State Election Commission

Tripura civic elections: BJP wins 29 out of 51 wards bagging majority in Agartala Municipal Corporation

The counting of votes for over 200 seats in the Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) and Nagar Panchayats elections is underway

Tripura civic elections: Counting underway; BJP leading in four seats

The Bharatiya Janata Party is leading in Ambassa, Jirania, Teliamura and Sabroom seats, the Tripura State Election Commission informed

Two cases of COVID-19 Kappa variant detected in UP: How is this different from Delta variant

The Kappa variant of coronavirus, according to World Health Organisation (WHO), was first detected in India in October 2020, but was termed to be a variant of interest only on 4 April

Supreme Court says govt employees can't work as state election commissioners

The apex court Bench headed by Justice RF Nariman rapped the Goa government for giving its Law Secretary the additional charge of the SEC

Delhi MCD election results 2021: AAP wins 4 wards, Congress 1; Kejriwal slams BJP for 15 years of 'misrule'

The Delhi CM's remarks come at a time when BJP failed to bag even a single ward in the bypolls. Delhi BJP President Adesh Gupta said that the party 'honours' the mandate given by people

Justice V Kanagaraj, retired judge of Madras High Court, appointed as new state election commissioner of Andhra Pradesh

Justice V Kanagaraj, a retired judge of the Madras High Court, on Saturday assumed charge as the State Election Commissioner of Andhra Pradesh.

Andhra Pradesh removes state election commissioner from post, issues order curtailing tenure of future chiefs from 5 to 3 years

The YSR Congress government in Andhra Pradesh on Friday abruptly removed State Election Commissioner N Ramesh Kumar from the post by promulgating an Ordinance, amending the AP Panchayat Raj Act, 1994, curtailing the tenure of the SEC to three years from five.

Andhra Pradesh SEC says he apprehends threat to life for postponing local body polls, seeks central security cover

Andhra Pradesh State Election Commissioner N Ramesh Kumar on Wednesday requested the Centre to provide him central police force security cover, saying he apprehends threat to his life and that of his family members

Tamil Nadu local body polls: First phase concludes amid stray incidents of booth capturing: phase two voting on 30 Dec

The first phase of polls to elect councillors, panchayat union presidents and ward members for the local bodies concluded in Tamil Nadu on Friday with reports of stray incidents taking place in a few polling booths

Polling for second phase of Telangana Panchayat elections begins; over 50,000 security personals deployed

Polling began for the second phase of the Panchayat elections in Telangana Friday amid tight security.