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Soren faces disqualification for holding office of profit, blames BJP

'It seems BJP leaders and their puppets have drafted the report which is in a sealed cover,' says Jharkhand CM on EC 'disqualification' reports

Misrepresentation of facts by vested interest: J-K on 2.5 mn voters reports

Reports of over 25 lakh additional voters in Jammu and Kashmir is a "misrepresentation of facts by vested interests", the Union Territory administration said on Saturday. It said that the revision of electoral rolls will cover existing residents of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. In an advertisement published in local dailies by the Directorate of Information and Public Relations, the administration said the summary revision of electoral rolls is undertaken by the Election Commission from time to time according to the laid down process. The clarification comes after a controversy broke out following the chief electoral officer's (CEO) remark that 25 lakh additional voters, including outsiders, are likely to be added to the electoral rolls in J-K. The CEO's remarks came under severe criticism from the mainstream political parties here who alleged that the "inclusion of non-locals was a clear cut ploy to disenfranchise the people of Jammu and Kashmir". However, in the ...

Centre needs to be transparent on non-locals voting in J-K: Sajad Lone

J-K Peoples Conference Chairman Sajad Lone on Friday said the EC pertaining to allowing non-locals to vote in J-K's Assembly elections has created a new set of apprehensions among the people

Voting rights for NRIs: SC seeks response from Centre, EC on PIL

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought responses from the Centre and the Election Commission on a PIL seeking voting rights for non-resident Indians (NRIs) in polls here.

Freedom from freebies must not come from judicial diktat or executive fiat

The Supreme Court should stick to its normal posture of not getting embroiled in political thickets

Legislation barring parties from offering freebies not advisable: SC

Court protests media leak of Election Commission's affidavit in the matter

Fight over Shiv Sena poll symbol: Uddhav calls for party membership boost

Addressing party workers at his residence, Thackeray said the party's membership should swell 10 times and alleged that the Eknath Shinde-led faction had engaged professional agencies for this work

SC wants political parties to suggest how to regulate 'freebie culture'

Govt says freebies inevitably lead to economic disaster

Setback for Imran Khan, party loses case against foreign funding accusation

PTI received illegal finances and must explain itself, says Election Commission

Imran Khan's PTI received prohibited funding from foreign, rules ECP

Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was accused of receiving funds from Pakistani businessman Arif Naqvi's company, Wootton Cricket Ltd

No reasons cited for fielding 212 with criminal cases in polls: ADR report

Here's a look at how the major parties did regarding the C7 mandates, across state elections

Those above 17 years but not yet 18 can register to be voters: EC

Following change in election law, people can resister as voters on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 on turning 18.

SC calls irrational freebies' by parties during polls 'serious' issue

SC questions govt's hesitation on taking stand on the issue

EC takes note of fight over Shiv Sena symbol, seeks submissions by Aug 8

The Election Commission has asked the rival factions of the Shiv Sena, led by Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde, to submit documents by August 8 in support of their claims on the election symbol

After EC's nod, new Maha CM to perform pooja at Pandharpur temple tomorrow

there was uncertainty as to whether Shinde, who took over as CM on June 30, would be able to attend the "official pooja" as the model code of conduct for municipal elections has come into force.

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EC to publish finalised voters' list of Jammu and Kashmir on Oct 31

In the meantime, an exercise to redraw the boundaries of constituencies in the UT was in progress and the finally delimitated segments were notified by the Delimitation Commission on May 5 this year.

EC issues notification for presidential polls, 11 file nominations

As per the notification, the nominations can be filed till June 29 and the scrutiny of the papers will be held on June 30

EC initiates revision of electoral rolls in J&K post-delimitation: Report

The electoral roll revision needs to be carried out before the first assembly election in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir

Presidential election to be held on July 18, counting on July 21: EC

As per the poll schedule, notification for the President election will be issued on June 15 and the last day of filing nomination will be June 29