Election Commission Advisory

Asking all political parties to stop enrolling voters for post-election schemes under the guise of surveys, the Election Commission of India (EC) today said such activities have a potential of quid pro quo and amount to corruption.

As the weather department has predicted a warmer summer and more heatwaves this year, the Election Commission today issued a set of SOPs ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

The Election Commission (EC) has issued an "advisory" to Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao for his controversial remarks against the Congress leadership, asking him to follow the provisions of the Model Code of Conduct in "letter and spirit".

No party or candidate shall publish any advertisement in the print media on poll day and one day prior without clearance from the media certification and monitoring committee, the Election Commission said on Sunday in an advisory ahead of the polls.

The Election Commission on Tuesday issued an advisory to political parties and their star campaigners, asking them to exercise caution and restraint in their utterances during campaigning in Karnataka and not to vitiate the election atmosphere.

Professor Bimal Patel, Vice-Chancellor, Rashtriya Raksha University and Member of National Security Advisory Board of India, has been elected to the International Law Commission for a five-year term starting January 1, 2023.

The Election Commission took a "serious view" of violation of social-distancing norms during poll campaigning and leaders addressing public meetings without wearing masks in complete disregard of its guidelines.

The Election Commission, in a strongly-worded letter, censured the Revenue Department of the central government over the "casual and trivial manner" in which its advisory on raids was responded to. Expressing serious displeasure, the election body said that the Revenue Department "insolently" chose to issue a counter advisory in its response.

The Congress on Sunday urged the Election Commission to issue advisories to the chief ministers of poll-bound states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh to stop all public expenditure in 'yatras' undertaken by them.

The Election Commission has asked candidates in five states -- where assembly elections are being held -- to open current accounts so they won't have to face problems in withdrawing money for poll expenditure. Earlier, the Reserve Bank of India had refused to enhance the cash withdrawal limit for election candidates despite a request from the poll ...

Hit hard by the Election Commission deferring gas price revision, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has written to the poll watchdog asking it to reconsider the directive as the decision to raise rates was taken months before polls were declared and even the Supreme Court has not stayed the move.

The Rangarajan formula that doubles natural gas prices may not be implemented in totality as the new government is likely to fix infirmities in the formulation before accepting it.

Former union minister and BJP leader Arun Shourie on Monday demanded that the EC come out with its advisory on all prospective candidates.

Asking all political parties to stop enrolling voters for post-election schemes under the guise of surveys, the Election Commission of India (EC) today said such activities have a potential of quid pro quo and amount to corruption.

As the weather department has predicted a warmer summer and more heatwaves this year, the Election Commission today issued a set of SOPs ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

The Election Commission (EC) has issued an "advisory" to Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao for his controversial remarks against the Congress leadership, asking him to follow the provisions of the Model Code of Conduct in "letter and spirit".

No party or candidate shall publish any advertisement in the print media on poll day and one day prior without clearance from the media certification and monitoring committee, the Election Commission said on Sunday in an advisory ahead of the polls.

The Election Commission on Tuesday issued an advisory to political parties and their star campaigners, asking them to exercise caution and restraint in their utterances during campaigning in Karnataka and not to vitiate the election atmosphere.

Professor Bimal Patel, Vice-Chancellor, Rashtriya Raksha University and Member of National Security Advisory Board of India, has been elected to the International Law Commission for a five-year term starting January 1, 2023.

The Election Commission took a "serious view" of violation of social-distancing norms during poll campaigning and leaders addressing public meetings without wearing masks in complete disregard of its guidelines.

The Election Commission, in a strongly-worded letter, censured the Revenue Department of the central government over the "casual and trivial manner" in which its advisory on raids was responded to. Expressing serious displeasure, the election body said that the Revenue Department "insolently" chose to issue a counter advisory in its response.

The Congress on Sunday urged the Election Commission to issue advisories to the chief ministers of poll-bound states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh to stop all public expenditure in 'yatras' undertaken by them.

The Election Commission has asked candidates in five states -- where assembly elections are being held -- to open current accounts so they won't have to face problems in withdrawing money for poll expenditure. Earlier, the Reserve Bank of India had refused to enhance the cash withdrawal limit for election candidates despite a request from the poll ...

Hit hard by the Election Commission deferring gas price revision, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has written to the poll watchdog asking it to reconsider the directive as the decision to raise rates was taken months before polls were declared and even the Supreme Court has not stayed the move.

The Rangarajan formula that doubles natural gas prices may not be implemented in totality as the new government is likely to fix infirmities in the formulation before accepting it.

Former union minister and BJP leader Arun Shourie on Monday demanded that the EC come out with its advisory on all prospective candidates.