Chennai, March 19, 2019: The Election Commission on March 19 informed the Madras High Court that it has rejected a plea by the Tamil Nadu Bishops’ Council seeking re-scheduling Lok Sabha elections and assembly bypolls in the state. Election Commission (EC) counsel Niranjan Rajagopalan made the submission when a petitionContinue Reading
Madurai, March 13, 2019: The Tamil Nadu Bishops’ Council has sought change in the poll date for the southern Indian state. The state’s 39 parliamentary and 18 assembly seats will go to poll on April 18, which coincides with Maundy Thursday, an important observance for Christians across denominations. On MarchContinue Reading
The Election Commission of India on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it stuck to its stand taken way back in 2004 that candidates should not be allowed to contest from two seats simultaneously and if allowed, those who contest and win from two sseats resulting in a bye-election shouldContinue Reading
New Delhi: The percentage of Muslim population in Assam is 34 pc; the majority of them are Bengali Muslims who have settled here from the past 100 years. Most of them are poor, illiterate and agricultural labours, but RSS, ruling BJP and their like-minded local parties say that lakhs ofContinue Reading
The Election Commission had pulled up Archbishop Macwan for cautioning against communal forcesContinue Reading
The Election Commission (EC) has issued a notice to the archbishop of Gandhinagar for asking Christians to pray to save the country from “nationalist forces” in the run-up to the Gujarat Assembly polls. Archbishop Thomas Macwan of Gandhinagar in a November 21 letter had urged Christians to save the countryContinue Reading
By: Valson Thampu Conducting a free and fair poll is a superhuman effort. Corruption, crime and communalism are in the DNA of Indian politics. It is laudable, hence, that the Election Commission (EC) remains vigilant and proactive. The Election Commission, on its part, needs to fight this battle with exemplaryContinue Reading
Maharaj made the controversial remarks on January 6 at a meeting of Hindu sages in Meerut,Continue Reading