Special Correspondent
GUNTUR: The Election Watch Forum strongly feels that some Code of Conduct is to be prescribed to all politicians. Lack of a code of conduct for the people’s representatives was anti democratic in spirit, opined the Forum Convener P.C. Sai Babu.
The need for such a legislation prescribing code of conduct was imperative, he opined […]

Special Correspondent

Mock counting of votes simultaneously in different districts to check software reliability

All set: Collector Shashi Bhushan Kumar and Joint Collector M. Girijasankar examining the mock counting software in Kadapa on Sunday. KADAPA: Data entries of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies were placed online with the help of software sent by the Election Commission, District […]

M. Malleswara Rao
HYDERABAD: The Election Commission has decided not to comply with repeated requests of political parties to allow elected representatives, like MLAs, MLCs, sarpanches, mandal presidents, ZP chairpersons, into counting halls on May 16. It has taken the firm stand to prevent the elected representatives from wielding any undue influence on the counting process […]

Staff Reporter
Kakinada: Collector Gopalakrishna Dwivedi has instructed the district officers and staff to be well prepared to upload results of the Parliament and Assembly elections to the Election Commission (EC) website at the end of each round of counting on May 16. The returning officers have to take responsibility for this, for which they should […]

Staff Reporter

Day-long training programme organised

No prior info will be given to staff about allotment of tables, constituencyInformation will be given three hours before counting begins on that day

SANGAREDDY: District Collector Peeyush Kumar on Thursday called upon counting officers to abide by the rules during counting of votes on May 16 as even a minute […]

Staff Reporter

Some openly supported rebels; a few tacitly

TD suspends 37 leaders for not supporting TRS
Second, third rung leaders are ones who played dirty

SANGAREDDY: With elections over, all the political parties are concentrating on setting their respective houses in order.
As part of that, efforts were on to identify second and third rung party leaders who […]

Staff Reporter
Randomisation of officials will be done three hours before the commencement of counting

SANGAREDDY: Arrangements are in place for counting of votes on May 16 at the district headquarters - Sangareddy.
While counting of votes for the Medak Lok Sabha and seven Assembly constituencies will be taken up at the newly constructed collectorate complex, yet to […]

Special Correspondent

Fourth Front will soon be a reality, says Chiranjeevi

HYDERABAD: Praja Rajyam’s Political Affairs Committee (PAC) is understood to be mulling extending support to the candidature of Nationalist Congress Party leader Sharad Pawar as Prime Minister after the Fourth Front took shape following the announcement of results on May 16.
A suggestion to this effect […]

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TRS idea of “seeking NDA support” after polls embarrasses Grand Alliance

 
 
 
HYDERABAD: Telugu Desam Party president N. Chandrababu Naidu on Monday appeared livid though not perturbed by the Telangana Rashtra Samiti chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s latest salvo that he was open to the idea of supporting the BJP-led NDA after elections.
Asked to comment on […]

Special Correspondent
KADAPA: Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency recorded 75.70 per cent polling and Rajampet Lok Sabha constituency recorded 75.51 per cent polling yesterday, with a district average of 75.64 per cent which is 5.02 per cent higher than what was recorded in 2004 elections.
Kamalapuram Assembly segment recorded the highest polling percentage of 84 (74.29 p.c. in […]