EVM
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SC reserves verdict on pleas seeking mandatory EVM-VVPAT tally
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a batch of public interest litigations (PILs) seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to mandatorily cross-verify the…
- India
SC asks EC to look into media reports on EVM functioning during mock polling
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday orally asked the Election Commission (EC) to look into media reports suggesting that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) erroneously registered votes in favour of the BJP…
- News
Ready to give funds, but press EVM button in our favour: Ajit Pawar
Pune: Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday said he was ready to sanction funds liberally for development, provided people showed the same generosity while voting for the ruling Mahayuti alliance.…
- India
Not opposed to EVMs but against electronic voting manipulation: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday said it is not opposed to electronic voting machines but against their manipulation and demanded 100 per cent counting of the VVPAT slips to ensure credibility…
- India
CEC Rajiv Kumar uses poetry to rebut criticism of EVMs
New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar used a verse on Saturday to take a dig at the critics of electronic voting machines (EVMs), saying the poll authority is often at…
- India
Simultaneous polls: Rs 10K cr required for new EVMs after every 15 yrs, says EC
New Delhi: If Lok Sabha and assembly elections are held simultaneously, the Election Commission (EC) will need around Rs 10,000 crore after every 15 years to buy new Electronic Voting Machines, the…
- India
EC begins nationwide awareness programme on EVMs, VVPATs ahead of 2024 LS polls
New Delhi: Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha election, a nationwide awareness programme on Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) is underway to provide citizens with a…
- Politics
After Congress’ poll debacle in 3 states, Digvijaya raises questions over EVMs
Bhopal: Congress Rajya Sabha member Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday questioned the reliability of the electronic voting machines (EVMs), following his party’s defeat in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh assembly polls. Former MP…
- Telangana
Line under BRS candidate’s name on EVM: Congress alleges malpractice
Hyderabad: Congress cadre have found an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in a polling booth in Ibrahimpatnam on which a line was drawn with a pen under the name of Bharat Rashtra Samithi…
- Telangana
Kamareddy: BRS cadre stops Revanth Reddy’s brother from visiting polling station
Hyderabad: BRS workers stopped the Telangana Congress president and party candidate Revanth Reddy’s brother Kondal Reddy from visiting a polling booth in Kamareddy amid polling on Thursday, November 30. According to BRS…
- India
EC will need nearly 30L EVMs, 1.5-yrs for simultaneous polls to LS, Assemblies
New Delhi: The Election Commission will require around 30 lakh electronic voting machines (EVMs) and a preparation time of nearly one-and-half years for the smooth conduct of simultaneous elections to the Lok…
- Hyderabad
Telangana polls: Sufficient EVMs in Hyderabad, says DEO
Hyderabad: The District Electoral Officer (DEO) said that there are more than a sufficient number of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) for the Telangana Assembly polls in 15 constituencies of Hyderabad. Currently, 8304…
- Telangana
Telangana: BRS files plea seeking removal of car-like symbols from EC list
Hyderabad: The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has filed a petition in the Delhi High Court seeking the removal of ‘car-like’ emblems from the Central Election Commission’s (CEC) free symbols. According to media…
- Telangana
Strongroom of Telangana Assembly segment reopened on HC order
Hyderabad: Four years after the election, the strongroom of Telangana’s Dharmapuri Assembly constituency was reopened on Monday on the orders of the Telangana High Court. Hearing a petition for recounting of votes…
- India
Sharad Pawar calls Opposition meeting today
New Delhi: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar has called a meeting of leaders of opposition parties on Thursday to discuss the Rural Electronic Voting Machine (EVM). The meeting will be…
