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Counting of votes for Assembly elections in five States begins

Counting of votes begun for Assembly elections in five States including Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Manipur, Punjab and Uttarakhand on Thursday.

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Punjab poll: 3-tier cordoning points at counting centres

CHANDIGARH: All arrangements have been made for the counting of votes on Thursday, when the Election Commission of India (ECI) will announce the fate of 1,304 candidates contesting multi-cornered elections for the 117-member Punjab legislative assembly, for which voting was held on February 20. Thursday has been declared a dry…

The Times of India

Sira 'to face criminal suit by EC' over poll

The Election Commission (EC) has decided to file a criminal suit against Sira Jenjaka, a former Palang Pracharath Party MP for Bangkok, in connection with a previous conviction of fraud, says a source in the EC.

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Samajwadi Party workers keep vigil at counting centres across Uttar Pradesh

LUCKNOW: From ensuring vigil camps at strong rooms where EVMs are kept in every district of Uttar Pradesh to issuing series of advisories on dos and don’ts for the party’s counting agents on how to monitor counting of votes, Samajwadi Party leadership on Wednesday remained focused on 'every possible mechanism…

The Times of India

Varanasi official suspended over EVM protocol

EC deputes senior officers to oversee counting in Uttar Pradesh

The Hindu

UP Election 2022: 3 officials removed, FIR ordered against lekhpal for flouting of EVM, ballot paper rules

LUCKNOW: Hours after videos of alleged violation of rules of transporting and handling EVMs and ballot paper bundles went viral, at least three senior officers were removed by the Election Commission in Uttar Pradesh, while one FIR was lodged against a lekhpal on Wednesday.

The Times of India

Cabinet gives nod to polls in city, Pattaya

The cabinet has greenlighted both the Bangkok governor election and the Pattaya City mayor and member polls with dates likely set for May 29, according to a source close to the matter.

Bangkok Post

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UP polls: BJP trying to influence results, it’s abattle to save democracy, says Akhilesh Yadav

LUCKNOW: Accusing the BJP of trying to influence election results, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday alleged that senior officials from the CM’s office are making phone calls to district magistrates across the state instructing them to slow down the counting of votes at places where the BJP is…

The Times of India

Unprecedented poll violence hints at shift in Manipur’s trajectory

Violence is no stranger to human political existence. In fact, there is an intimate relationship between politics and violence. Refrains such as “political power grows out of the barrel of a gun” or “war is merely the continuation of politics with other means” are reminders of that intimacy. Some would…

Newslaundry

Elections to 13 Rajya Sabha seats in 6 States on March 31

These polls will bring in a minor change in the political equation in Upper House

The Hindu

Bypoll to Majuli Assembly seat in Assam peaceful, 32.40% voter turnout recorded till 11 a.m.

By-election to Majuli Assembly constituency in Assam has been peaceful with around 32.40% of electors exercising their franchise in the first four hours of polling on March 7, an official said.

The Hindu

NGT appoints joint committee to assess harbour proposals near Kazhuveli Sanctuary

It directs the committee to ascertain the environmental impacts on the sanctuary

The Hindu

Amid violence, over 76% vote in second and final phase of Manipur Assembly polls

One person killed in police firing; a Congress worker allegedly shot a BJP member on Friday night

The Hindu

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EC bars Abbas Ansari from campaigning for 24 hours

In a recent speech, the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party candidate from Mau had allegedly threatened officers

The Hindu

Ensure free, fair polls in Manipur, Congress urges EC

BJP govt. released funds to insurgent groups, violating MCC, says party

The Times of India

Assembly elections 2022: How political parties used social media for campaign

NEW DELHI: The soon-to-be concluded round of assembly polls saw major political parties embrace virtual campaign with enthusiasm, partly necessitated by the Election Commission's restrictions on account of Covid-19 and also due to the realisation that a lot more people could be reached through social media.

The Hindu

KCR behind murder case conspiracy, charges DK Aruna

Senior BJP leader and former Minister D.K. Aruna accused Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao of doing the “story-screenplay-direction” in the arrest of persons responsibile for alleged murder plan of Excise Minister V. Srinivas Goud.

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Earnings Scheduled For March 1, 2022

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The Hindu

Manipur Assembly elections | Re-election demanded at several polling stations

People have alleged booth capturing and other irregularities

The Times of India

Andhra Pradesh: Bypoll for vacant MLC seat on March 24

AMARAVATI: The by-election for the lone vacancy in the state legislative council will be held on March 24.

The Hindu

Bandi Sanjay’s second phase of ‘Praja Sangrama Yatra’ from April 14

The second phase of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president and MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s ‘Praja Sangrama Yatra’ will begin on April 14, on the occasion of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Jayanthi.

The Hindu

U.P. polls | 24-hour campaigning ban for BJP MLA for Model Code of Conduct violation

The Election Commission order stated that Raghvendra Pratap Singh’s speech on February 19 during a public gathering in the constituency was ‘utterly irresponsible, provocative and threatening in nature’

The Times of India

Disqualification plea order attacks election process, says Congress

PANAJI: Still smarting from the Bombay High Court’s order dismissing the disqualification plea, Congress on Sunday said that the order upholding the merger of the 10 Congress MLAs is contradictory, makes a mockery of the Constitution and the election process while creating more confusion in the minds of voters.

The Hindu

BJP, Congress face crucial test in Manipur first phase

Of the 38 constituencies going to the polls today, the saffron party had won 18 and the grand old party 16 in the 2017 election

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