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Bengal 2021 poll: ECI removes SP after TMC makes his wife candidate
The ECI on Monday removed SP Howrah (Rural) Soumya Roy after his wife became a candidate of the ruling Trinamool Congress for the assembly elections in West Bengal, an official said.
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Why we need uniform micro loan regulations
The Election Commission must ban loan waiver poll promises by all political parties. If their hearts bleed for the poor, they can always use the party funds to pay off the lenders
Remove hoardings with PM's photos within 72 hours: ECI to petrol pumps
The use of the prime minister's photograph in such hoardings violates the Model Code of Conduct (MCC), the official of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said
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ECI allots 'ship' as party symbol to AJP for Assam Assembly elections
The symbol of a "ship" has been allotted to the newly formed Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) for the three-phase assembly elections in Assam.
EC has tried to help BJP: Cong leader on eight-phase polls in West Bengal
The West Bengal Assembly polls will be held in eight phases, up from seven the last time, beginning with polling for 30 seats on March 27
Top headlines: Q3 GDP growth at 0.4%, EC announces poll dates for 5 states
Business Standard brings you top news of the evening
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EC announces election schedule for five states: Here are the key dates
A total of 824 assembly seats with 186 million electors will vote in 270,000 polling booths, says CEC Sunil Arora
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EC to announce dates of assembly polls in TN, Assam, Kerala, Bengal today
The terms of the legislative assemblies of the four states is coming to an end in May and June
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Polling in Covid time: Bihar model to be followed in Bengal, says official
ECI will follow the Bihar model, taken up last year for conducting the assembly polls amid the coronavirus pandemic, during the upcoming election in West Bengal
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Panchayat polls a semi-final for Adityanath govt amid farm protests
The UP panchayat polls are perhaps the world's largest local body elections, which will comprise a nearly 120-million electorate, eligible to elect the members of nearly 59,000 panchayats in the state
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BJP cannot form political entity in Sri Lanka: Election Commission chief
Punchihewa's comments came after media reports quoted Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb as saying that the BJP was planning to extend its footprint in Sri Lanka and Nepal
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Election Commission to soon begin mock trials for remote voting: CEC
Mock trails for remote voting facility for electors would begin soon, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora has said.
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PM Modi lauds EC for strengthening democracy, ensuring smooth polling
The National Voters' Day has been celebrated on January 25 every year since 2011, all across the country to mark the foundation day of the EC on 25th January 1950
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Election Commission has zero-tolerance to money and muscle power: CEC Arora
There are concerns of violence and unrest in poll-bound West Bengal
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ECI may hike security personnel in Bengal to hold assembly polls peacefully
Eyeing to conduct the coming assembly polls in West Bengal peacefully, the ECI is mulling the option of deploying around 25 per cent more security personnel
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Bengal govt makes key poll appointments ahead of Election Commission visit
The full bench, led by Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, will arrive in the state on Wednesday night on a two-day visit
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EC nod to use its data for vaccination drive; wants data deleted later
The Election Commission wants health authorities to delete the data once the inoculation exercise is over, sources privy to the development said on Friday
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Plea in SC to nullify election results if maximum votes in favour of NOTA
A PIL seeking directions to the Election Commission to nullify the election results and hold fresh polls if maximum votes have been polled in favour of NOTA
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EC ensured to deploy central forces during West Bengal Polls: Vijayvargiya
Kailash Vijayvargiya said that Election Commission's representative promised him to appoint central security force for conducting the West Bengal Assembly election 2021with-out any fear
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ECI rejects recounting applications of 6 candidates in Bihar Assembly polls
Election Commission of India (ECI) has rejected applications of six candidates who are shouted recounting of votes for the recently concluded Bihar Assembly Elections
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