Tag: EC
Lok Sabha Polls In Seven Phases April 11-May 19, Vote Count On May 23
Lok Sabha elections will be held in seven phases from April 11 to May 19, the Election Commission announced on Sunday setting a two-and-half month-long process for people to either vote in the Narendra Modi-led dispensation once again or choose an alternative.....
Gokhale, Pompeo Discuss 'urgency' Of Pakistan Acting Against Terrorist Groups
In the first high-level face-to-face India-US meeting after the Pulwama terrorist attack, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale discussed on Monday "the importance of bringing those responsible for the attack to justice and the urgency of Pakistan taking meaningful action against terrorist groups operating on its soil", State Department Deputy Spokesperson Robert Palladino said.....
SC To Hear PILs Challenging Electoral Bonds
The Supreme Court will hear petitions by the Association of Democratic Reforms and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) challenging amendments to various statutes through the Finance Act 2017-2018 for the issuing electoral bonds for poll funding.....
Gandhi Wanted Congress Disbanded In 1947: Modi
On the very day when the Congress is to kick-off its 2019 Lok Sabha campaign from the Prime Minister's home turf with its Working Committee meeting in Ahmedabad, Narendra Modi took to his blog to tell the nation that it was Mahatma Gandhi who wanted to bisband the grand old party just after Independence.....
EVMs Can't Be Hacked Or Manipulated: Ex-CEC
Former Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla has given a thumbs up to the EVMs to be used in the upcoming general elections, arguing that the equipment cannot be hacked or manipulated as they are not accessible through external machines and are kept under the surveillance of senior government officials.....
Rahul's Message: Congress To Take Up Economic Issues
The Congress will fight the Lok Sabha elections on economic issues such as minimum income guarantee scheme, farm loan waiver, jobs and the "flawed" implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST), party president Rahul Gandhi indicated on Tuesday while setting the tone for the party's campaign for the general election.....
Raj Babbar, Shinde In Congress's Second LS List
The Congress on Wednesday released its second list of Lok Sabha candidates, fielding its Uttar Pradesh unit chief Raj Babbar from Moradabad and former Union Ministers Sushil Kumar Shinde from Maharashtra's Solapur and Sriprakash Jaiswal from Kanpur.....
SC Seeks EC's Response Over Opposition Plea On EVMs
The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Election Commission's (EC) response on a plea by the 21 opposition parties seeking the audit of at least 50 per cent of EVMs with corresponding Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails (VVPATs).....
Former Uttarakhand CM's Son Joins Congress
Manish Khanduri, the son of former Uttarakhand Chief Minister B.C. Khanduri, on Saturday joined the Congress in the presence of party President Rahul Gandhi at an election rally here.....
GST To Spur Assessee Base By 80%: Jaitley
The Narendra Modi government has introduced the much-needed second generation reforms with several game-changing decisions over the last five years, said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday, cheering the GST introduction, saying it will increase the assessee base in the first twenty-one months of its implementation by almost eighty percent.....
