Mysuru: Election Commission (EC), has decided to effectively implement the Postal Ballot System for people deployed for election duty to exercise their franchise during the Assembly Poll to be held on May 12 in the State. The responsibility of implementing the system lies with the Returning Officer of the respective Assembly Constituency. A designated officer…
New Delhi; Any politician may get a notice from Election Commission (EC) and may even have to go to jail for two years if his comments arguing in favour of him or his party is aired by a TV channel during 48 hours before the end of polling for Assembly elections in Karnataka on May…
Bengaluru: Former IPS officer Kempaiah, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah’s close associate and political advisor to the Home Minister, has been asked to leave office by Election Commission for allegedly violating the Model Code of Conduct. The Chief Election Officer of Karnataka Sanjeev Kumar wrote to the Election Commission of India stating that CM Siddharamaiah’s close associate…
Mysuru: Marriage Halls (Kalyana Mantaps) and Community Halls have come under Election Commission (EC) scanner ahead of the May 12 Assembly elections in a bid to prevent political parties, candidates and their leaders from misusing marriage and other occasions to woo voters. Even Chief Minister Siddharamaiah’s visit to the Sriranga Samudaya Bhavan at Nivedithanagar near…
Mysuru: The Election Commission (EC) has directed the District Administration to set up a Media Certification and Monitoring Committee (MCMC) to check the menace of paid news during the build-up to Assembly elections. The EC identified paid news masquerading as news as a major problem during elections. It issued guidelines to the MCMC to not…
Bengaluru: The Election Commission (EC) will be rolling out more than three dozen apps in the coming days in a bid to make the 2018 Karnataka Assembly polls more “technology friendly.” Determined to make the ensuing polls a ‘festival of people,’ the EC has decided to use IT at all levels and involve people directly…
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) yesterday announced elections in Himachal Pradesh, but held off on making an announcement for Gujarat. Voting for the 68-seat Himachal Pradesh Assembly will take place on Nov.9 and the results will be declared on Dec.18. It will be a big test for the incumbent Congress, just as its principal…
New Delhi: The Election Commission has decided to hold a by-election to the Karnataka Legislative Council by Members of Legislative Assembly on Aug. 31. The poll is being held to fill up a casual vacancy in the State Legislative Council of Karnataka occurred following the death of Vimala Gowda, a sitting member, on Apr. 17….
Mysuru – City-based Karnataka Government Undertaking Mysore Paints and Varnish Ltd. has supplied 1,100 vials of indelible ink for the voting in the by-elections for Nanjangud and Gundlupet Assembly constituencies. Voting at both the constituencies began this morning. Speaking to Star of Mysore, Chairman of Mysore Paints and Varnish Ltd. (also known as MyLAC) H.A….
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