N Gopalaswami is expected to be the next chief election commissioner succeeding B B Tandon, who is retiring on June 29.
If the present Lok Sabha completes its five-year term, Chawla would be the CEC in charge of conducting the next general elections.
Rashtriya Janata Dal members pressed for an immediate debate leading to abrupt adjournment of the Lok Sabha shortly before the lunch recess.
Indo-Nepal border to be sealed for 3rd phase poll: Tandon
"Based on the ground realities in West Bengal, we decided on a five-phase poll schedule,'' CEC B B Tandon said.
Chief Election Commissioner B B Tandon will be visiting the state to oversee the arrangements in Bihar.
Senior National Democratic Alliance leaders urge the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioner to keep a watch on Bihar's bureaucratic reshuffles
Tandon said, after the review meeting at Madurai and Chennai on Tuesday, they would decide on the Tamil Nadu election date.
Chawla, who was to retire in June this year, will get a five-year tenure as election commissioner.
Railway minister sticks to demand that two election commissioners should step down in the wake of allegations by senior bureaucrat L V Saptarishi against them.
The West Bengal polls will be in five phases.
Pawar spoke of he reopening of sugar mills.
Pawar has been asked to give an explanation by Sept 15.
He will meet political leaders and administration officials. Election Commissioner B B Tandon and N Gopalaswami are with him.
Jeetu alias Fauji of Mahav village is a named accused in the case, Inspector General (Crime) S K Bhagat told reporters in Lucknow when asked about his alleged involvement in the mob violence.
Kalyan Singh's counsel B B Saksena cited a statement by the then Human Resources Development Minister Arjun Singh while making this allegation before Justice Liberhan.
Chief Election Commissioner B B Tandon on Sunday came out in strong defence of EC Adviser K J Rao, who has been under attack from Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal in the wake of his tough handling of poll irregularities.\n
Tandon, who was appointed as EC in 2001, will assume charge of the post on the retirement of incumbent T S Krishna Murthy on May 16, an official announcement said.
The resumption of border trade between India and China through Nathula in Sikkim has been set tentatively for September this year.
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad's counsel today demanded that a Supreme Court judge make public the name of the person who had "socially interacted" with him on the issue of transfer of a Patna judge hearing cases against the RJD chief
The Committee of Administrators (CoA) has suggested the Supreme Court to take stern action against those named in the Justice Mudgal panel dossier, currently in a sealed envelope with the apex court.
The Justice Mukul Mudgal committee, which was directed by the Supreme Court to conduct a probe against ICC President N Srinivasan and 12 prominent players in the IPL betting and spot-fixing scandal, filed its report to the apex court in a sealed envelope.
Failure to address the core issue of development and overconfidence on the 'false campaign' of 'India Shining' led to the debacle of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance in the elections, leading economists said on Thursday.
The Liberhan Commission said it was granting time to inspect its records because there was no objection from the counsel of other parties.
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