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Puducherry, April 9 A robot carrying a plate of flower petals greeted voters at a model polling booth set up at the VOC government higher secondary school in the Raj Bhavan constituency during the Assembly polls on Thursday.Moving along the corridor, the robot greeted visitors and encouraged...

April 9th, Aizawl: The process was conducted in the presence of four designated General Observers: Pu R. Lalchanhima (Additional Secretary, Transport Dept. & District Council & Minority Affairs Dept.), Pi Irene Zohlimpuii (Additional Secretary, General Administration Dept.), Pu Lalnunhlua...

Guwahati, April 8 More than 1.5 lakh security personnel have been deployed as part of the arrangements for Thursday's polling in Assam, which will determine the fate of the 722 candidates hoping to enter the 126-member state Assembly.Officials said that 31,940 polling stations have been set up...

Kolkata, April 6 The Election Commission has issued fresh guidelines to strengthen the postal ballot voting process, mandating CCTV surveillance, deployment of central armed police forces, and stricter observer supervision at facilitation centers and postal voting centers, a senior official said...

Thoothukudi, April 8 – In light of the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, Thoothukudi District Collector and District Election Officer, Vishu Mahajan, has issued a detailed advisory mandating prior certification for all political advertisements, as part of strict enforcement of Election...

Student volunteers will be deployed at all polling stations in Puducherry to assist elderly and disabled voters during the upcoming legislative assembly elections. A total of 1,736 volunteers from various colleges have been appointed by the District Election Officer's office.Two volunteers...

Mathura (UP), April 6 Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa said on Monday that the final electoral roll under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise will be published on April 10, with the Election Commission committed to ensuring an accurate and error-free list.Rinwa...

Thrissur (Kerala), April 6 A case has been registered after kits containing pulses and cereals, allegedly intended to influence voters, were seized from a warehouse in the Manaloor constituency here, officials said on Monday.In a press release, the District Collector and District Election...

Guwahati, April 6 Vehicle movement along the India-Bhutan border in Assam has been restricted from Monday, in view of the state assembly elections in the northeastern region, officials said.The restrictions will remain in place until the end of the polling process, they said.Tamulpur...

Panaji, April 4 Authorities on Saturday reviewed preparations for the upcoming by-election to the Ponda assembly constituency in Goa.The by-election for the Ponda seat, necessitated by the death of the then state agriculture minister Ravi Naik, is scheduled for April 9.A government spokesman...

Mumbai, April 2 A delegation from the Maharashtra Congress met Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) S Chockalingam on Thursday and demanded that the upcoming Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state be carried out in a fair and transparent manner.The State Congress president...

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...

Kannur (Kerala), March 28 A public relations department official from the district has been suspended for "prematurely" releasing a complaint related to the Kerala Assembly elections to the media, without authorization, the Election Commission said on Saturday.The complaint was released to the...

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...

Election campaigning and preparations have gained momentum in Puducherry, with the final list of candidates confirmed yesterday. According to the Election Department, after the withdrawal of 71 nominations and the removal of multiple applications yesterday, a total of 294 candidates are...

The Election Commission has stated that seizures related to the ongoing state and by-elections have exceeded 400 crore rupees, including cash, liquor, drugs, precious metals, and freebies. The Commission has also said that over 5,100 flying squads and 5,200 Static Surveillance Teams have been...

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...

32 candidates cleared in Kamrup DistrictIn Assam's Kamrup district, the District Election Officer confirmed that nomination papers of 32 candidates across six Assembly constituencies have been declared valid.The constituencies include:Samaria – 6 candidatesBoko–Chaygaon – 7 candidates...

Observers appointed by the Election Commission reviewed the preparations for the Puducherry Assembly elections at a meeting held at the District Collectorate yesterday. General and Expenditure Observers, along with election officials, police officers, and coordination officers, participated in...

Puducherry, March 17 On Tuesday, election authorities in Puducherry launched a voter awareness program, where Tamil messages explaining the importance of voting would be printed on milk sachets sold by the cooperative milk producers federation.The federation is popularly known as PONLAIT...