Poll panel begins groundwork for polls in five states
September 4th, 2012 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Sep 4 (IANS) The Election Commission has begun the spadework for assembly elections in Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, scheduled early next year, an official said ... Read more...
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Himachal has 45,15,604 voters
August 9th, 2012 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 9 (IANS) The number of voters in Himachal Pradesh has increased to 45,15,604 with the inclusion of 65,122 new ones, an election official said here Thursday.A total ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s young can change political landscape: daily
August 6th, 2012 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 6 (IANS) A staggering 40 million of Pakistan's 84.3 million voters are aged between 18 and 35 and have the "potential to change the country's political landscape", said ... Read more...
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BSF stage march in Shillong
April 25th, 2012 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, April 25 (IANS) Border Security Force (BSF) personnel Wednesday staged a march in this mountainous capital of Meghalaya in the wake of a two-day road blockade in four districts ... Read more...
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Meghalaya deputy speaker’s vehicle set afire
April 24th, 2012 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, April 24 (IANS) An official vehicle of Meghalaya Assembly Deputy Speaker Sanbor Shullai was set on fire by arsonists Tuesday, even as the government stepped up security arrangements ahead ... Read more...
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Security stepped up in Shillong after arson attacks
April 24th, 2012 - 1:19 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, April 23 (IANS) Security was stepped up Monday in the Meghalaya state capital after activists went on rampage torching vehicles following a public rally against the inclusion of doubtful ... Read more...
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High court gives nod for Delhi gurdwara polls
March 1st, 2012 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday gave the go-ahead to the Delhi government to conduct the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) elections, directing it to ... Read more...
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Kejriwal, thousands sent back without voting in Ghaziabad
February 29th, 2012 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Feb 28 (IANS) Thousands of people, including Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal, were turned away from polling booths in Ghaziabad and could not vote in the state assembly ... Read more...
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Punjab village ends up voting for wrong constituency
February 26th, 2012 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Hoshiarpur (Punjab), Feb 26 (IANS) Electors in a village in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district have ended up casting their votes for the wrong constituency and its candidates in the Jan ... Read more...
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Delhi High Court reserves order on gurdwara
February 22nd, 2012 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday reserved its order on a plea filed by the Delhi government against a single judge's order restraining it from issuing ... Read more...
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Delhi appeals single judge order on gurdwara election
February 17th, 2012 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) The Delhi government Friday moved the Delhi High Court against a single judge's order restraining it from issuing a notification for next month's Delhi Sikh ... Read more...
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Lyricist Gulzar’s name missing from electoral rolls!
February 16th, 2012 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 16 (IANS) Well known lyricist and filmmaker Gulzar had to return disappointed from a Bandra polling booth as his name was missing from the electoral rolls here ... Read more...
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Update Delhi gurdwara poll voters’ list, says court
February 8th, 2012 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Ahead of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) elections next month, the Delhi High Court Tuesday told the Delhi government to update within a ... Read more...
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Pakistani apex court suspends 28 lawmakers, two ministers
February 6th, 2012 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 6 (IANS) Citing poll fraud, the Pakistani Supreme Court Monday suspended 28 MPs and legislators, including two ministers, one of whom is currently with Prime Minister Yousuf ... Read more...
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Remo to play pied piper to young Goan voters
February 3rd, 2012 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 3 (IANS) Be it rustic troubadours like Sharda Sinha from Bihar or rock stars like Remo Fernandes from Goa, the Election Commission of India (ECI) is appointing "electoral ... Read more...
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Finger printing, spot photos of all voters soon: CEC
February 1st, 2012 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 1 (IANS) Finger printing and spot photographs of all voters across India might soon be made mandatory if a pilot project commissioned by the Election Commission of India ... Read more...
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Pakistani leaders seeking consensus on early polls
January 26th, 2012 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 26 (IANS) Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazlur) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said Thursday consultations were underway among Pakistan's political parties for evolving consensus on holding early elections.Early elections and a ... Read more...
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Independent Election Commission sought in Pakistan
January 8th, 2012 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 8 (IANS) Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazlur) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has urged Pakistan's opposition parties to evolve a consensus on setting up an independent Election Commission for holding ... Read more...
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Pakistan to provide poll data through SMS
December 29th, 2011 - 1:12 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 29 (IANS) Simply by sending an SMS, Pakistanis will get to know where they are registered as a voter and their serial number in the electoral roll. An ... Read more...
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400 Portuguese citizens removed from Goa electoral roll
December 16th, 2011 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 16 (IANS) Names of nearly 400 voters were deleted from Goa's electoral rolls because the individuals opted for Portuguese nationality, Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi said Friday."(A total ... Read more...
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Poll panel favours right to reject candidates
December 6th, 2011 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Dec 6 (IANS) The Election Commission favours the "right to reject" candidates to do away with criminals in India's electoral system, a poll panel official said Tuesday.
"The Election ... Read more...
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10 mn Pakistan voters not on electoral roll
October 1st, 2011 - 9:08 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 1 (IANS) Over 10 million eligible voters in Pakistan are missing from the draft electoral rolls, a media report said Saturday.The deficit between eligible and registered voters has ... Read more...
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Young Goa voters to be enrolled in colleges
September 20th, 2011 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 20 (IANS) Election officials in Goa, which is scheduled to go to polls next year, will now enroll young eligible voters outside their classrooms.According to Goa's chief electoral ... Read more...
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Hisar Lok Sabha, five assembly by-polls Oct 13
September 7th, 2011 - 1:15 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The by-poll for Hisar constituency in Haryana, which was represented in the present Lok Sabha by former state chief minister Bhajan Lal, will be held ... Read more...
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Use computerised rolls for local polls: Gilani
September 1st, 2011 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 1 (IANS) Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that it would be appropriate for the provinces to hold elections to local bodies on the basis of ... Read more...
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Pakistan to prepare computerised electoral rolls by 2012
August 31st, 2011 - 2:01 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 31 (IANS) Computerised electoral rolls in Pakistan will be ready by April 2012, an official told Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.Secretary Election Commission Ishtiaq Ahmad Khan apprised ... Read more...
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Pakistan begins verifying 81 mn voters
August 22nd, 2011 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 22 (IANS) Pakistan has begun a mammoth task to verify the electoral rolls of 81 million voters.The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will carry out the verification of ... Read more...
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‘1.5 crore voters yet to be listed in Uttar Pradesh’
July 22nd, 2011 - 12:59 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 21 (IANS) As many as 15 million voters still remain to be listed in the electoral rolls of Uttar Pradesh, Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi said here Thursday ... Read more...
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Two killed in Pakistani Kashmir polling (Lead, changing dateline)
June 26th, 2011 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
Lahore/Muzaffarabd, June 26 (IANS) Two people were killed and scores injured as the g polls in Pakistani Kashmir Sunday were marred by widespread violence, a media report said.Rival political ... Read more...
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Punjab voters’ lists to include mobile phone numbers
May 26th, 2011 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 26 (IANS) Electoral rolls in Punjab will soon also list the mobile phone numbers of registered voters, a senior poll official said here Thursday.Punjab's Chief Electoral Officer ... Read more...
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Money, money… how moolah gets around in Tamil Nadu polls
April 12th, 2011 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 12 (IANS) Colour coded tokens, Speed Post and even impromptu blackouts to facilitate distribution... officials in Tamil Nadu say they are surprised at the myriad ruses being used ... Read more...
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Off they go to hills and marshes - on poll duty
April 1st, 2011 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) From bullock carts to helicopters, everything is being used to ferry more than 300,000 poll officials across the topographically diverse state of West Bengal - a ... Read more...
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Qatar NRIs welcome voting rights, but confused about logistics
March 18th, 2011 - 1:51 pm ICT by ANI
Manama (Bahrain), Mar. 18 (ANI): Indians living in Qatar have welcomed their government's decision to grant voting rights to Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), but are reportedly confused over the logistics and the manner ... Read more...
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Authorities urge non-resident Keralites to enrol for voting
March 2nd, 2011 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 2 (IANS) Non-resident Keralities (NRK) who want to cast their votes in the upcoming assembly elections April 13 will have to get their names enrolled in the state's ... Read more...
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Bengal voter slips to carry photos
February 24th, 2011 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 24 (IANS) In a new initiative, the Election Commission has decided to issue voter slips containing photographs and carrying detailed personal information on the electors for the coming West Bengal ... Read more...
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