Corrupt officials list on Centre Vigilance Commission websiteSeptember 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has put out a list of 123 government officials on its website on Thursday, whom the commission wants to penalize or prosecute for corruption charges. This is for the first time that the CVC has made public the name of corrupt officials.
Poll panel allows petitioners to show EVM's tamperbilityAugust 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Monday met petitioners who have filed cases in courts across the country challenging the efficacy of electronic voting machines (EVMs) and agreed to offer machines so they could demonstrate their claims of tamperability. We met the Election Commission and demanded it offer us EVMs to demonstrate that these can be tampered with.
Meeting of state higher and technical education secretaries todayJuly 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal will inaugurate a one-day meeting of principal secretaries/secretaries of higher education and technical education of State Governments and Union Territories here today. This annual conference has on its agenda different subjects within higher and technical education such as the National Mission of Education through ICT and matters related to polytechnics under coordinated action for skill development.
EVMs are tamper-proof, says poll panelJuly 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Sunday asserted the electronic voting machines being used to conduct the polls in the country were tamper-proof and reliable, as it replied to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani's apprehensions on the gadgets.
EC seeks power to register parties not contesting pollsJune 26th, 2009 MUMBAI - Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla on Friday said that the Election Commission of India has demanded a power from the Centre which should authorise it to de-register the political parties not contesting elections. "We have power to register the party but don't have the power to de-register.
Chandauli candidates still await resultMay 17th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Candidates from the Chandauli parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh are still awaiting the election result, as counting of votes had not been completed by midday Sunday due to two electronic voting machines (EVM) developing technical snags. At about noon Sunday, officials were still not sure by when they would be able to declare the result.
Snags hit new election commission websiteMay 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The new election commission website, which was specially created to upload the election results, developed snags Saturday morning, with officials saying that they were 'trying to sort it out'. 'Since early Saturday a lot of people have been checking the new election commission website for the results because of which there has been a congestion.
All set to count votes May 16: Naveen ChawlaMay 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.
Officials to use SMS to share poll information in RajasthanMay 5th, 2009 JAIPUR - When Bundi district of Rajasthan votes Thursday, election officials will share all polling-related details among themselves through SMSes and with people through website updates. This is being tried out perhaps for the first time in India, election officials said here Tuesday.
Election Commission orders repoll on six booths in West BengalMay 2nd, 2009 KOLKATA - The Election Commission on Saturday ordered repolling on six booths-- two each in Jhargram, Bishnupur and Darjeeling Lok Sabha seats on Sunday. However, the Election Commission did not agreed to the demand by Opposition parties to conduct repoll also in the Keshpur Assembly segment where widespread rigging was alleged.
Jyotiraditya Scindia questioned by Election CommissionApril 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Tuesday sought an explanation from Communications and IT Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia for distributing letters highlighting the achievements of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government. The Election Commission has asked him to file a written reply by Wednesday.
Poll nomination process to begin in Delhi SaturdayApril 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi State Election Commission Friday announced that the nomination process for candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections will begin Saturday. Details of the nomination process, which will culminate April 18, will be available in the commission's website, Delhi's chief electoral officer Satbir Silas Bedi said.
With eye on Gen Y, CPI-M launches election campaign websiteMarch 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In order to reach out to the younger generation, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) has launched its election campaign website, designed by its 'IT comrades'. The website, www.vote.cpim.org set against a reddish background has the photo of party patriarch Jyoti Basu addressing a mammoth rally.
BJP website to have a new lookMarch 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), using IT tools aggressively in its election campaigns to woo young voters, plans to give a new look to its website, making it more colourful, interactive and vibrant. 'The website is expected to be officially launched Saturday by BJP president Rajnath Singh,' a party source said Friday.
Jaitley to be BJP's key election managerMarch 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday appointed its general secretary Arun Jaitley as the chief coordinator for its Lok Sabha election campaign. He will be assisted by general secretary (organisation) Ram Lal, according to a party statement.
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