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Outgoing CEC OP Rawat says there is no integral problem with EVMs, raises concerns about fake news
Rashmesehgal • 6 years agoChief Election Commissioner OP Rawat demits office on Saturday after a rather hectic term in office.
Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha polls: EVM snags, stray incidents of violence dominate day; 74.61% turnout till 6 pm
Fp Staff • 6 years agoNearly 55 percent of voters exercised their franchise till 3.30 pm Wednesday in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections which were marred by complaints of faulty Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and stray incidents of violence.
Daily Bulletin: Narendra Modi in Telangana today; Sunil Arora picked to be new CEC; NASA 'InSight' lands on Mars; top stories of the day
Fp Staff • 6 years agoSunil Arora to succeed OP Rawat as the new CEC, NASA's spacecraft 'InSight' lands successfully on Mars; Cyclone Gaja aftermath leads to farmer suicides in Tamil Nadu; and other top stories of the day
Congress urges EC to transfer officials with 'dubious track records' ahead of Madhya Pradesh bypolls
• 7 years agoA delegation of Congress leaders from Madhya Pradesh met Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat and urged him to take steps to ensure free and fair by-elections in the state, including transfer all officials with "dubious" track record
Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election: Mistakes in voter lists will be rectified before polls, assures EC
• 7 years agoThe Election Commission admitted there were discrepancies in the electoral rolls in Madhya Pradesh and assured they will be rectified before the year-end Assembly polls in the state.
Telangana polls: CEC OP Rawat to meet 9 parties, state chief electoral officer to review poll preparedness
• 7 years agoA team headed by Chief Election Commissioner Om Prakash Rawat in Telangana would be meeting nine recognised political parties Monday evening.
No material information on number of EVMs, VVPATs needed for simultaneous polls, says Election Commission
• 7 years agoPune-based Vihar Durve, through his RTI application, had approached the Election Commission seeking to know the availability and need of EVMs and VVPAT to carry out elections across the country in 'one nation, one poll' mode.
MK Stalin flays EC for not announcing bypolls in two Tamil Nadu constituencies, citing 'monsoon' as reason
• 7 years agoClaiming that the ruling AIADMK was afraid of facing elections, MK Stalinn accused it of avoiding the by-polls through the Chief Secretary Girija Vaidyanathan.
Narendra Modi in Rajasthan: PM accuses Congress of playing 'vote bank politics', lists Vasundhara Raje govt's triumphs
Ians • 7 years agoThe prime minister made the charge at a rally just ahead of the announcement of Assembly election dates for Rajasthan and four other states in November and December.
EC announces poll dates for 5 states: Upcoming elections will decide the nature of the BJP-Congress clash in 2019
Debobrat Ghose • 7 years agoThe Election Commission on Saturday announced the beginning of the biggest periodical living room drama that this country revels in.