SRINAGAR — A high-level team of the Election Commission of India (ECI), headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar, is arriving in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday to review preparedness for the Assembly polls in the Union Territory. Election Commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu will accompany the CEC during the visit. […]
SRINAGAR — The Election Commission of India will meet political parties in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday to get feedback on conducting Assembly polls in the Union Territory. The office of the chief electoral officer, Jammu and Kashmir, on Tuesday issued letters to various political parties, inviting them for a meeting with the Election Commission […]
SRINAGAR — The Election Commission, led by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar along with Election Commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and SS Sandhu, will visit Jammu and Kashmir from August 8-10 to review the preparedness for the upcoming assembly elections in the Union Territory. In Srinagar, the Commission will first meet with political parties. They will also […]
SRINAGAR — The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Wednesday, issued directives concerning the transfer and posting of officers for the forthcoming legislative assembly elections across Haryana, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The move is aimed at ensuring the neutrality and fairness of the electoral process. In a notification, the […]
SRINAGAR — The Election Commission of India (ECI) ordered the second special summary revision of photo electoral rolls in all the Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies in UT of Jammu and Kashmir with July 1, 2024, as the qualifying date. A notice, issued here today in this regard, by Chief Electoral Officer, J&K, P K Pole, […]
JAMMU — The Election Commission of India (ECI) has scheduled a meeting with District Election Officers (DEOs) on July 10. As per a notification issued in this context by the Joint CEO, J&K, the meeting, that will be held through video conferencing mode, will address key election preparations, including issues from district-level political parties, updates […]
SRINAGAR — A notice has been issued to newly elected MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid who is in jail in a militant funding case, over a significant disparity in his election expenditure report for the Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency in Jammu and Kashmir. The election authority has asked for a response […]
NEW DELHI — Welcoming the Supreme Court’s decision to not pass any direction on a plea seeking the uploading of Form 17C data, the Election Commission of India on Saturday said that nobody can change data of votes polled, shared on poll day with polling agents of all candidates through Form 17C. The poll body […]
NEW DELHI — Encouraged by the voter turnout in Jammu and Kashmir in the Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission will “very soon” initiate the process of holding assembly polls in the Union Territory, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said on Saturday. He also told PTI Videos that the people of Jammu and Kashmir deserve […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference vice-president and candidate for the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat Omar Abdullah Thursday asked the Election Commission to direct authorities in the constituency to allow his campaign programme as per schedule. Abdullah’s letter to the EC comes a day after the Superintendent of Police in Sopore Divya D issued an official directive […]