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Chennai, March 17 Tamil Nadu has emerged as a major focal point in the ongoing Assembly election process, with the Election Commission of India (ECI) deploying an extensive network of Central Observers to oversee polling across the state.As a move aimed at strengthening transparency and...

Kolkata, March 17 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Tuesday the appointment of 557 general observers, 188 police observers, and 366 expenditure observers for the upcoming elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry, along with by-elections for eight...

Kochi, March 17 – In a major setback ahead of the assembly elections, the Kerala High Court on Tuesday rejected a plea by former MLA Antony Raju from Thiruvananthapuram Central, seeking to stay his conviction in a case involving tampering with court evidence.The ruling effectively prevents the...

Kochi, March 17 The Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed the plea of former state Transport Minister Antony Raju seeking to suspend his conviction in the evidence tampering case, so that he can contest in the upcoming Assembly elections.Justice C Jayachandran dismissed Raju's plea, which was...

Kolkata, March 16 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Monday night, expressing "deep concern and surprise" over the election panel's orders to transfer four top state officials shortly after the announcement of the assembly elections...

Bhubaneswar, March 15 – The opposition Congress party accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling party-backed Independent candidate, Dilip Ray, of attempting to bribe Congress MLAs staying at a resort in Bengaluru by offering financial incentives ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections...

Bengaluru, March 15 The Election Commission announced on Sunday that by-elections for the vacant Davanagere South and Bagalkote assembly constituencies in Karnataka will be held on April 9.According to the official schedule, vote counting is scheduled for May 4.Chief Election Commissioner...

Chennai, March 9 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has made serious allegations against the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), claiming that the party has resorted to large-scale financial inducements to secure electoral alliances and influence voters in the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly...

Kochi, March 6 Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar called on all political parties on Friday to ensure that the upcoming Assembly elections in Kerala remain a model not only for the country but also for the world, EC officials said.Kumar, along with Election Commissioners Dr Sukhbir...

Kochi, March 6 The Kerala High Court on Friday observed that it would be difficult to prove that former state Transport Minister Antony Raju had the intention to tamper with evidence in a 1990 drug case when he was a junior lawyer.Justice C Jayachandran also asked whether Raju's senior lawyer...

Gandhinagar, February 28 – On Saturday, MLAs from the Congress and AAP in Gujarat raised concerns in the Gujarat assembly regarding alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, including the deletion of voter names.During a discussion on a bill authorizing...

New Delhi, February 26 – The Supreme Court issued notices to the Centre and the Election Commission of India (ECI) on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to impose a cap on election expenditure incurred by political parties.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya...

New Delhi, February 26 The Supreme Court on Thursday sought responses from the Centre and the Election Commission on a plea seeking directions to impose a cap on the expenditure by political parties for election purposes.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi...

New Delhi, February 26 The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal against an order that rejected a petition challenging the election of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia from Patparganj in the 2020 assembly polls.A bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas...

Chennai, February 26 Expelled AIADMK leader V K Sasikala said on Thursday that the name of her proposed political party would be officially announced within a week, even as she asserted that the outfit would play a decisive role in the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly elections.The announcement comes...

Chennai, February 26 Senior politician V K Sasikala said on Thursday that the official name of her newly launched political party would be announced within a week, even as she asserted that the outfit would play a decisive role in the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly elections.The announcement comes...

New Delhi, February 24 The Election Commission and various state election panels resolved on Tuesday to work together to harmonize laws related to local body elections with those related to elections to Parliament and state legislatures.A declaration adopted at a conference of the Election...

New Delhi, February 24 The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the deployment of West Bengal civil judges, in addition to 250 district judges, and the requisitioning of judicial officers from Jharkhand and Odisha to handle the 80 lakh claims and objections related to deletion from the electoral...

New Delhi/Gandhinagar, February 23 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) will hold a 'National Round Table Conference' with State Election Commissioners on Tuesday at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, marking the first such meeting in 27 years, officials said on Monday.The last such conference...

Kochi, February 22 Antony Raju, a leader of a ruling LDF constituent, has approached the Kerala High Court seeking to overturn his conviction and the three-year sentence imposed by a magistrate court in a case involving tampering with evidence.Raju's Janadhipathya Kerala Congress is a...