UP elections will be held in 7 phases between 10 Feb and 7 March, while Punjab, Uttarakhand & Goa will vote on 14 Feb. Manipur will vote in 2 phases on 27 Feb and 3 March. Results on 10 March.
Sood said the decision was mutually taken by him & EC in light of his family member contesting in Punjab Assembly polls and 'like all good things, this journey has come to an end too'.
Revised poll expenditure limit for candidates is Rs 40 lakh instead of Rs 28 lakh in big states, and Rs 28 lakh instead of Rs 20 lakh in smaller states.
The split in the EC came over the Madras HC’s censure and ‘murder-charges’ remark. The body was reportedly not unanimous in its approval for the plea on a gag order on media.
The election commissioners should have controlled the madness in West Bengal, but their partisan attitude has only strengthened the negative impression about civil services.
The ECI order said that repolling will be held at Ratabari contituency's polling station after an EVM was found in a car belonging to the wife of a BJP candidate.
The Election Commission filed a plea, saying it oversees the conduct and management of polls and the Constitution expressly forbids judicial interference in the process.
New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.
The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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