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[ad_1] Nearly 21,000 candidates lost a sum of Rs 46 crore in forfeited deposits in the last three Lok Sabha polls held between 2009 and 2019, official data analysed by News18 shows. According to the Election Commission of India rules, a candidate contesting the Lok Sabha poll has to make a deposit of Rs 25,000 while filing the nomination. For candidates from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, the amount…

[ad_1] File photo of Aam Aadmi Party’s Haryana president and Kurukshetra candidate Sushil Kumar Gupta. (PTI) The AAP has alleged that its application seeking permission for two poll programmes on April 7 were denied with abusive language in the reply. The Deputy Commissioner of Kaithal said the Election Commission of India’s ENCORE portal was accessed by unknown persons who made the derogatory changes Five officials have been placed under…

[ad_1] Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Electronics and Information Technology in the outgoing Union government, on April 4 filed his nomination for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2024.  Chandrasekhar is contesting from Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, the seat held by senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor for the last three terms. Tharoor filed his nomination on April 3 from the constituency…

[ad_1] BJP’s ad spending peaked on March 30, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with party cadre from Kerala through the NaMo App. The party spent Rs 2.66 crore on Google ads that day. (PTI/File) Lok Sabha election 2024: While the BJP’s Google ads spending between March 16 and March 26 was negligible, it zoomed on March 27, a day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s sit-down conversation with Microsoft…

[ad_1] Apart from the usual lists of candidates, political parties have started releasing the names of ‘star campaigners,’ who may tilt the balance in their favour. The two principal contenders, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress have announced their ‘star campaigners’ for Lok Sabha polls in some states. So, who are these ‘star campaigners,’ and what is their significance? Follow all Live Updates on Lok Sabha Election…

[ad_1] The annual income of Nakul Nath, the Congress candidate from Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency in Madhya Pradesh has grown by about 185 per cent in the last five years, details in his poll affidavit have revealed.    Nakul Nath, son of former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Kamal Nath, is the richest member of the outgoing Lok Sabha.  In the last five years, the assets owned jointly by him…

[ad_1] The Election Commission of India (ECI) is likely to issue advisory with regard to the concerns of ‘erosion’ of level playing field and ‘misuse’ of central agencies raised by Opposition INDIA bloc. The advisory may be issued to the Union government or central investigation agencies, according a report. A delegation of INDIA bloc parties had last week urged the poll panel to ensure ‘level playing field’ during the…

[ad_1] On March 21, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested in the Delhi excise policy case after he skipped nine summons by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED).  On March 15, K Kavitha, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader and daughter of former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, was also arrested by the ED over her alleged money laundering role in the same case. Follow LIVE UPDATES about Arvind…

[ad_1] The process for filing nomination papers for the first phase of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 scheduled on April 19 begins on March 20.  Polling will be held in 102 Lok Sabha seats spread over in 17 states and four Union Territories in the first phase. The Election Commission of India (ECI) on March 20 issued the official notification for the first phase. The candidates can start filing…

[ad_1] The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Sharad Pawar faction of Nationalist Congress Party to use ‘man blowing turha’ symbol for Lok Sabha and State Assembly elections.  The apex court also asked the Election Commission of India to reserve the ‘man blowing turha’ symbol for the Sharad Pawar faction ‘Nationalist Congress Party – Sharad Chandra Pawar’, adding that the symbol should not be allotted to any other party or…