NEW DELHI: Amidst the heated election campaign in Bangalore South, a complaint has been lodged with the Election Commission against a Congress candidate and some of her party workers. The complaint alleges that they created a ruckus and heckled Bangalore South MP Tejasvi Surya at an event, according to a statement from Surya’s office on…
The latest data released by the election commission shows that the 14 constituencies that go to poll on April 26 have 30,372 “VIP” electors, bringing attention to a small fraction of the total over 5.4 crore people registered to cast votes in the Lok Sabha elections.But the granting of this “VIP” status — part of…
MUMBAI: The BJP on Friday dropped Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar from its list of star campaigners in Maharashtra. A revised list of 40 star campaigners led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was submitted to the Election Commission of India. In a letter to Rajiv Kumar, Chief Election Commissioner, BJP’s…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress leaders ended their 24-hour protest at the Mandir Marg police station here on Tuesday evening, a day after they were detained for staging a sit-in protest outside the Election Commission‘s office on Monday.The Mamata Banerjee-led TMC has been alleging that central probe agencies have been targeting opposition parties ahead of the…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission is unlikely to intervene in the row over National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) action in Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal, as part of the latter’s probe into the December 2022 Bhupatinagar blast. Sources in EC told TOI that EC is of the view that the raids and arrests by the…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress leaders, who brought the battle with BJP over central agencies “harassing” opposition leaders during elections, were detained by the Delhi Police on Monday, from outside the office of the Election Commission of India here, where they were holding a dharna demanding the chiefs of the ED, CBI, IT and NIA be…
NEW DELHI: A day after getting a notice from the Election Commission, Delhi minister Atishi on Saturday urged the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to disclose actions taken against BJP leaders regarding alleged money laundering cases.At a press conference in New Delhi, the senior AAP leader criticized the Election Commission accusing it of favoring the Bharatiya Janata…
NEW DELHI: Determined to address voter apathy, particularly in urban areas, the Election Commission on Friday exhorted the municipal commissioners and district election officers of cities and rural areas with a history of low voter participation, to shun the ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach and make booth-specific, targeted interventions to instil a sense of self-motivation among voters to…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Friday issued a notice to AAP minister Atishi Marlena over her unsubstantiated claim that she was recently approached by the BJP through an intermediary, to join the party to “save her political career”.Citing the provision in model code of conduct that restrains politicians and parties from criticising rival parties…
India’s youngest eligible voters – those who turned 18 or 19 – seem to have little interest in voting in this election. Fewer than 40% of them across the country have registered to vote, with some states — such as Bihar, Delhi and UP — seeing less than a quarter enrolling. Just about a little…
