Name missing initially, but CEC Chawla finally votes

October 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Ahead of Maharashtra assembly polls, chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla has said that voters should go with their families at polling booths in order to prevent bogus voting. "It is necessary because the ration cards in Maharashtra do not carry photos of the family members.

August 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Assembly polls in the three Congress-ruled states of Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh will be held simultaneously Oct 13, the Election Commission announced Monday. The counting of votes will take place nine days later, Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla told reporters here.

May 14th, 2009 MUMBAI - The country's largest lender, the State Bank of India, Thursday said it had appointed Finance Secretary Ashok Chawla as a director on its board. The appointment became effective May 13.

May 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission has made elaborate arrangements for the counting of votes May 16 and all proceedings will be videographed, Chief Election Commissioner Naveen Chawla said here Wednesday. An approximate 60,000 counting staff will carry out the counting exercise in 4,260 counting halls in 1,080 counting centres in the country, Chawla said at a press conference.

May 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI/JAIPUR - After some confusion about which polling booth he was listed in, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Navin Chawla on Thursday finally cast his vote in New Delhi. There was some initial confusion as to which was Chawla's polling booth before he finally landed with his wife and daughter at booth number 86 that was located in Nirman Bhavan.

May 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's Chief Election Commissioner Naveen Chawla Thursday faced a bit of confusion about where to vote, but the Delhi chief electoal officer later clarified he had been informed about the change in his polling booth. Chawla along with his wife and daughter exercised their franchise at booth number 86 in Nirman Bhavan that houses government offices and has been turned into a VIP polling station for the elections in the New Delhi constituency.

April 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Election Commissioner Navin Chawla took over as the Chief Election Commissioner today, succeeding N. Gopalaswami who retired on Monday after serving in the Commission for five years.

April 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Election Commissioner Navin Chawla will take over as the Chief Election Commissioner today as N. Gopalaswami demits office.

April 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Election Commissioner Navin Chawla will take over as the next Chief Election Commissioner today. Chawla, who will succeed incumbent N Gopalaswami, will hold charge till July 29, 2010.

April 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Election Commissioner Navin Chawla took over as the Chief Election Commissioner on Monday. Navin Chawla, who succeeded N.

March 23rd, 2009 GUWAHATI - Election Commissioner Naveen Chawla will arrive here on a two-day visit today to review poll preparedness for the coming Lok Sabha polls. Chawla will be accompanied by two Deputy Election Commissioners Dr Alok Shukla and J P Prakash.

March 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Navin Chawla will be the next chief election commissioner as President Pratibha Patil Wednesday approved the appointment, officials said here. Chawla, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1969 batch, will take over the charge after the incumbent, N.

January 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The unseemly fracas that has gripped India's poll panel began a year ago when Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami wrote to fellow member Navin Chawla saying he found his behaviour to be partisan and he should be removed.

January 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday said that 'political detachment' was never a quality of Election Commissioner Navin Chawla, whose removal from office has been recommended by Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami.

January 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Election Commissioner Navin Chawla Saturday said he had no intention of resigning following Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami's move to remove him on grounds that he was partisan.