LS polls: Polling underway in 6 seats in NE; voting in lone constituency in Mizoram postponed to Friday

Polling is underway for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections. Voting is taking place for six Lok Sabha constituencies in North Eastern states in this phase.Of these, two seats each are in Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya and one each in Manipur and Nagaland. Voting for the lone contituency in Mizo...

LS polls: Modi to file papers from Vadodara today; Nomination process to close in Gujarat

In Gujarat, the process of filing of nomination papers for the Lok Sabha elections will come to an end today. A total of 268 candidates have filed their nomination papers for 26 Lok Sabha seats since the filing of nominations started on 2nd April. Those who have filed their nominations include BJP v...

Mamta to implement EC order on transferring 8 govt officials

The standoff between the Election Commission and the West Bengal Government on the issue of transfer of officials finally ended late last evening with the state government's retreat, accepting the order on transfer of eight government officials.West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee has agre...

LS polls: Polling underway in 6 seats in NE; voting in lone constituency in Mizoram postponed to Friday

Polling for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections has begun. Voting is taking place for six Lok Sabha constituencies in North Eastern states in this phase. Of these, two seats each are in Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya and one each in Manipur and Nagaland. Voting for the lone contituency in Mizor...

Stage set for 2nd phase of polling with six LS seats in NE states tomorrow

Stage set for 2nd phase of polling with six LS seats in NE states tomorrow

EC asks West Bengal Govt to implement its transfer order by 10 a.m. tomorrow

The Election Commission has rejected West Bengal government's plea for reconsideration of transfer of eight officials.Talking to AIR the spokesperson of Election Commission said that the poll body has reiterated to West Bengal Government to comply its order by 10 AM on Wednesday.Earlier, the Ch...

Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somanth Chatterjee said in Kolkata that the stand taken by Mamata Banerjee over transfer of officials by the Election Commission has created a constitutional crisis. He said it has set a bad precedent and should be resolved immediately.Chatterjee said according to the Consti...

Mamta accuses EC of being biased

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress Chief Miss Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accused the Election Commission of being biased.She said that her party posters and banners are being brought down, but those of the opposition have been left untouched.Despite repeated complaints, the Commission...

Stage set for 2nd phase of polling with six LS seats in NE states tomorrow

The stage is set for the second phase of elections with 6 Lok Sabha constituencies in North Eastern states to go for vote on Wednesday.Of these, two seats each are in Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya and one each in Manipur, Nagaland.Voting for the lone constituency in Mizoram, which was also schedul...