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Modi biopic: SC asks EC to watch movie, take call

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Election Commission to watch the movie “PM Narendra Modi” and then take a call on its screening. Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi, arguing for the producer, said that the Election Commission took a cue from the apex court’s order and curbed its release without even watching the […]

  • Sunday, 02 May 2021
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EC flying squad seizes over Rs 2 lakh cash, election posters in Rourkela

Rourkela: In a surprise raid today, EC flying squad seized over Rs 2 lakh cash along with huge quantities of election campaign materials from a hotel in Sector-4 in Rourkela. Acting on a tip off, the flying squad raided Ananda Bazaar Hotel located in Sector-4 under Raghunathpali Assembly Constituency in Rourkela. Along with the cash, […]

  • Sunday, 02 May 2021
EC ban on Mayawati: Supreme Court refuses relief

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea by BSP supremo Mayawati against the Election Commission’s ban on her for breaking the Model Code of Conduct restricting her for the next 48 hours from canvassing starting on the day. Dushyant Dave appearing for Mayawati requested the court to hear its argument, as […]

  • Sunday, 02 May 2021
SC seeks EC response on bribing of TN voters

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the Election Commission’s response on a petition alleging that bribing of voters have taken place in each of the 39 Lok Sabha constituency of Tamil Nadu. The petitioner said each voter has been paid around Rs 5,000 and pleaded that th poll panel must be asked to postpone […]

  • Sunday, 02 May 2021
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EC warns Naqvi over 'Modiji ki sena' remark

New Delhi: The Election Commission on Thursday warned Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi against “using references to the defence forces for political propaganda” in future after his “Modiji ki sena” (Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Army) comment was found violative of the model code of conduct (MCC). Naqvi was earlier issued a show cause notice for […]

  • Sunday, 02 May 2021
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2nd EC notice to Pragya Thakur for Babri remarks

Bhopal: The Election Commission on Sunday issued a show cause notice to Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, the BJP candidate from Bhopal, for her controversial remarks about the Babri Masjid demolition. This is the second poll panel notice against Thakur since the saffron party announced her candidature on Wednesday. She has been asked to reply by Monday. In […]

  • Sunday, 02 May 2021
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EC's flying squad seizes Rs 15 lakh from motorcyclist in Puri

Puri: The flying squad of Election Commission seized cash around Rs 15 lakh from a motorcyclist at Gopinathpur Chhak under Brahmagiri police limits of the district today. While conducting raids at several places in the district, the flying squad led by the district returning officer intercepted a biker and seized cash worth Rs 14,68,500 from […]

  • Sunday, 02 May 2021
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EC submits detailed report in SC on biopic of PM Modi

New Delhi: The Election Commission on Monday submitted its detailed report to the Supreme Court on the biopic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi took the EC’s report on Modi’s biopic and asked the poll panel to supply a copy of the report to the producer of the movie. […]

  • Sunday, 02 May 2021
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LS polls: 3rd phase sees largest deployment of EVMs

New Delhi: The third phase of ongoing Lok Sabha elections saw the largest-ever deployment of electronic voting machines (EVMs) and voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines across 2.11 lakh polling stations spread over 13 states and 2 Union Territories, the Election Commission (EC) said on Tuesday. Deputy Election Commissioner Sudeep Jain said that ever since their […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
Tribunal stays EC suspension of Karnataka IAS officer

Bengaluru: The Bengaluru Bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on Thursday stayed the suspension of Karnataka cadre IAS officer Mohammed Mohsin by the Election Commission (EC) for inspecting the helicopter of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Sambalpur in Odisha on April 16 as an election observer. “The suspension order issued by the EC cannot, […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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BJP workers nab 'suspected' EVM tinkerer; CEO allays fears

Bhubaneswar/Keonjhar: The Bharatiya Janaja Party (BJP) workers Friday night nabbed a person from the vicinity of the strong room at Odisha School of Mining and Engineering (OSME). According to reports, BJP workers had handed over one Asha Pradeep Mohanty, who claims to be a software engineer, along with a car to the Town PS, when […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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EVM control unit goes missing in Brahmagiri, admits CEO

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Electoral officer Surendra Kumar on Saturday admitted that a control unit from booth no 62 under Brahmagiri Assembly Constituency (AC) is ‘missing’. Addressing a presser, Kumar informed that the particular control unit was not kept in the specified strong room and there were lapses on part of the official who received the […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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EC gets notice challenging jail term for questioning EVMs

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Election Commission on a plea challenging the legal provision mandating six months jail for questioning the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). The court issued the notice on a petition seeking the decriminalization of the act of filing complaints regarding discrepancies between EVMs and VVPATs. According to […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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EC to decide complaints against Modi, Rahul on Tuesday

New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday is set to decide on complaints of alleged violations of the model code of conduct (MCC) against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congres President Rahul Gandhi and BJP President Amit Shah. While Modi and Shah have been accused of making “hate speeches” and “using” armed forces for “political propaganda” […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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EC lifts poll code in Odisha ahead of cyclone Fani

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Election Commission has approved the lifting of model code of conduct in 11 districts in Odisha to facilitate speedy relief and rescue operation in view of cyclonic storm Fani, a poll official said on Wednesday. This will expedite the precautionary measures afoot in Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Gajapati, Ganjam, Khordha, Cuttack […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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