...

New Delhi, April 7 Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Tuesday criticised the rejection of notices from the opposition to move a motion in Parliament for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, saying that the decision was made without any investigation, and therefore, there were no...

New Delhi, April 7 Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan, in his order rejecting the opposition's notice to move a motion for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, stated that while the allegations are relevant for political debate, they do not prima facie meet the high...

Rajya Sabha Chairman C.P. Radhakrishnan and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla have rejected the motion notice submitted by opposition members to remove Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.The Rajya Sabha Secretariat and the Lok Sabha Secretariat, in separate communications, informed that after...

New Delhi, April 6 TMC MP Derek O'Brien accused the BJP of mocking Parliament on Monday after the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha and the Speaker of the Lok Sabha rejected separate notices from opposition members to move a motion for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar from his...

New Delhi, April 6 Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday rejected separate notices from the opposition to move a motion for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar from his post.The opposition had submitted the notices to the Lok Sabha...

New Delhi, April 6 – The Rajya Sabha on Monday rejected a motion moved by the opposition seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.The motion, backed by 63 Members of Parliament, was not admitted by the Chairman after a detailed review under relevant constitutional...

New Delhi, April 6 With notices moved by the opposition to move a motion for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar rejected, the Congress on Monday said "we know what happened to the last Chairman of the Rajya Sabha who accepted a petition moved by Opposition MPs".Lok Sabha...

New Delhi, April 6 Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan on Monday rejected separate notices from the opposition to move a motion for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar from his post.The opposition had submitted notices to the Lok Sabha...

Kolkata, April 6 – Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly, has accused the Kolkata Police of deploying undercover officers to shadow him during his ongoing campaign for the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency in South Kolkata, where he is contesting against...

Kannur (Kerala), April 4 KPCC chief Sunny Joseph said on Saturday that the Congress received around Rs 5.38 crore in its account for rehabilitation in Wayanad and used the funds to purchase land for constructing homes for landslide victims, a claim that has been termed as false by the ruling...

New Delhi, April 4 The spat between the Aam Aadmi Party and its Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha intensified on Saturday, with the sidelined leader dismissing AAP's allegations against him as "lies" and asserting that he went to Parliament to raise people's issues and not to create chaos."All...

Kannur (Kerala), April 4 KPCC chief Sunny Joseph said on Saturday that the Congress has received around Rs 5.38 crore in its account set up for rehabilitation in Wayanad and has used the funds to purchase land for constructing homes for landslide victims.Joseph said that, in addition to the...