Election Commission Replaces

The controversial bill replacing the Chief Justice of India with a Union Cabinet minister in the selection panel for the Chief Election Commissioner and election commissioners will be tabled in the Rajya Sabha today.

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea seeking a direction to the Election Commission to remove party symbols from ballots and electronic voting machines (EVMs) and put age, educational qualification, and photograph of candidates.

Akbar Ebrahim is the first-ever Indian to be assigned to the role. He also holds a seat on the FIA World Motor Sports Council, which puts India back on the apex body that's responsible for international motorsport at large.

The Director General of Bengal Police has been replaced by Election Commission ahead of the coming assembly elections in the state. Indian Police Service officer P Nirajnayan has been named the new police chief.

The Election Commission of India has decided to provide voter information slip, instead of photo voter slip, to all voters who have enrolled themselves, at least 5 days before the April 6 Assembly election.

A day after it announced Bengal election dates - spread over eight phases starting March 27 - the Election Commission has replaced the top cop in charge of law and order for the state

Citing unsatisfactory performance, the Election Commission on Friday replaced the police observer and a returning officer of Nashik in Maharashtra, and the expenditure observer of Ambala in Haryana ahead of the October 21 assembly elections. , ,

The Election Commission today ordered the removal of Bankura District Magistrate Uma Shankar, following clashes between Trinamool Congress and BJP workers in the West Bengal constituency during the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha polls on Sunday. IAS official Mukta Arya has replaced him with immediate effect.

The transfer of four top West Bengal police officers ordered by the Election Commission days before national polls has triggered an ugly war of words. In an unusually sharp letter, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to the poll body that the order was "highly arbitrary, motivated and biased" and was issued "at behest of the BJP"...

The Election Commission on Friday removed Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary Anil Chandra Punetha from the post and appointed senior-most IAS officer LV Subrahmanyam of the 1983 batch in his place.

The Commissioner of Police of Kolkata is among four top IPS officers in Bengal who have been replaced by the Election Commission ahead of general election. The four officers cannot be deployed for any election related duties, the poll panel said.

The Election Commission (EC) has shunted out Hassan Deputy Commissioner Akram Pasha following a complaint from Hassan legislator Preetham Gowda (BJP) who accused him of working in a partisan manner, an official said on Sunday.

The government's think tank NITI Aayog that replaced the Planning Commission in 2015 under the Prime Minister Narendra government will return if the Congress is voted to power this year, the party's chief Rahul Gandhi tweeted on Friday.

The Election Commission (EC) today removed S B Shashank as chief electoral officer of poll-bound Mizoram and appointed IAS officer Ashish Kundra. The order came after some civil society groups in Mizoram demanded Shashank's ouster over a row on allowing Bru voters lodged in Tripura relief camps to exercise their franchise from there.

The Election Commission has agreed to the main demands of civil society groups in Mizoram protesting against the recent appointment of the state's chief electoral officer, people with direct knowledge of the matter said. The outcome of the talks between an Election Commission team and the groups was positive, they said.

The controversial bill replacing the Chief Justice of India with a Union Cabinet minister in the selection panel for the Chief Election Commissioner and election commissioners will be tabled in the Rajya Sabha today.

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea seeking a direction to the Election Commission to remove party symbols from ballots and electronic voting machines (EVMs) and put age, educational qualification, and photograph of candidates.

Akbar Ebrahim is the first-ever Indian to be assigned to the role. He also holds a seat on the FIA World Motor Sports Council, which puts India back on the apex body that's responsible for international motorsport at large.

The Director General of Bengal Police has been replaced by Election Commission ahead of the coming assembly elections in the state. Indian Police Service officer P Nirajnayan has been named the new police chief.

The Election Commission of India has decided to provide voter information slip, instead of photo voter slip, to all voters who have enrolled themselves, at least 5 days before the April 6 Assembly election.

A day after it announced Bengal election dates - spread over eight phases starting March 27 - the Election Commission has replaced the top cop in charge of law and order for the state

Citing unsatisfactory performance, the Election Commission on Friday replaced the police observer and a returning officer of Nashik in Maharashtra, and the expenditure observer of Ambala in Haryana ahead of the October 21 assembly elections. , ,

The Election Commission today ordered the removal of Bankura District Magistrate Uma Shankar, following clashes between Trinamool Congress and BJP workers in the West Bengal constituency during the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha polls on Sunday. IAS official Mukta Arya has replaced him with immediate effect.

The transfer of four top West Bengal police officers ordered by the Election Commission days before national polls has triggered an ugly war of words. In an unusually sharp letter, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to the poll body that the order was "highly arbitrary, motivated and biased" and was issued "at behest of the BJP"...

The Election Commission on Friday removed Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary Anil Chandra Punetha from the post and appointed senior-most IAS officer LV Subrahmanyam of the 1983 batch in his place.

The Commissioner of Police of Kolkata is among four top IPS officers in Bengal who have been replaced by the Election Commission ahead of general election. The four officers cannot be deployed for any election related duties, the poll panel said.

The Election Commission (EC) has shunted out Hassan Deputy Commissioner Akram Pasha following a complaint from Hassan legislator Preetham Gowda (BJP) who accused him of working in a partisan manner, an official said on Sunday.

The government's think tank NITI Aayog that replaced the Planning Commission in 2015 under the Prime Minister Narendra government will return if the Congress is voted to power this year, the party's chief Rahul Gandhi tweeted on Friday.

The Election Commission (EC) today removed S B Shashank as chief electoral officer of poll-bound Mizoram and appointed IAS officer Ashish Kundra. The order came after some civil society groups in Mizoram demanded Shashank's ouster over a row on allowing Bru voters lodged in Tripura relief camps to exercise their franchise from there.

The Election Commission has agreed to the main demands of civil society groups in Mizoram protesting against the recent appointment of the state's chief electoral officer, people with direct knowledge of the matter said. The outcome of the talks between an Election Commission team and the groups was positive, they said.