Election Commission
- Telangana
Entire world praises Indian electoral system: Telangana BJP chief
Hyderabad: Telangana Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) president N Ramchander Rao on Monday, October 5, said while the entire world lauds India’s democracy and electoral process, the Congress is trying to tarnish the…
- Bangalore
Karnataka SIR: BJP man admits to filling Form 7s. All of Muslims
Bengaluru: Amid furore over alleged mass deletions of voters of the minority community with rampant use of Form 7 in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Karnataka,…
- Bangalore
Election commission tightens scrutiny of bulk form-7 applications
Bengaluru: The Election Commission has tightened scrutiny of Form-7 applications following allegations of misuse of the form to delete eligible voters from electoral rolls in Karnataka. The commission has directed all district…
- India
ECI orders special drive for left-out voters in post-SIR states
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed states and union territories where the nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has been completed to conduct a special drive…
- Bangalore
Karnataka SIR: FIR against BJP leader over voter deletion attempt
Belagavi: An FIR has been registered against Karnataka BJP leader Ravi Patil and others for allegedly attempting to get the names of 198 voters belonging to the minority community deleted from the…
- Bangalore
Karnataka CM stages sit-in against CEO, claims ‘electoral fraud’
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, along with his Cabinet colleagues and MLAs, staged a sit-in outside Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) V Anbukkumar’s office on Thursday, October 1, demanding a first information…
- Hyderabad
Ex MLA Danam Nagender flags vote deletion after disqualification
Hyderabad: Former MLA and Congress leader Danam Nagender on Thursday, October 1, alleged that a large number of genuine voters had been removed from the electoral rolls in his constituency and demanded…
- India
Bravo Modiji: Cartoonist’s Instagram account withheld in India
Hyderabad: Social media accounts of several digital cartoonists have been restricted, with artists reporting that their handles were taken down following requests from the government. Prominent political cartoonist Satish Acharya, whose Instagram…
- Delhi
Delhi SIR: EROs to follow 10-point list before deleting names
New Delhi: During the ongoing Special Revision of electoral rolls in the national capital, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has warned Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) to follow a comprehensive checklist before marking…
- India
Amid CEC row, Ghulam Nabi Azad calls on opposition to unite
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday, September 27, called on the opposition to unite and raise its voice amid growing demands to sack Chief Election Commissioner…
- India
‘Election Commission excluding Gen Z from voting,’ says Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday accused the Election Commission of first excluding first-time voters from voting rights through SIR and then holding youth registration camps to cover it up. Addressing a…
- Bangalore
Actor Prakash Raj’s speech restricted at Bagepalli DYFI event
Chikkaballapur: Actor Prakash Raj did not deliver his scheduled speech at a DYFI convention in Bagepalli on Saturday, September 26, after officials reportedly imposed restrictions on his participation and obtained an undertaking…
- Kolkata
Cal HC raps EC over reassignment of poll symbol for bypoll
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday came down heavily on the Election Commission over reassignment of the ‘envelope’ symbol to the newly formed Democratic Trinamool Congress from the ISF, observing that…
- Hyderabad
Owaisi questions legality of EC decisions amid reports over SIR
Hyderabad: Amid reports of internal differences in the Election Commission over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday, September 23, questioned the legality…
- India
SC bench divided on CEC appointment law, refers case to CJI
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday, September 23, delivered a split verdict on whether a batch of petitions challenging the 2023 law on the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC)…