Sy Quraishi

VS Sampath becomes 18th Chief Election Commissioner of Ind

New Delhi, Jun 11: Veeravalli Sundaram Sampath has been named the 18th Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India. SY Quraishi, former CEC will end his six-year tenure when Sampath assumes his new high profile role. The 1973 batch IAS officer, 62-year-old ...

Karunanidhi joins 'Pranab for President' chorus

Chennai, May 5: With Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee slowly emerging as the consensus candidate across party lines, the latest party leader to join the chorus is DMK supremo Karunanidhi. He said in Chennai that he backed Pranab for the ...

SY Quraishi appointed as new CEC

New Delhi, Jul 28: Shahbuddin Yaqoob Quraishi was appointed by President Pratibha Patil, as the new Chief Election Commissioner of India, on Tuesday, Jul 27. Quraishi will replace Navin Chawla, whose term will come to an end on Thursday, Jul 29."In ...