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Kolkata, March 30 – Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee visited the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in West Bengal on Monday and protested against what he alleged were widespread irregularities in voter registration, accusing BJP operatives of colluding...

Kolkata, March 30 TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee met Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agarwal on Monday and alleged that the BJP was submitting a large number of Form 6s to make residents of other states voters in poll-bound West Bengal.Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Banerjee said that...

Chennai, March 30 TVK filed a complaint with the Chief Electoral Officer of Tamil Nadu on Monday, alleging a complete lack of police deployment and security for the convoy of party president Vijay during his election campaign here.The party also cancelled its scheduled and officially approved...

Kolkata, March 30 Four senior officials of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer's office were transferred on Monday as part of a reshuffle of five WBCS (Executive) officers ahead of the Assembly elections, an official said.The reshuffle was undertaken following a proposal by the poll panel...

Kolkata, March 30 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) removed four key officials from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, on Monday afternoon, including one holding the rank of Deputy CEO.The Deputy CEO who has been removed is Subrata Pal, a 2005 batch officer of...

Kolkata, March 29 – The judicial process for adjudicating the claims of 40 lakh voters, which constitutes approximately 67 per cent of the total electorate of over 60 lakh, has been completed by Sunday evening, according to an insider from the office of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer...

Kolkata, March 28 – The third supplementary list for judicial adjudication cases in West Bengal was released on Saturday at approximately 10:15 p.m.The list is available on the websites of the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal...

Chennai, March 28 Actor and president of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), Vijay, is scheduled to file his nomination papers on Monday, March 30, for the Perambur Assembly constituency, even as he has intensified concerns over alleged administrative bias ahead of his campaign launch.On...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 28 – The controversy surrounding the alleged use of the BJP's official seal on a circular issued by the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) concerning election procedures in the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency has intensified, with the party approaching the Election...

Kolkata, March 27 – The second supplementary list for judicial adjudication cases in West Bengal was published on Friday at around 11:30 p.m.The list is available on the websites of both the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal...

New Delhi, March 27 The Election Commission on Friday sought a factual report from the West Bengal chief electoral officer regarding a video purportedly showing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee threatening personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force.EC officials alleged that at the Nandaprasad...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 27 The Election Commission on Friday claimed that the entire video of Congress leader V D Satheesan's interview to a TV channel was removed by mistake, as the police only sought removal of some comments linked to the video.Kerala Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Rathan U...

Kochi, March 26 Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Thursday that the Election Commission's direction to the police to take action against alleged misleading news on social media about its letter carrying the BJP seal, shows "intolerance towards criticism" by the poll panel.Vijayan...

Kolkata, March 25 The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday ordered the immediate transfer of the District Election Officer (DEO) and District Magistrate of Purba Medinipur following complaints of irregularities in the deployment of election officials ahead of the West Bengal assembly...

Kolkata, March 25 The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Wednesday evening that of the 60 lakh cases classified under the "logical discrepancy" category, the judicial adjudication process has been completed for 32 lakh cases by the judicial officer appointed for the process, as of...

Kolkata, March 25 The Trinamool Congress has filed a complaint with the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal against senior BJP leader Dilip Ghosh, alleging that he threatened to assault police personnel on election duty while speaking at a recent rally in Kharagpur.In the complaint, the...

Kolkata, March 24 The Election Commission (EC) has yet to disclose the number of voters whose names have been included or deleted following the SIR adjudication process in poll-bound West Bengal, even as it has published the first supplementary list.The first supplementary list of voters, by...

Kolkata, March 24 The Election Commission has approved the transfer and posting of returning officers for the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections, including for Bhabanipur, the constituency represented by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, an official said.In a letter to the chief electoral...

Chennai, March 24 – As the election date approaches, election observers in Tamil Nadu have recommended the use of drones to intensify surveillance against practices of exchanging money for votes, particularly in urban areas where monitoring remains a challenge.The suggestion emerged during a...

Kolkata, March 24 – The first supplementary list for judicial adjudication of voters classified under the "logical discrepancy category" was published exactly at midnight after a day-long wait.The list was first published online on the main website of the Election Commission of India (ECI) at...