Kolkata, May 25 (IANS) The process has begun to recall those Kolkata Police personnel who were transferred to punishment postings in districts ten years ago, in 2016, by the previous Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government for reportedly playing an impartial role in the Assembly elections that year by strictly following the Election Commission of India (ECI)’s guidelines and ignoring the verbal directions of the ruling party leaders.An insider from the city police said that as many as 82 ju…
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Dehradun, May 24 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday chaired a review meeting here over preparations for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Uttarakhand, an official said. During the meeting held at the State Guest House in Bijapur, CEC Kumar said that the primary objective of SIR is to purify the voter list by identifying “absent, shifted, deceased, duplicate, and overseas voters”.The CEC appealed to all voters to provide latest passport size …
Kolkata, May 24 (IANS) Results for the Falta Assembly repoll in West Bengal have been declared at the end of all the rounds of counting on Sunday, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Debangshu Panda being declared elected by a landslide margin of 1,09,021 votes. While Panda secured a total of 1,49,666 votes, CPI(M) candidate Sambhunath Kurmi came in the second position, securing a total of 40,645 votes.Congress candidate Abdur Razzak came in the third position, receiving 10,084 votes…
Kolkata, May 24 IANS) Counting has begun for the Falta Assembly constituency in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district from 8 a.m. on Sunday amid tight security arrangements.The repolling for the Assembly Constituency, as per the direction of the Election Commission of India (ECI), was conducted on May 21. There will be a total of 21 rounds of counting, and according to the insiders from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, the result will be absolutely clear by 1 p.m….
Dehradun, May 23 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Gyanesh Kumar, arrived in Uttarkashi on Saturday to review polling booths and assess the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) activities in the border district of Uttarakhand. On his arrival, Uttarakhand Chief Electoral Officer, Dr. B.V.R.C. Purushottam, welcomed CEC Kumar.During the visit, the CEC inspected a polling booth in Harsil and held a detailed interaction with the Booth Level Officer (BLO). He sought information regarding t…
Kolkata, May 22 (IANS) ‘Bangla Paksha’ founder and activist Garga Chatterjee, was released on bail on Friday after spending ten days behind bars.A lower court in Kolkata on Friday had granted Garga Chatterjee bail against a personal bond of Rs 2,000.He was arrested on May 12 by the Kolkata Police. The police arrested him after he ignored summons for interrogation by the Kolkata Police in connection with a complaint filed against him alleging that his comments about EVMs before the recently-concl…
Chandigarh, May 22 (IANS) In the run-up to the Punjab municipal elections, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday dismissed a PIL challenging the State Election Commission’s decision to switch from electronic voting machines (EVMs) to ballot papers for the May 26 polls.The counting of ballots, now manually on paper, will take place on May 29. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sanjiv Berry rejected the plea that the shift from EVM-VVPAT to ballot papers has been made…
Amaravati, May 22 (IANS) The TDP-led ruling NDA in Andhra Pradesh is sure to win all four Rajya Sabha seats going to polls on June 18, going by its overwhelming majority in the state legislative Assembly.The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is likely to keep two seats and give one seat each to its allies – Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Jana Sena Party (JSP).The Election Commission of India on Friday announced the schedule for elections to 24 seats from 10 states including Andhra Pradesh.The notific…
New Delhi/Gandhinagar, May 22 (IANS) The Election Commission of India on Friday announced biennial elections to four Rajya Sabha seats from Gujarat, setting the stage for what is likely to be the Congress party’s complete exit from the Upper House from the state for the first time since Gujarat was formed in 1960.Polling for the seats will be held on June 18, with June 8 fixed as the last date for filing nominations.The four seats falling vacant in Gujarat are currently held by the Bharatiya J…
Jaipur, May 22 (IANS) The Election Commission of India has announced the schedule for elections to three Rajya Sabha seats from Rajasthan, with polling on June 18 and results to be declared the same day.The seats are falling vacant following the completion of the terms of Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu, BJP MP Rajendra Gehlot, and Congress MP Neeraj Dangi on June 21.On the BJP side, discussions regarding potential candidates reportedly took place during the party’s state core committee mee…