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Lieutenant Governor (LG) Najeeb Jung recommended imposition of President's rule in Delhi

Lieutenant Governor (LG) Najeeb Jung has recommended imposition of President’s rule in Delhi among other options as the impasse continued over formation of a new government in Delhi...

December 18, 2013

Raman Singh takes oath as Chhattisgarh CM

Raman Singh (61) of BJP was sworn in as Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh for the 3rd term in row. Governor Shekhar Dutt administered Singh the oath of office...

December 13, 2013

Congress victorious in Mizoram Assembly polls 2013

Mizoram Assembly poll results are out and Congress has defeated its main rival Mizo National Front (MNF) by a huge margin. Although Congress faced debacle in the assembly...

December 13, 2013

EC declares AAP a state party

In the 2013 Delhi state assembly elections, AAP emerged as the second largest party in Delhi winning 28 seats in the assembly. After a remarkable performance in the Delhi...

December 10, 2013

Assembly polls verdict: BJP bags MP, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, AAP makes stunning debut

The BJP clinched majority of seats in the Assembly Elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) made remarkable debut in Delhi where it...

December 10, 2013

Election Commission clarifies NOTA option

Providing clarification over the recently included NOTA (None Of The Above) option in EVM/ Ballot paper in the upcoming polls as directed by the apex court, the Election...

October 30, 2013

EC may not provide ‘NOTA’ option in Bengal civic polls

Though the apex court has directed the Election Commission to provide a ‘NOTA’ (None Of The Above) option to voters, the State Election Commission of West Bengal is...

October 14, 2013

EC can reject nomination if nominee leaves columns blank or gives false info: Apex Court

The Supreme Court has said in a judgement allowing a writ petition by Resurgence India that it is voter’s elementary right to know full particulars of a candidate...

September 17, 2013

EC to use VVPAT system in Nagaland by polls

The Election Commission of India has decided to use Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) for the first time with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) in the September, 2013...

August 23, 2013

Govt. approves draft amendments to keep parties outside the purview of RTI Act

Draft amendments to the Right To Information Act (RTI) have been approved by the Union Cabinet in order to nullify an order of the Central Information Commission (CIC)...

August 3, 2013

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