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The Central government on Friday announced the setting up of a high-level panel to study the proposal of 'one nation, one election'. Former president Ram Nath Kovind will head the panel and submit a report on the proposal.....
The Election Commission on Monday further extended the ban on physical rallies and roadshows to February 11 for the upcoming Assembly elections in five states but gave relaxation in the number of people allowed at meetings and campaigning. ....
The Bharatiya Janata Party has denied ticket to Uttar Pradesh Assembly Speaker Hriday Narain Dixit. The party decision comes in view of the fact that the veteran leader has crossed 75 years of age.....
The voting percentage on Monday till 11 a.m. in the second phase Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh was 23.03 per cent, 18.97 per cent in Uttarakhand and 26.63 per cent in Goa, according to Election Commission (EC) data. ....
A day after Akhilesh Yadav alleged that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were moved illegally in Varanasi just 48 hours before the counting of votes in state elections, his party tweeted the on-camera statement of an official conceding there were 'lapses'. ....
It is quite an alphabetical victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh.....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the second and final day of the the party's National Executive meeting on Tuesday, made several important points to BJP leaders to strengthen the party in view of the Lok Sabha elections next year, sources said. ....
Former Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Chief Minister and Vice President of the National Conference (NC), Omar Abdullah on Wednesday criticised the Centre for allowing foreign diplomats to witness the legislative Assembly elections in the UT. ....
Jammu and Kashmir BJP President Ravinder Raina cast his vote on Wednesday at the Lamberi polling station in the Nowshera Assembly constituency, Rajouri district, as the second phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections commenced. ....
A voter turnout of 27.20 per cent was recorded in the first four hours of polling in the second phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, officials said on Wednesday. ....