-The Telegraph A commission source said the same restrictions could in future be applied to the Centre if Parliament is dissolved before its term ends The Election Commission on Thursday imposed on caretaker governments in states restrictions similar to those in force when the Model Code of Conduct for polls is in place, almost a month after the Telangana Assembly was prematurely dissolved. A commission source said the same restrictions could in future...
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Can take down election content after campaign ends, Facebook tells Election Commission -Ritika Chopra & Karishma Mehrotra
-The Indian Express Social media giant Facebook has offered to remove content flagged by the Election Commission in the last 48 hours before voting when no political campaigning is allowed, it is learnt. New Delhi: Social media giant Facebook has offered to remove content flagged by the Election Commission in the last 48 hours before voting when no political campaigning is allowed, it is learnt. Facebook made the proposal in a meeting...
More »From Plate To Plough: A vision coloured green -Ashok Gulati & Ritika Juneja
-The Indian Express Operation Greens must build forward and backward linkages between farmers and markets. It can learn from Operation Flood. The finance minister announced Operation Greens, on the lines of Operation Flood, with a seed capital of Rs 500 crore in his speech on February 1. Three days later, the Prime Minister backed the scheme at a parivartan rally in Bengaluru. He said farmers are his TOP priority — T is...
More »Unlike in Gujarat, EC Did Not Delay Assembly Polls in Flood-Affected Jammu and Kashmir in 2014
-TheWire.in RTI application now reveals that Model Code of Conduct does not hamper flood relief work. New Delhi: The Election Commission had delayed the announcement of Gujarat poll dates taking the plea the Model Code of Conduct would hamper flood relief work. The Model Code of Conduct which comes into effect as soon as the poll dates are announced, bars the government from announcing any new policies or packages. At a press...
More »Aadhaar and multiple identity disorder -Rajendran Narayanan
-Business Standard What is primarily required is political and administrative will for effective delivery of services Agantuk (The Stranger) was Satyajit Ray’s last film. The film revolves around the return of an old man, Manomohan Mitra, to India after 35 years. Manmohan had spent all his life with Adivasis from across the world and has a take on civilisation and progress that is at odds with the popular urban narrative of it....
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