V S Sampath is new chief election commissioner

Election Commissioner Veeravalli Sundaram Sampath was on Thursday appointed the new Chief Election Commissioner who will preside over the next Lok Sabha general elections in 2014.62-year-old......

Will examine Rahul Gandhi's speech dispassionately: CEC

Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath said on Tuesday that the Election Commission would "dispassionately" examine Rahul Gandhi's speech made at Indore on October 24, stating that Pakistan's......

Quraishi demits office as CEC

Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi on Saturday demitted office at the end of his six-year tenure. At a simple function at the Commission headquarters in New Delhi, he signed his relinquishing......

WhatsApp messages to be under scanner during poll period: CEC

Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath on Thursday said that any offensive material on social media during election period will be strictly dealt with. “The Chief Secretary and the DGP were......