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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that the National Voters Day was an occasion to appreciate the remarkable contribution of the Election Commission to strengthen the country's democratic fabric and ensure smooth conduct of elections. ....
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a recent order of the Bombay High Court which had postponed elections to five municipal councils in Goa over irregularities in reservation of constituencies for Scheduled Tribes and women. ....
Two days after former Mumbai Commissioner of Police Param Bir Singh's 'letter-bomb', the Nationalist Congress Party on Monday accused the IPS officer of 'lying' and issuing a video statement said there were serious doubts on the sequence of events mentioned in the letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. ....
The Maharashtra opposition Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday met Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and listed 100-points on which the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government allegedly failed to discharge its Constitutional duties and urged him to seek a report from Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. ....
Over 82 per cent voter turnout was registered in Bengal in the second phase of the Assembly election today - 4.3 per cent less than in 2016. Assam registered a voter turnout of 77.2 per cent in the second phase today as opposed to 82.7 per cent in 2016. ....
Voting was yet to pick up after the first two hours of polling on Tuesday in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Puducherry where Assembly Elections are being held. According to the Election Commission of India, the voter turnout in assembly elections till 9:54am was 15.33% in Kerala, 6.58% in Tamil Nadu, 6.58% in Puducherry, 14.62% in West Bengal and 12.83% in Assam. ....
At a time when eligible voters of Tamil Nadu are casting their vote to elect a new government in the state, V.K.Sasikala, the close aide of late Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa, could not vote as her name was removed from the electoral rolls, said her counsel Raja Senthoor Pandian. ....
The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday has ordered re-polling in four polling stations in three assembly constituencies in southern Assam, where normal balloting were held in the second phase of polling on April 1, officials said. ....
Pushkar Singh Dhami has been elected as the new chief minister of Uttarakhand. ....
The Centre on Tuesday appointed former Special Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Rakesh Asthana, as the new Commissioner of Delhi Police. ....