Rajya Sabha by-election: Polling for 3 seats in West Bengal on July 24
As per the poll panel's schedule, the notification for the by-elections will be issued on July 7 and the last date for filing of nominations is July 14.
As per the poll panel's schedule, the notification for the by-elections will be issued on July 7 and the last date for filing of nominations is July 14.
While the petition initially referred to three accounts, the Kalighat camp claimed that a total of eight accounts had now been frozen.
The INDIA bloc has escalated its challenge to the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision process, with 23 Opposition parties and one Independent jointly writing to the Chief Justice of India seeking judicial scrutiny.
The apex court left open the option of an election petition before the High Court as the Congress intensified its protest over the rejection of Natarajan's candidature.
Congress leaders climbed police barricades and several workers were detained as the party intensified its campaign against the rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan's Rajya Sabha nomination.
Days after splitting the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the Ajit Pawar-led faction on Wednesday approached the Election Commission of India, staking claim on the party and the party's clock symbol.
The counting of votes began at 8 am amid tight security across the state.
The exit polls which were out after voting ended on May 10 predicted a hung assembly with some showing Congress returning to power with a majority. Most of the exit polls had predicted that the BJP will fall short of the halfway mark, 113.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will now demand a CBI probe into the missing names in the voters' list in Uttar Pradesh.
Voting is being held for 224 assembly constituencies in Karnataka with 2,615 candidates in the fray.
