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Number of voters polling station to be 1500 where polls are not due: EC

The Election Commission asked poll authorities of various states, except Bihar and UT of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, to rationalise polling stations

Bihar polls: BJP President Nadda calls meeting of all party MPs from state

Gearing up for the Bihar Assembly polls, BJP president JP Nadda has called a meeting of all the party MPs from the state on Saturday to finalise its poll strategy, sources said on Wednesday.

Polls amid pandemic: Voters to get gloves; booths to have thermal scanners

Election Commission recommends mandatory sanitisation of polling stations, preferably a day before the polls

Bihar may see mix of virtual, physical campaigning during assembly polls

The Commission has finalised a set of guidelines for holding the upcoming elections and by-elections during Covid-19 and these could be announced this week.

BJP picks Fadnavis to play 'crucial role' for upcoming Bihar polls

The senior leader also participated in a core committee meeting of the Bihar BJP through a video conference from Mumbai on Thursday

LJP urges EC to conduct Bihar Assembly polls after Covid-19 crisis subsides

In addition to the Covid-19 pandemic, Bihar is also facing a flood situation, with 13 districts severely affected by deluge

'Visit EC website for info': Delhi CEO cautions people against cyber fraud

Two incidents of cyber fraud were reported in the last month

Elections to 24 Rajya Sabha seats to be held on June 19, says EC

Elections for 18 of these 24 seats were deferred due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus impact: Indian elections may mirror South Korea, not Poland

Indian bureaucrats are studying several options before devising a voting plan in the midst of the coronavirus crisis - for Bihar election later this year, and three other state elections in 2021

Upcoming Maharashtra local body polls postponed amid coronavirus scare

The election commission also stayed the poll-related process

Baat Bihar Ki: Prashant Kishor hits out at Nitish over alliance with BJP

Kishor also rubbished the contention that a tie-up with the BJP was in the interest of Bihar, a claim Kumar has been making to defend his realignment with the saffron party

SC order on decriminalising politics will help strengthen democracy: EC

In October 2018, the poll panel made it compulsory for candidates contesting elections to advertise their criminal antecedents in television and newspapers at least thrice during electioneering

The controversy over Namo TV: Does it or doesn't it violate the Model code?

94% of the over 11,000 respondents in a Business Standard poll felt that NaMo TV violated the model code

SC asks parties to reveal pending criminal cases against poll candidates

The apex court said political parties will also have to upload reasons for selecting candidates with pending criminal cases on their website

The voter has spoken out loud, it's Kejriwal's turn to deliver on promises

The AAP in its manifesto had laid out 10 'guarantees' by party chief Arvind Kejriwal if elected to power

BJP accepts Delhi mandate, will act as constructive opposition: J P Nadda

He also expressed gratitude towards BJP workers, saying they worked day and night for the party's victory

AAP looks set to hold Delhi crown; BJP distant second in poll results

The contest for political power over the national capital was a bipolar one with the Congress nowhere in the reckoning, according to initial trends

Wanted to ensure accuracy, says Delhi CEO on delay in voting figures

It is not matter of late or early as soon as the voting per cent was finalised, it was shared with the public: Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Ranbir Singh

Kejriwal an outsider who has made lives miserable: Congress' Sabharwal

The Grand Old Party's man for the seat that was once Sheila Dikshit's on how he plans to go about reclaiming the constituency

PDP's Naeem Akhtar sixth Kashmiri leader to be booked under PSA

Akhtar became the sixth mainstream leader in Kashmir to be booked under the controversial PSA, which was enacted in 1978 to deal with rampant timber smuggling.