Polling stations will have volunteers and wheelchairs while transportation facilities will be provided for the elderly and differently abled voters if needed. (PTI/File) The ‘vote from home’ option was extended to voters who needed the facility in recent Assembly elections in several states but this is the first time it has been introduced in Lok … Read more
Home Education Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Are UPSC CSE Prelims, CUET UG, ICAI CA May Exam Dates Clashing With General Election Schedule? Read Here Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The general election for 543 Lok Sabha seats will be held in seven phases from April 19, Chief Election Commissioner Rajeev Kumar announced on Saturday. The counting … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has requested a response from the Election Commission following a plea by Naam Tamilar Katchi, an unrecognized political party based in Tamil Nadu, challenging the allocation of free symbols to such parties on a first-come, first-served basis. A bench led by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, along with Justices JB … Read more
New Delhi: Future Gaming and Hotel Services (Lottery Martin) and Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Ltd head the list of donors to parties through electoral bonds. Late on Thursday, the Election Commission of India (ECI) published details of bond buyers and beneficiaries since April 2019, as per the Supreme Court’s orders, ahead of the 18th Lok … Read more
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday said the Election Commission has refused to meet INDIA bloc parties on the issue of use of 100 per cent VVPAT slips and alleged that the constitutional body’s independence has been “severely eroded” since 2014. The opposition party’s criticism of the poll panel came … Read more
Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee raised the issue of resignation of election commissioner Arun Goel and saluted him for not succumbing to BJP pressure while addressing a mega public rally at Brigade Parade Ground on Sunday where she kicked off the Lok Sabha campaign. “One election commissioner has resigned on Saturday. We salute him for his … 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
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that his monthly ‘Mann Ki Baat’ broadcast will not be aired for the next three months in line with political ethics in view of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. In the 110th episode of the programme, he said there is a possibility that the Model Code of Conduct … Read more
The Income Tax Department has sent notices to a number of taxpayers who made donations to political parties that are registered, but not recognised by the Election Commission. The notices sent to individuals and corporates are for donations made in FY21 and FY22, to find out whether such payments to lesser-known political parties were used … Read more
After the Sharad Pawar faction of NCP gave three names to the Election Commission on Wednesday, the poll body alloted the Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar as the party name. A day after EC allocated the NCP name and ‘clock’ symbol to the Ajit Pawar faction, the Sharad Pawar group had given three names – Nationalist … Read more
