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SEC starts electoral roll revision process for VC election in TTAADC

The State Election Commission (SEC) of Tripura has initiated the process to prepare the final electoral rolls for conducting elections to village committees (VCs) of Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC). The VC elections are considered important as Assembly elections are due in the state next year. The elections were scheduled to take place by March 3, last year but could not be held due to the Covid pandemic. The tribal council has 587 Village Committees which are similar to gram panchayats and 68 per cent of Tripura's geographical area 10,491 square km falls under the autonomous district council. In July, the High Court of Tripura, while hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), asked the state election panel to complete the VC elections by the first week of November. The draft publication of the electoral rolls will be published on September 16 while filing of claims and objections will be allowed from September 16 to 22, said a senior poll official on ...

Jharkhand political turmoil: Ruling coalition MLAs shifted to Latratu

The political crisis in the state started after the Election Commission disqualified the Assembly membership of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in connection with the office of profit case.

No communication received: Jharkhand CM's office on EC's letter to Governor

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday alleged blatant misuse of constitutional authorities and public agencies after reports claimed that the Election Commission recommended his disqualification as an MLA in the mining lease case. No communication in this regard has been received by the Chief Minister's Office from either the Election Commission or Governor Ramshe Bains, his secretariat said. "It apparently seems that BJP leaders including a BJP MP and his puppet journalists have themselves drafted the ECI report, which is otherwise a sealed cover report," Soren said in a statement issued by his secretariat. "This blatant misuse of constitutional authorities and public agencies and its complete takeover by BJP HQ in Deendayal Upadhay Marg in this shameful manner is unseen in Indian Democracy," he said. The chief minister is apprised of several media reports about ECI sending a report to the governor "apparently recommending his disqualification as a MLA", his office ...

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.