EC tells SC: Delay in Pune Bypoll due to ‘litigation’ on Wayanad LS seat vacancy

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

Uddhav Thackeray: My detractors see me in their dreams, know people of Maharashtra are with me: Uddhav Thackeray

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

Odisha’s final list shows surge in voters in 20-29 age group

New Delhi: The countdown to 2024 elections has kicked in with the poll panel top brass headed to states next week on and the final revised electoral rolls or voter lists beginning to get frozen and published. Odisha, which goes to both Lok Sabha and assembly polls by April-May, is one of the first states … Read more

EC moves SC against HC order calling for early bypolls in Pune

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (EC) is learnt to have moved the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court order to hold immediate byelection for Pune – vacant since March 29. The poll panel is said to have cited before the SC the rulebook on its role, remit and discretion in deciding the … Read more