Election commission

EC to re-examine clearance to PMO, NITI Aayog for alleged poll code violation

EC to re-examine clearance to PMO, NITI Aayog for alleged poll code violation

1 min read . 20 May 2019

Final phase sees 64.11% voter turnout in 59 constituencies

Final phase sees 64.11% voter turnout in 59 constituencies

2 min read . 19 May 2019

A file photo of Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora (Mint)

A day ahead of last phase of polling, EC in yet another controversy

2 min read . 18 May 2019

Election Commission of India headquarters. (Photo: Mint)

Maharashtra government gets EC nod to promulgate ordinance on Maratha quota

1 min read . 17 May 2019

TMC chief Mamata Banerjee (left) and BJP president Amit Shah.

Election Commission halts West Bengal campaigning early in an unprecedented move

4 min read . 16 May 2019

Election Commission curtails West Bengal campaigning after Kolkata violence

Election Commission curtails West Bengal campaigning after Kolkata violence

1 min read . 15 May 2019

Delhi HC dismisses PIL seeking directions to EC for de-registering political parties using religion, race, for gains

Delhi HC dismisses PIL seeking directions to de-register political parties

2 min read . 15 May 2019

EC takes action on complaint over ‘violation of secrecy’ in Faridabad

1 min read . 13 May 2019

NITI Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar (left), and chief executive officer Amitabh Kant (Photo: PTI)

No model code violation by Niti Aayog in sharing district level data with PMO

1 min read . 12 May 2019

Supreme Court dismisses plea of former BSF jawan challenging EC’s decision

Supreme Court dismisses plea of former BSF jawan challenging EC’s decision

1 min read . 09 May 2019

BJP president Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Mint)

SC dismisses petition on poll panel’s clean chit to Modi

1 min read . 09 May 2019

Opinion | For a paper trail truce

1 min read . 07 May 2019

Election Commission gives clean chit to PM Modi for Patan speech

1 min read . 04 May 2019

Young voters show their inked marked finger after casting vote, during the third phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, at a polling station in Guwahati. (PTI)

Opinion | We’re argumentative but not participative enough

4 min read . 02 May 2019

SC directs Election Commission to decide pending cases against Modi, Shah

SC directs Election Commission to decide pending cases against Modi, Shah

1 min read . 02 May 2019

EC gives clean chit to Modi, bars Sadhvi Pragya from campaigning for 3 days

1 min read . 01 May 2019

The ECI also must support mediation between the central and state governments and between political parties on matters that have implications for elections. (Reuters)

New-age hurdles for Election Commission

1 min read . 01 May 2019

Election Commission of India headquarters. (Mint)

EC launches C-Vigil app to ensure ‘clean’ polls

1 min read . 24 Apr 2019

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu at an election rally in Katihar. (PTI)

EC bans Navjot Singh Sidhu from campaigning for 72 hours

1 min read . 22 Apr 2019

Actor Vivek Oberoi was announced as the face of a Modi biopic.

Narendra Modi biopic release: EC files detailed report in Supreme Court

1 min read . 22 Apr 2019