Election Commission
- 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)…
- India
ECI commissioners flag SIR, voter form changes; poll body denies rift
Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi have formally recorded at least 14 objections over the past 10 months against decisions taken under Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, according to…
- India
Congress calls SIR a ‘method of disenfranchising Indians’
New Delhi: The Election Commission’s SIR exercise is a “Method Of Disenfranchising Indians” and has turned into a “Frankenstein monster”, the Congress said on Monday, September 21, amid outrage over 33.13 lakh…
- India
SC agrees to urgent listing of Mamata Banerjee’s plea against EC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, September 21, agreed to list for urgent hearing a plea by former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee challenging the Election Commission’s decision to freeze…
- India
‘Vote chori, govt chori, now party chori’: Rahul slams EC order
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday, September 18, slammed the Election Commission over its decision of directing rival Trinamool Congress factions to not use the party name and the “flowers…
- India
EC bars TMC factions from using party name, symbol in by-poll
New Delhi: The Election Commission has directed rival factions of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) not to use the party name and “Flowers and Grass symbol” during the West Bengal bypolls,…
- Hyderabad
1 reason, 2 constituencies, 6-fold gap: What Malakpet SIR shows
Hyderabad: In Charminar, 38 of every 100 electors left off the draft roll were recorded as “absent,” which means they were not found at the registered address when a Booth Level Officer…
