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The much-awaited event of year 2014 of the world's largest democracy is set to approach and Election Commission (ec) of India were also busy in fixing and deciding the exact dates and number of phases for upcoming 16th Lok Sabha elections.

Congress has complained to Election Commission asking the body to take action against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his choice of words against former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Congress told ec that PM Modi not only violated Model Code of Conduct (MCC) but also insulted a Bharat Ratna awardee.

The Election Commission on Friday asked Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to be careful with his utterances in the future, days after the BJP leader called Indian army as Modiji ki sena. The top-polling body had issued a notice to Adityanath and asked him to reply by April 5.

The Election Commission on Friday asked Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to be careful with his utterances in the future, days after the BJP leader called Indian army as Modiji ki sena. The top-polling body had issued a notice to Adityanath and asked him to reply by April 5.

The Election Commission said live coverage would be allowed on NaMo TV but pre-recorded content cannot be streamed 48 hours before the polling date, in the election silence period. ec informed the State Chief Election Commissioners (Cec) about the decision and directed them to observe it strictly.

On Monday, Election Commission ordered West Bengal government to transfer eight of its officials but defiant Mamata Banerjee took a stand over it and refused to make transfer. Now, following the denial of chief minister Mamata Banerjee, Election Commission is likely to take action against it and as per source ec may cancel polls in the concerned districts.

The schedule for organising the biggest democratic event of India, i.e. 16th Lok Sabha elections, is announced by Election Commission today in Vigyan Bhawan. VS Sampat represented the Election Commission and announced the dates for the polling which will be commenced from April 7 to May 12 , that will occur in 9 phases and last for almost two months.

Maharashtra Congress has taken strong objection to two channels for airing serials focusing on schemes of Centre, at a time when Model Code of Conduct (MCC) is in place for the upcoming polls. The party approached the Election Commission on Monday and sought a ban on these channels.