EVM
- India
Maha minister Nitesh Rane ignites political storm with EVM remark
Maharashtra’s newly elected minister and BJP leader Nitesh Rane has once again sparked a wave of controversy with his anti-Muslim inflammatory rhetoric. This time he provocatively reinterpreted the acronym EVM (Electronic Voting…
- India
SC directs plea on EVM verification to bench that rejected paper ballots
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said the plea seeking a policy for verification of electronic voting machines should go before the same bench that delivered a verdict in April rejecting…
- India
Maharashtra: INDIA bloc to move SC over EVM concerns
New Delhi: The opposition INDIA bloc in Maharashtra is set to move the Supreme Court over alleged manipulation of EVMs in the recent assembly elections. The decision to approach the Supreme Court…
- India
Maharashtra Oppn to skip oath on Saturday over ‘misuse’ of EVM
Mumbai: Opposition Maha Vikas Agahdi (MVA) members in Maharashtra on Saturday decided not to take oath as MLAs on the first day of the special three-day assembly session, alleging misuse of EVMs…
- News
Prakash Ambedkar: VBA to launch ‘anti-EVM campaign’ from Tuesday
Mumbai: The Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) will launch a state-wide, fortnight-long campaign opposing Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and demanding a return to ballot paper polling, a top party leader said here on…
- India
BJP dares Rahul, Priyanka to resign over EVM issue
New Delhi: The BJP on Saturday, November 30, hit back at the Congress for questioning the electoral process, including EVM’s integrity, saying its chief ministers and other elected representatives like Rahul Gandhi…
- India
‘EVMs tampered only when you lose?’: SC junks plea to revert to paper ballots
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, November 26, dismissed a plea seeking to revert to paper ballot voting in elections in the country, saying allegations of tampering with electronic voting machines…
- India
CEC Rajiv Kumar dismisses Congress’ EVM tampering claims in Haryana
New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Tuesday rejected claims by Congress leaders of alleged tampering of EVMs in some Haryana seats where machines with varying battery strength gave out different…
- World
Elon Musk again rakes up EVM issue before US elections
San Francisco: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday again raked up the electronic voting machine (EVM) issue before the US presidential elections in November, vouching for paper ballots and in-person…
- India
EC receives applications for EVM verification on 8 LS seats in 6 states
New Delhi: The Election Commission has received eight applications from aggrieved candidates, including those from the BJP and the Congress, for verification of tampering or modification in micro-controller chips embedded in the…
- Hyderabad
BAMCEF leader alleges widespread EVM rigging in Lok Sabha polls
Hyderabad: Waman Meshram, the head of All India Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation (BAMCEF), has stirred political circles by alleging that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were rigged in 373 Lok Sabha…
- Andhra Pradesh
EVM smashing case: SC bars Andhra MLA from entering counting centre
Hyderabad: The Supreme Court on Monday castigated YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) legislator Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy, who was caught on camera smashing an EVM inside a polling booth in Andhra Pradesh and barred…
- India
Counting of votes in Arunachal Pradesh Assembly elections begins
Itanagar: Counting of votes, polled in April 19 Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh, began on Sunday morning under three-tier security measures with the Central Paramilitary forces deployed in the first two tiers,…
- India
Mini truck with EVMs caught in UP; those are reserve machines, says DM
Samajwadi Party (SP) workers have claimed to have intercepted a mini truck loaded with EVMs near a strong room in UP’s Jaunpur. They have accused Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of being involved…
- India
Odisha: BJP’s Khurda MLA candidate detained for destroying EVM
BJP’s Khurda MLA candidate Prasanta Jagadev has been detained by the Odisha police for allegedly vandalising a polling booth and destroying an EVM machine. The incident happened at Kuanripatna in the Begunua…
