Crores of illegal money flows into poll-bound states, TN tops list

The Election Commission has a fight on its hand as candidates use ingenious methods to smuggle in money to voters.So far the EC has mopped up over Rs 53 crores from the poll-bound states, Tamil......

Former MP IAS officer O P Rawat appointed as new Election Commissioner

Om Prakash Rawat, a former Madhya Pradesh cadre Indian Administrative Services officer who till recently was Secretary at the Centre, was on Thursday appointed as the new Election Commissioner,......

Nasim Zaidi to be new chief election commissioner

Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi was on Thursday appointed as the next chief election commissioner. President Pranab Mukherjee has cleared his appointment, a law ministry statement said.......

Polling rights for NRIs, e-voters' list: New EC has his hands full

H S Bramha takes charge as the Chief Election Commissioner of India in New Delhi. Photograph: PIB Hari Shankar Brahma, who took over as the 19th Chief Election Commissioner on Friday, said his......