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17-member ECI team arrives in Hyderabad to assess Telangana’s poll preparedness

Immediately on their arrival, the team interacted with the national and state political parties and received representations relating to their grievances.

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Telangana Assembly Election | CEC Rajiv Kumar-led team in Hyderabad to access poll preparedness

On October 4, the focus would be on assessing poll preparedness at the grassroots level and district election officers and Superintendents of Police/ Commissioners of Police from all 33 districts in Telangana will make detailed presentations to the EC team.

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Rajasthan assembly polls: CEC Rajiv Kumar urges voters to exercise their franchise

Speaking on the poll preparations for the upcoming Rajasthan assembly elections, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar on Sunday appealed to voters to make use of their voting rights and to come out in large numbers to exercise their franchise. Read further on Dynamite News:

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"Ready for polls as per legal provisions": CEC Rajiv Kumar on 'One Nation, One Election'

Amid uproar over the Centre's 'One Nation, One Election' concept of holding simultaneous elections for Lok Sabha and state assemblies across the country, CEC Rajiv Kumar said that the Commission is ready to conduct elections as per legal provisions. Read further on Dynamite News .

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Morning Digest | Udhayanidhi Stalin’s remarks require proper response, PM Modi tells Ministers at informal meeting; Ready to hold polls as per legal provisions, CEC on ‘one nation, one election’, and more

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Ready to hold polls as per legal provisions, CEC on ‘one nation, one election’

The issue of a single election has triggered a nationwide debate since last week when the Centre announced the formation a high-level committee under former President Kovind to explore the feasibility of holding simultaneous polls

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Visit Andhra Pradesh to examine subversion of electoral practices, Chandrababu Naidu urges Chief Election Commissioner

TDP's N. Chandrababu Naidu requested CEC Rajiv Kumar to visit AP & form high-power committee to monitor electoral rolls & take action against violators. He urged ECI to treat AP as 'most sensitive State' & ensure free & fair elections. He sought exclusion of ward & village volunteers from election…

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Man dies after being shot by unidentified men in Bihar's Motihar

A man was allegedly shot by unknown assailants after which he died during treatment. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Election Commission begins public hearings in Guwahati on draft delimitation proposal for Assam

ECI begins public hearings in Guwahati on draft delimitation proposal for Assam. 780 representations received. CEC Rajiv Kumar to hear from political parties, civil society organisations. Draft increases seats reserved for SCs & STs, alters geographical boundaries of most constituencies.

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Bihar: Ammonia gas leak in factory kills one in Vaishali, several hospitalised

One died and several others were hospitalised in an ammonia gas leak incident in a dairy factory on Saturday in Bihar's Vaishali. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Explained | Urban apathy or out-of-sync voter lists responsible for low turnout in Bengaluru?

Experts and civic group activists attribute the low turnout (Bengaluru: 55%, as compared to 73.19% for entire Karnataka) to errors in voter rolls, like duplication, deletion, and mismatched entries, and voters being forced to go from one booth to another searching for their names in the electoral rolls.

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Pre-poll seizures cross ₹300 crore in Karnataka

Pre-poll seizures in Karnataka made so far since the announcement of the 2023 Assembly elections touched a whopping ₹302 crore on Saturday. This is over 2.5 times higher than what was recorded during the corresponding period in 2018 when ₹115. 91 crore had been seized.

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ECI announces bypoll dates for Punjab, Odisha, UP and Meghalaya

The Election Commission announced the dates for the by-elections in the Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies on Wednesday. read further on Dynamite News:

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Karnataka Assembly elections to be held on May 10, counting on May 13

The Election Commission of India announced the schedule for the Karnataka Assembly elections. read further on Dynamite News:

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EC Announces Assembly Polling Dates For Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura; Counting On 2 March

The Election Commission on Wednesday announced the schedule for Assembly elections to the northeastern states of Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland to be held in February-March this year. The results of all three states will be declared on 2 March, 2023. Read on for details:

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CEC Rajiv Kumar reaches Kathmandu as international observer for Nepal polls

KATHMANDU: Chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Friday reached Kathmandu as an international observer for Sunday's general elections in Nepal.

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India has 2.49 lakh voters aged above 100: CEC Rajiv Kumar

There are 2.49 lakh voters aged above 100 in India, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said on Wednesday. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Illegal Land Grabbing Case: ED Raid At Dozen Places In Bengal, Jharkhand

The places searched included residential and office premises of a Kolkata-based businessman Amit Agrawal and several others, sources said. Read on for details:

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Why Election Commission must declare Gujarat poll schedule by November 6

NEW DELHI: The collapse of the suspension bridge at Morbi in Gujarat seems to have delayed the announcement of the state’s election schedule. However, if the assembly election has to be held along with Himachal Pradesh, the Election Commission (EC) must declare the poll schedule for the state by November…

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Why Election Commission’s delinking of Gujarat from Himachal Pradesh assembly election raises doubts

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) on Friday announced the poll schedule for Himachal Pradesh. However, it did not declare the schedule for Gujarat, which has generally gone to election along with Himachal Pradesh.

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EC Announces Dates Of Himachal Pradesh Elections

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar declared the election schedule during a press conference at Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi. Read more on Dynamite News:

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One person-one seat: ECI proposal to Law Ministry

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar wrote a letter to the Law Ministry proposing to limit one person to contest only from one constituency at a time. Read more on Dynamite News:

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ECI, All India Radio launch year-long voter awareness series

The radio series will have 52 episodes of 15 minutes each, broadcast during the 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. slot on the AIR network starting this Friday

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ECI to apply ‘rule of majority’ while deciding on the real Shiv Sena matter: CEC Rajiv Kumar

Mr. Kumar’s remarks came after the Supreme Court asked ECI to decide on Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde’s claim that his faction represents the “real” Shiv Sena party

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