Tag: Election Commission
Withdraw EVMs Sourced From Rajasthan: Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday urged the State Election Commission (SEC) not to use Generation 1 EVMs brought in from Rajastan during the upcoming civic polls, claiming they were all "clearly" tampered with.....
EVMs Can Be Pre-tampered: Digvijaya
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday alleged that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) can be tampered with even before they are deployed.....
Cabinet Approves EC Proposal To Buy VVPAT Machines
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod to the Election Commission's proposal to buy paper trail machines for the EVMs, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said.....
Poll Panel To Buy 16,15,000 VVPATs From Two PSUs
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued a letter of intent to purchase 16,15,000 Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails (VVPATs) at an estimated cost of Rs 3,173.47 crore during 2017-18 and 2018-19 from central PSUs BEL and ECIL, an official statement said on Sunday.....
Why No Action Against Dinakaran, Court Asks Delhi Police
A court here on Tuesday asked the Delhi Police what action has been taken against sidelined AIADMK leader T.T.V. Dinakaran, accused of attempting to bribe Election Commission officials to reclaim the party's disputed and now frozen "two leaves" symbol.....
Arrangements Made For Delhi Civic Polls Vote Count
Elaborate arrangements have been made for the counting of votes cast in Delhi's municipal elections at 35 centres on Wednesday, an election official said.....
Rajya Sabha Bypoll In Manipur, Odisha On May 25
Bypolls to the vacant Rajya Sabha seat from Manipur and one from Odisha will be held on May 25, the Election Commission announced on Wednesday. ....
EC Lets BSP Off In Rs 104-cr Deposit Post Demonetization
The Election Commission of India has accepted the Bahujan Samaj Party's (BSP) explanation and dropped the matter related to the party depositing Rs 104 crore in scrapped currency notes between December 2-9 last year in a bank account in New Delhi post demonetisation, a petitioner has said.....
Jharkhand To Make 50,000 Appointments By June 2018: CM
Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Thursday announced that 50,000 appointments will be made in the state government by June 2018. ....
Assembly By-elections In Two MP Seats On Feb 24
The Election Commission on Friday said that assembly by-elections to Mungawali in Ashoknagar district and Kolaras in Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh will be held on February 24.....
