election process

Puducherry, March 17 Political activities are intensifying in Puducherry as parties intensify seat-sharing talks and finalize candidates for the upcoming assembly elections.With the elections scheduled for April 9, both the NDA and INDIA blocs are racing to resolve internal friction and...

Puducherry, March 17 Political activities are intensifying in Puducherry as parties intensify discussions on seat-sharing and finalize candidates for the upcoming assembly elections.With the elections scheduled for April 9, both the NDA and INDIA blocs are racing to resolve internal...

New Delhi, March 16 – Nitish Kumar, the longest-serving chief minister of Bihar, and Nitin Nabin, the new president of the BJP, were elected to the Rajya Sabha from Bihar as the ruling NDA swept the elections held in three states for 11 seats of the Upper House on Monday.Out of the total 37...

Kolkata, March 16 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote a letter to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Monday, expressing her concern over the removal of several IAS and IPS officers in the state following the announcement of the Assembly elections.In the letter...

New Delhi, March 16 Milk collection centers of GCMMF, which markets dairy products under the Amul brand, and the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) will be brought under a cooperative framework to ensure that farmers receive adequate profits, the government told a parliamentary panel.On...

New Delhi, March 16 On Monday, the Election Commission wrote to the Chief Secretary of Assam, requesting a list of all IAS officers from the 2010 to 2021 batches. As a result, several District Election Officers (DEOs) in the state, which is preparing for elections, are likely to be replaced...

The Election Commission of India has issued a notification today for the by-election to the Dharmanagar Assembly constituency. The process of filing nominations has started today. However, no nomination papers were filed on the first day.Nominations will be accepted until March 23. The...

New Delhi, March 16 – Congress General Secretary, Organisation, K. C. Venugopal, criticised the Election Commission of India on Monday over the schedule announced for the Kerala Assembly elections, claiming that the time provided between filing nominations and the voting is too short, but...

Bhubaneswar, March 16 Polling for four Rajya Sabha seats in Odisha began on Monday, with the opposition BJD accusing the ruling BJP of engaging in "horse trading."Voting commenced at 9 am and will continue until 4 pm at the assembly complex, where MLAs have begun casting their ballots, an...

Kolkata, March 15 – The Model Code of Conduct (MCC) for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections came into effect across the state on Sunday, following the announcement of the election schedule by the Election Commission of India (ECI).According to an official communication issued by the...

Kolkata, March 15 West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said on Sunday that his party wants the Systematic Voters Verification (SIR) exercise to be completed before the upcoming assembly elections to ensure that no eligible voter is left out and ineligible names are removed.Bhattacharya...

Shimla, March 15 A day before the Rajya Sabha elections, 31 Haryana Congress MLAs, who were staying at two resorts in Kufri near Shimla, were shifted to Kasauli in the Solan district amid tight security and through the rain and hail that lashed the state capital and adjoining areas on Sunday...

New Delhi, March 15 A total of 17.4 crore voters are eligible to participate in the upcoming assembly elections in four states – Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Assam, and Kerala, and one Union Territory, Puducherry, to elect 824 MLAs, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said here on Sunday...

Kolkata, March 14 – The judicial officers involved in the process of adjudicating voters classified under the "logical discrepancy" category have been able to complete the process for 25% of the voters referred for judicial arbitration by Friday night.Out of these, 34% of the cases for which...

New Delhi, March 13 Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien said on Friday that doubts will be raised about a tacit understanding between the executive and the CEC if the notice seeking the removal of Gyanesh Kumar is not taken up by the Union government.The Opposition parties have submitted a...

Guwahati, March 12 – Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma alleged on Thursday that Congress leader Pawan Khera attempted to contact militant organizations in the state to influence election outcomes. He claimed that multiple cases have already been registered against Khera.Speaking to...

Kolkata, March 11 – The Congress may announce candidates for the upcoming elections to the 294 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal in three separate phases, based on the recommendations of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC)."In the first list, which could be announced...

The Chief Electoral Officer of Ladakh, Rahul Sharma, held a meeting to review the preparations for the upcoming Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in the Union Territory of Ladakh. During the meeting, the Chief Electoral Officer reviewed the current status of polling...

Guwahati, March 10 The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), the main opposition party, has announced its first list of nine candidates for the upcoming Assam assembly elections, according to a party circular.AIUDF president Badruddin Ajmal announced the list of candidates on Monday...

Chandigarh/Gandhinagar, March 10: Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi held discussions with senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Rohtak on Tuesday during his visit to Haryana, focusing on organizational preparations ahead of the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.In a...