Election Commission of India (ECI) Kolkata: Election Commission of India (ECI) has sought a written report from the West Bengal government on the action taken as well as on the tentative blueprint of the state administration to ensure free and fair polls in the state for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Sources said that the … Read more
The government on Sunday communicated to Congress floor leader in the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, that it will “very soon convene” a meeting of the search committee – of which Chowdhury is the sole Opposition representative – to fill up the vacancy arising from the abrupt resignation of election commissioner Arun Goel as well … Read more
Election Commissioner Arun Goel tendered his resignation on Saturday, March 9, days before the Lok Sabha election 2024 and President Droupadi Murmu accepted his resignation. The Election Commission is now headed only by the Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and no election commissioners. “In pursuance of clause (1) of Section 11 of The Chief Election … Read more
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (EC) is set to hold a comprehensive security review with the home ministry on March 8-9 to assess whether assembly elections in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) can be held alongside the Lok Sabha polls. The meeting of the full commission and the secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, and … Read more
OpenAI’s private roundtable meeting in Delhi was attended by former top Indian government Information Technology officials and tech scholars. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Popular generative artificial intelligence company OpenAI, best known for its ChatGPT tool, gathered some of the top tech policy and civil society representatives in India on February 12 to discuss AI-driven … Read more
Rajkumar Hirani is one of the few filmmakers of India whose films always come with a subject that severs the masses with some sort of social awareness. From Munna Bhai MBBS to Dunki, the director has always touched the hearts of the audience with his cinema while evoking their feelings. While this has always made … Read more
MUMBAI: The Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) faction of the Sena on Tuesday alleged that Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar’s decision to recognise Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) as the real political party was incorrect and happened due to pressure. The UBT faction held a ‘mega conference’ at Worli where it invited lawyers like Asim Sarode as … Read more
WHAT IS THE MODEL CODE OF CONDUCT MCC?The Model Code of Conduct is a set of guidelines intended to regulate political parties and candidates during elections to ensure that the conduct of polls by the Election Commission of India (ECI) is free and fair. This is something political parties and candidates voluntarily agree to. Divided … Read more
Dragged to courts over holding back bypolls to the long vacant Pune parliamentary seat, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has finally spelt out the main and unsaid reason for the delay – the Wayanad factor. The Pune Lok Sabha seat has been vacant since March 29, 2023, after the death of BJP MP Girish … Read more
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said his detractors see him in their dreams despite stealing the party’s name and symbol and also know the people of Maharashtra are with him. The former chief minister was addressing supporters at his residence ‘Matoshree’ in Bandra in the western part of the metropolis. “Despite stealing … Read more
