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Rajiv Kumar is next chief election commissioner, to assume charge on 15 May

PTI -
Besides the president and the vice president elections due shortly, the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and several assembly polls will be held under his watch.

Delimitation commission to visit J&K to meet all political parties, officials from 6-9 July

PTI -
The commission will interact with state officials to gather information concerning the delimitation process mandated under the Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, EC said.

Did Ashok Lavasa case change it all for EC? Why India needs a TN Seshan: Ex-IAS officer

Anil Swarup -
The election commissioners should have controlled the madness in West Bengal, but their partisan attitude has only strengthened the negative impression about civil services.

CEC Sunil Arora appointed chairman of association of world election bodies

PTI -
India has been a founding member of Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB) since October 2013 and took over as vice-chair in 2017.

Set up national election fund and ban corporate donations, says former CEC Krishnamurthy

PTI -
As a part of electoral reforms, former poll panel chief T.S. Krishnamurthy suggested a 100% tax exemption on donations to the national fund.

2019 Lok Sabha polls couldn’t have been fairer as far as Election Commission is concerned

Srijan Shukla -
While the EC continued to operate by old rules, BJP made 2019 elections more presidential, media-centric and money-fuelled.

Election Commission can learn from Supreme Court on what to do when there’s dissent within

Vinayak Dalmia -
The content of Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa’s dissent note against PM Modi is less important than making it part of public records.

Left ‘irrelevant, meaningless’, dissenting EC Ashok Lavasa boycotts poll panel meets

Sanya Dhingra -
Ashok Lavasa was the sole Election Commissioner who dissented with the clean chit given to PM Modi this month in multiple cases of alleged model code violations.

SC judges & EC officials must dissent but not harm institutions’ repute: Ex-IAS officer

Anil Swarup -
As the Election Commission’s current status shows, public dissent brings disrepute; there are honourable ways of settling disputes.

All you need to know about Lok Sabha 2019 — announcement of dates to counting

Sanya Dhingra -
It is a seven-phase election this time around and ThePrint takes you through the various stages right up to counting day on 23 May.
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Defence

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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