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Bihar Assembly Election: The Election Commission on Saturday announced paid holidays on voting days in Bihar, and warned employers who violate this legal provision of hefty fines. In a statement, the EC said voters in Bihar, which goes to polls next month, as well as voters in eight assembly constituencies across various states, where bypolls are being held on November 11, are entitled to paid holidays on polling days under provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. "As per sect ...Read More >
Parties are required to submit recordings in advance, adhering to ECI and Prasar Bharati guidelines As Bihar gears up for the 2025 Assembly elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued digital time vouchers to National and State political parties for free broadcast and telecast on Doordarshan and All India Radio (AIR). The move comes under Section 39A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. Digital Vouchers For Party Broadcasts The ECI in a release stated that digital ...Read More >
Election Commission issued notifications for bye-elections to five Assembly constituencies. New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday issued notifications for the bye-elections to five Assembly constituencies across the country. The polling is scheduled for November 11, and the counting of votes is to be held on November 14. According to the notification, the bye-election for the 71-Nuapada Assembly Constituency in Odisha will see nomination filing from October 20, scrutiny ...Read More >
Jaipur, Oct 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has appointed 15 IAS and 3 IPS officers from Rajasthan as Central Observers for the upcoming Bihar Legislative Assembly election and by-elections in several states. These senior officers will play a crucial role in ensuring the conduct of free, fair, and transparent elections, acting as the Commission's eyes and ears on the ground. The ECI on Friday conducted a comprehensive briefing at the 'India International Institute of ...Read More >
Gyanesh Kumar will visit Bihar along with Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, along with two poll panel commissioners, is expected to visit Patna on October 4 and 5, according to reports. A briefing meeting of central observers which includes general, police and expenditure, appointed by the Election Commission (EC) for Bihar elections is scheduled to be held at IIIDEM Dwarka in New Delhi on Friday. The poll dates are exp ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Describing election observers as beacons of democracy, chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Friday instructed the 425 officers appointed as observers for the upcoming assembly poll in Bihar and bye-polls in other states, to promptly report any misconduct or unaccounted expenditure by the party leaders and candidates, while maintaining the highest level of probity and impartiality themselves.At a briefing for general, police and expenditure observers -- comprising 287 IAS offic ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 3 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar (CEC) on Friday described the election observers as the "beacons" of the democracy. According to a press release, the Election Commission of India on Friday organised a briefing for General, Police and Expenditure Observers to be deployed as Central Observers for the forthcoming Bihar Legislative Assembly elections and bye-elections in certain states. 425 Officers including 287 IAS officers, 58 IPS officers, and 80 o ...Read More >
The Election Commission of India (ECI) is deploying 470 Central Observers across Bihar and various states for upcoming elections. These observers, comprising General, Police, and Expenditure experts, aim to ensure fair and transparent electoral processes. Their roles are crucial in upholding democratic integrity and enhancing voter participation. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has embarked on a significant deployment of Central Observers to oversee the conduct of elections in Bihar and ...Read More >
. NEW DELHI: The Election Commission is likely to announce assembly bypolls in seven states along with the Bihar polls, and will deploy a total 470 officers from various civil services as general, police and expenditure observers for the simultaneous exercises.EC, in a statement issued on Sunday, shared that the 470 observers - including 320 from the IAS, 60 from IPS and 90 from IRS/IRAS/ICAS etc - will watch over Bihar assembly election and bypolls to Budgam and Nagrota assembly constituency (A ...Read More >
Bihar Assembly Election: The Election Commission of India (ECI) will deploy 470 Central Observers in Bihar and bye-elections in various states to ensure fair and impartial conduct of polls in these states, the apex poll authority said Sunday. In an official release, EC said the Central Observers (General, Police and Expenditure) will be entrusted with "the crucial and solemn responsibility to ensure the fairness, impartiality and credibility of elections, which form the bedrock of the democratic ...Read More >
LUCKNOW: The Allahabad High Court has granted major relief to Abbas Ansari, the disqualified MLA from Mau Sadar and son of gangster-turned-politician late Mukhtar Ansari, by setting aside the lower court's order in the hate speech case on Wednesday. The Mau MLA, who had earlier lost his assembly membership after a conviction, will now be reinstated following the High Court order. The Mau MP/MLA Court had sentenced Ansari to two-year imprisonment on May 31, 2024, in connection with the alleged h ...Read More >
VISAKHAPATNAM: The depression over northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal and north Andhra Pradesh - south Odisha coasts moved north-north-westwards and crossed South Odisha coast close to Gopalpur during early morning of Tuesday and lay cantered over south coastal Odisha. Weatherman said it was likely to move north-westwards across south Odisha and south Chhattisgarh and weaken into a well-marked low-pressure area during next few hours. Under its influence, thunderstorms accompani ...Read More >
Bhopal, Aug 19 (PTI) Congress leader Umang Singhar on Tuesday alleged "votes were stolen" in more than 27 seats in the 2023 Madhya Pradesh assembly elections and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was given "unethical benefit". The BJP hit back and termed the Congress allegations as baseless and misleading, questioning, with a reference to Ramayana character Kumbhakarn, why is the opposition party waking up from slumber 20 months after the assembly election results. Talking to reporters h ...Read More >
The Congress party plans a protest regarding electoral roll manipulation in Bengaluru. H Nagesh sought a complaint copy from the Chief Electoral Officer. The CEO's office denied receiving the complaint. Congress alleges voter list fraud during the 2023 elections. Rahul Gandhi is expected to join the demonstration. The party claims bogus names were added and genuine voters were deleted. Ahead of Congress party's planned protest on August 5 over alleged manipulation of electoral rolls in Bengalur ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Karnataka has issued a firm response to a recent letter by former minister and Congress leader H. Nagesh, who sought a copy of a letter he claimed to have submitted in April 2023, alleging forged entries in the voter list for the Mahadevapura Assembly Constituency. In a letter dated August 2, 2025, Joint Chief Electoral Officer S. Yogeshwar clarified that the office has no record of receiving any such document from Nagesh in April 2023. The CEO's ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Aug 3 (PTI) Ahead of Congress party's planned protest on August 5 over alleged manipulation of electoral rolls in Bengaluru's Mahadevapura constituency, former minister H Nagesh has written to the Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka seeking copy of a complaint he claims was submitted in April 2023, accusing forged entries in voters' list. However, the CEO's office has denied receiving any such complaint. In a letter dated July 31, Nagesh stated, "We had earlier during April 2023 subm ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Karnataka has issued a firm response to a recent letter by former minister and Congress leader H. Nagesh, who sought a copy of a letter he claimed to have submitted in April 2023, alleging forged entries in the voter list for the Mahadevapura Assembly Constituency. In a letter dated August 2, 2025, Joint Chief Electoral Officer S. Yogeshwar clarified that the office has no record of receiving any such document from Nagesh in ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Observing that political speeches are often exaggerated and not to be taken literally, the Telangana high court on Friday quashed criminal proceedings against chief minister A Revanth Reddy in a defamation case filed by the Telangana unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party over remarks he allegedly made during the 2024 general election campaign.Justice K Lakshman held that attempting to make a criminal defamation case out of a political speech would itself be an exaggeration, noting that s ...Read More >
Gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections rose 7.5 per cent year-on-year to Rs 1.96 lakh crore in July (for sales in June), data released by the government on Friday showed. Even though the pace of growth in gross GST collections picked up to 7.5 per cent in July from 6.2 per cent, this is the second consecutive month wherein the growth rate has been in single digits and much lower after posting double-digit growth in the first two months of the ongoing financial year. ARTICLE CONTINUES BE ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) The central drugs laboratories have found 55 samples manufactured by various firms in June to be "not of standard quality", health ministry officials said on Friday. Further, state drugs testing laboratories have identified 130 drugs samples as 'not of standard quality', they said. Also Read | Chhattisgarh: 6 Bodies of Naxals Recovered in Ongoing Encounter With Security Forces in Narayanpur. According to routine regulatory surveillance activity, the list of 'not of sta ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Friday that 94.68 per cent of voters in Bihar have been successfully covered in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, with seven days remaining for the completion of the enumeration phase. The draft electoral roll will be published on August 1, and political parties and citizens will have a full month to suggest corrections or additions, a press statement issued here said. Of the t ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 10 (ANI): Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sinha on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court's decision on Bihar's voter roll revision, expressing faith in the court's judgment. He criticised the opposition for claiming to have faith in the constitution while allegedly insulting constitutional institutions. Sinha found this behaviour unfortunate and questioned why they would disrespect these institutions. 'We welcome the decision of the honourable court, we have faith i ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 10 (ANI): Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sinha on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court's decision on Bihar's voter roll revision, expressing faith in the court's judgment. He criticised the opposition for claiming to have faith in the constitution while allegedly insulting constitutional institutions. Sinha found this behaviour unfortunate and questioned why they would disrespect these institutions. 'We welcome the decision of the honourable court, we have faith i ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Wednesday emphasized the importance of clean and accurate electoral rolls for the health of Indian democracy, while commending the enthusiastic participation of voters in Bihar in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. "The Election Commission of India was, is, and will always be with the electors of India," said CEC Gyanesh Kumar, expressing satisfaction over the progress made so far ...Read More >
Some in the House panel have questioned the likely priorities of a government elected for a short period. ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed Former chief justices endorse constitutionality of simultaneous polls conceptDY Chandrachud warns EC power could alter state assembly tenure without limitsShort tenures after midterm polls may hinder government project implementation Did our AI summary help? Let us know. New Delhi: Former chief justices of India, who have conve ...Read More >
New Delhi: Former Chief Justices of India have reportedly endorsed the constitutionality of the 'one nation, one election' (ONOE) concept, while conveying their views to a parliamentary committee on the Bill proposing simultaneous polls. They have also raised concerns over its various aspects, including the power given to the Election Commission, and offered suggestions. Former CJI D.Y. Chandrachud, in his opinion submitted to the joint committee of Parliament, dismissed the Opposition's critic ...Read More >
Hyderabad: In accordance with the directives established by the Election Commission of India (ECI), C Sudharshan Reddy, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Telangana, has sent show cause notices to 13 registered unrecognised political parties (RUPPs) that are no longer active within the State. Under Section 29A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, registration of a political party is for the purpose of participating in elections. However, as per ECI records, these RUPPs have not fiel ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 4 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Wednesday said that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in Bihar is progressing smoothly and on schedule, despite concerns raised by opposition parties about possible voter exclusion. Speaking at a training session for Booth Level Officers (BLOs), Gyanesh Kumar said, 'The implementation of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar is running as per schedule with the active participation of all elect ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 27: The Election Commission of India (ECI), under the Chairmanship of Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar along with Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, has started proceedings for the delisting of 345 Registered Unrecognised Political Parties (RUPPs) which have failed to fulfil the essential condition of contesting even a single election for the last six years since 2019 and the offices of these parties could not be physically located anywhere. A ...Read More >
New Delhi: Alleging "blatant misuse" of agencies to defame its leaders, AAP on Thursday questioned why the first information report filed against former Delhi ministers Saurabh Bharadwaj and Satyendar Jain was being kept under wraps and "selective" press notes were being leaked to the media.Bharadwaj, who is Delhi AAP convener, alleged that only two former ministers were named in the case without any reasonable cause while all the officers of the health and public works departments, who were act ...Read More >
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