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Election schedule to rural civic bodies in 9 districts soon: TN poll panel

The schedule for election to the rural local bodies in nine districts including Kanchipuram and Chengalpattu would be announced soon, the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission said here on Monday

Puducherry: Fourth time lucky, Rangasamy to head his first coalition govt

Seventy-one-year-old AINRC founder N Rangasamy was sworn-in as CM of Puducherry for a record fourth time but will be heading his maiden coalition cabinet

Assam Assembly polls: 10.51% voter turnout till 9.30 am in second phase

Assam recorded a voter turnout of 10.51 per cent till 9.30 am across 39 constituencies in 13 districts during the second phase of the state assembly polls, according to the Election Commission (EC)

Cash, items worth Rs 248.9 cr seized in WB till now: Additional CEO

Cash and other items worth Rs 248.9 crores have been seized till now in the state, said Sanjoy Basu, Additional Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal

Iraq High Electoral Commission invites 52 countries to monitor elections

Jumana al-Ghalai, spokeswoman of the IHEC, told al-Sabah that IHEC's law allows the recruitment of international observers to monitor the election process to ensure its transparency

Hails from PoK, married to ex-militant: Meet J&K poll candidate Somia Sadaf

Somia Sadaf, who is contesting the ongoing DDC (District Development Council) elections in Jammu and Kashmir, is originally from Muzaffarabad in Pakistan- Occupied Kashmir (PoK).

Election Commission broad guidelines on polls challenged in Gujarat HC

The broad guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India for holding polls during the coronavirus pandemic was on Monday challenged in the Gujarat High Court

EC working on guidelines to allow postal ballot for octogenarians, divyangs

The move comes days after the Law Ministry amended Conduct of Election Rules allowing 'absentee voters' of essential services, senior citizens of more than 80 years of age and people with disabilities

A modern-day comedy of errors: Why exit polls often go wrong in India

Exit polls often go wrong in India because pollsters do not sample voters in the poorest parts of the country or the core support bases of different political parties

Over 100,000 duplicate entries detected in Jaipur's electoral list: EC

Mahajan informed that names of 1,05,299 names have been removed from voters list in 19 assembly constituencies in Jaipur

Govt opposes PIL to bar candidates from contesting from more than one seat

In an affidavit, the central government said that the writ petition "maybe dismissed" as it has failed to show "any infringement" of any fundamental or constitutional rights

Have money, will spend

State governments now have more money than ever before. How is this influencing their spending

BJP to use Narendra Modi govt's achievements as 'election weapon'

BJP National Secretary H Raja said Modi's achievements in economic sector, financial inclusion initiatives will be used

DMK accuses AIADMK of violating poll code

A complaint has been registered that AIADMK activists had launched a shelter, as part of 68th birthday celebrations of Jayalalithaa

6 social media abuses in Elections 2014

The virtual world has coined certain terms that target politicians, journalists and even Election Commission