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Congress risks Election Commission rap on cash transfer plan -Bharti Jain

-The Times of India By announcing the direct cash transfer scheme and fielding senior ministers from the Congress platform, the Manmohan Singh government may have risked the ire of the Election Commission (EC). The election watchdog will meet on Sunday to deliberate over opposition BJP's complaint that cash transfers are essentially a poll sop, unveiled ahead of the Gujarat assembly election. The timing of the announcement in November although the scheme is to...

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Gujarat Elections 2012: Congress uses pic of a Sri Lankan child to portray malnutrition

-The Economic Times A publicity campaign by the Gujarat Congress meant to show the NarendraModi government in poor light has boomeranged on the party.   Congress was caught on the wrong foot when it was revealed that the photograph it used in its posters to portray alleged malnutrition among Gujarati children was that of an emaciated Sri Lankan child. The advertisement, which appeared recently in various newspapers and websites, said, "proper nutrition to 45%...

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'Election Commission Cannot Replace CrPc' -RK Misra

-Outlook The Gujarat High Court on Friday struck down a directive of the Election Commission of India terming the limitations on cash movement above a stated limit as unconstitutional The Gujarat High Court on Friday struck down a directive of the Election Commission of India terming the limitations on cash movement above a stated limit as unconstitutional, drastic and violative of personal liberty and privacy of individuals even if it was...

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Punjab CM's home district got Rs. 40 cr in election year -Pawan Sharma

-The Hindustan Times Underprivileged people of Muktsar district, the home turf of Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, received a lion's share for construction of houses in 2011 in the run-up to the assembly elections, it has emerged. Funds to the tune of over Rs. 40 crore were pumped into Muktsar district alone from the social infrastructure fund (SIF) to help economically weaker sections (EWS) construct or repair their houses, while five districts,...

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EC asks Gujarat to set up committee to check the paid news menace-Manas Dasgupta

-The Hindu Ahmedabad: The Election Commission (EC) has directed the Gujarat government to set up a Media Certification and Monitoring Committee (MCMC) to check the menace of paid news during the build-up to December’s State Assembly election. The EC identified paid news masquerading as news as a major problem during elections. It has also issued guidelines to the MCMC to not only monitor all the political advertisements to be aired on television...

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