New CEC to chair meet on modern poll management NEW DELHI: The Election Commission is set to reflect on issues related to modern election management, including an enabling IT architecture and enhancement of its social media outreach, at a conference with chief electoral officers (CEOs) of all states and UTs here from March 4-5.This is…
NEW DELHI: Gyanesh Kumar took charge of the office as the 26th chief election commissioner on Wednesday. In his first address as CEC, he said, “first step for nation building is voting.”“Therefore, every citizen of India who has completed 18 years of age should become an elector and should always vote. In accordance with the…
Tejashwi Yadav (File photo) NEW DELHI: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav fired a sharp rebuke at the Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday following the appointment of Gyanesh Kumar as the new chief election commissioner (CEC). Accusing the poll body of bias, Yadav claimed it had been reduced to a “cheerleader” for the ruling BJP. “When two…
Gyanesh Kumar (File photo) NEW DELHI: Gyanesh Kumar was appointed the 26th Chief Election Commissioner on Monday as the tenure of incumbent poll body chief Rajiv Kumar ends on February 18.The former IAS officer from Kerala cadre was appointed by a panel led by Prime Narendra Modi, Union law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, Union home…
NEW DELHI: The Congress party on Monday said a meeting called by the central government to elect the next Election Commission chief should have been deferred until the final verdict by the Supreme Court on the formation of a selection panel.“Today, a meeting related to the election of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) was held….
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal, while accepting the party’s defeat in the Assembly elections on Saturday, mentioned that its govt had brought change in Delhi in health, education and other utilities and would continue to work as a constructive opposition.“My party did a lot of work in the last 10 years…
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal took to Twitter, stating, “EC has refused to upload Form 17C and the number of votes polled per booth in each assembly despite several requests.” NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday accused the Election Commission (EC) of refusing to share crucial polling data, prompting the party to launch…
Election Commission of India (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Monday issued notification to prohibit the conduct, publication, or publicising exit polls between 7am and 6:30pm on February 5 as voters cast their ballots for the Delhi assembly elections and bypolls in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.In a notification issued on January 22,…
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Sunday assured Arvind Kejriwal of strict legal action after he posted on X a clip of men seen encircling AAP’s campaign van and tearing down the party’s posters.The New Delhi DCP, responding to Kejriwal’s post, claimed that “no PCR call or complaint was received in police station”. The top cop…
NEW DELHI: Probing a complaint on the cVIGIL mobile application about money being allegedly distributed from the official residence of Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann in the city, a team of election officials, along with police, reached Kapurthala House on Thursday evening. They were stopped by the security personnel and had to wait for 90 minutes…
