MALDA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday alleged that the Election Commission of India chalked out seven-phase polls to enable Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his cabinet colleagues to carry out extensive campaigning using the nation’s resources.Addressing a public meeting at Gajol in Malda district in support of Maldaha Uttar TMC candidate Prasun…
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NEW DELHI: Ruling out any possibility of returning to ballot paper, Supreme Court on Thursday said there was a huge drawback with that system and use of EVMs had stood the test of time with rising voting percentage reflecting voters’ faith in them.As questions were raised on functioning of EVMs and the possibility of them…
CHENNAI: DMK has moved the Madras HC challenging the validity of ECI rules mandating it to approach only the SC for appeals against the commission’s order regarding pre-certification of poll advertisements.Admitting the plea, the bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Vijaykumar Gangapurwala and Justice Sathya Narayana Prasad directed the poll body to respond by April 17.The…
NAGPUR/CHANDRAPUR: Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Tuesday urged EC to cancel the candidature of Maharashtra forests minister and BJP Chandrapur candidate Sudhir Mungantiwar for alleged “incestuous remarks” against Congress at a rally on Monday later addressed by PM Narendra Modi.Mungantiwar’s remarks went viral, triggered outrage, ignited protests across the state and led to a police…
NEW DELHI/RAIPUR: The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday issued a show-cause notice to Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma for his ‘Akbar’ remark during the Chhattisgarh poll campaign.This notice to the BJP leader was a response to his recent comments directed at Chhattisgarh’s sole Muslim minister, Mohammad Akbar, made during the assembly election campaign last week….
