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The Election Commission of India has taken several steps to ensure smooth voting in the poll-bound Bihar 

Tributes pour in as Neela Satyanarayan, Maharashtra’s first woman chief election commissioner and celebrated author, poet, succumbs to covid-19

 Neela Satyanarayan, Maharashtra’s first woman chief election commissioner and celebrated author, poet, succumbed to COVID-19
 

IAS officer Mohammad Mohsin was in the news last year after the Election Commission suspended him for trying to inspect Prime Minister Narendra Modi's helicopter during his visit to Odisha in April. He was deployed as a poll observer.

Ahead of Delhi Assembly elections, senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari on Friday (January 31) unveiled the party's poll manifesto in the national capital. The election document was unveiled in the presence of Union minister Harsh Vardhan, Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari, party's Delhi election in-charge Prakash Javadekar, Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Goel and other leaders. Speaking to reporters, Nitin Gadkari said that the Centre would provide Rs 55,000 crore to deal with air pollution and would also provide clean drinking water facilities to the residents of Delhi.

 

One of the biggest tasks post India’s independence was setting up a functional system that would enable common citizens to elect leaders for a true ‘Lok Sabha’. During that time, one person who was instrumental in setting up our country’s electoral system as it is today was Sukumar Sen. Let’s find about more about this civil servant and how the electoral system was setup in this episode of India Untold with Sunita Iyer.

President of India Ram Nath Kovind will be the Chief Guest at the 10th National Voters' Day on 25th January 2020 being organized by Election Commission of India at Manekshaw Centre, Delhi Cantt. Union Minister for Law and Justice, Communications and Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad shall also grace the national function. This year marks an important milestone in the history of Indian democracy as the Election Commission of India (ECI) completes 70 years of its journey.

BJP president and Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday (January 6) accused the Aam Aadmi Party government of not doing anything in its tenure other than deceiving people by publishing advertisements. The Election Commission of India on Monday announced the dates of the much-awaited state legislative Assembly elections in Delhi. The national capital will go to polls on February 8, 2020. Do not miss the headlines of the day on MyNation in 100 seconds.

 

The battle for 70 seats in the Delhi Assembly is on. The Election Commission of India on Monday (January 6) announced the dates for the state Assembly election.

 

Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad levelled allegations that Modi government had brought in the Citizenship Amendment Act to win Jharkhand and Delhi elections. India, a heterogenous society with a myriad states, has elections right throughout the year. So is Ghulam Nabi Azad’s allegation an assertion that we need One Nation One Election concept to be implemented?

The BJP is concentrating on local issues of the national capital and addressing them as the election commission is all set to announce the poll dates anytime 

Voting for phase 4 in Jharkhand elections was recorded at 62.46 percent. Voters voted in huge numbers despite the threats issued by Maoists 

The fourth phase of Assembly elections in Jharkhand began on Monday in a total of 15 Assembly constituencies, including from the districts of Deoghar, Giridih, Bokaro and Dhanbad. Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged voters to be a part of the festival of democracy.

Union home minister Amit Shah, in his reply in the Rajya Sabha during the tabling of the CAB pointed out to the Congress that Indian Muslims had ascended to top positions in the country and there was no way they were being targeted with  the CAB 

 By-elections will be held in 15 of the 17 constituencies in Karnataka. The Election Commission has not announced the poll schedule for two Assembly segments - RR Nagar and Maski due to pending cases in the Karnataka High Court over the results of 2018 assembly elections.