EVMs
- Kolkata
Kolkata fire destroys 4,000 EVMs used in Bengal elections
Kolkata: West Bengal minister Kaushik Chowdhury on Thursday, June 11, said that around 4,000 EVMs were gutted in a government building fire here, as the police launched an investigation following the registration…
- India
Punjab local body polls to be held using ballot papers
Chandigarh: Local body elections in Punjab will be held using ballot papers with the high court here on Friday, May 22, dismissing petitions seeking polling by EVMs, observing that the petitioners had…
- India
EVMs moved to polling centres in Tamil Nadu
Chennai: Over 5.73 crore voters will decide the electoral fate of 4,023 candidates in fray for the crucial Tamil Nadu Assembly election on April 23. Both the Dravidian majors – the DMK…
- India
Repesentatives of candidates can be deputed outside EVM strong rooms: EC
Thiruvananthapuram: The EC on Friday, April 10, said that representatives of candidates who contested the Kerala Assembly polls can be deputed outside the security perimeter of strong rooms where EVMs are stored.…
- India
EVMs were introduced by ex-PM Rajiv Gandhi: BJP MP Dubey
New Delhi: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey hit out at Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday over his attack on EVMs, saying the voting machines were introduced in…
- India
4 voters booked in Bihar for clicking photos of EVMs, posting those on social media
Patna: Cases were registered against four persons in Bihar for allegedly clicking photos of EVMs during voting and sharing them on social media, officials said. These cases were filed in Ara, Gopalganj…
- Bangalore
Karntaka cabinet decides to recommend SEC to hold local body polls using ballot paper
Bengaluru: The Congress government in Karnataka on Thursday decided to recommend to the State Election Commission (SEC) to hold all the future panchayat and urban local body polls in the state using…
- Hyderabad
Jubilee hills bypoll: District Election Officer inspects EVM godown
Hyderabad: District Election Officer and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) commissioner RV Karnan, accompanied by additional commissioner (elections) Mangatayaru, conducted a thorough inspection of the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) godown at Chudibazar…
- India
Maharashtra polls were won through ‘fraud’: Kharge
Ahmedabad: Alleging that the BJP won the Maharashtra assembly polls through a “fraud” like never before, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday made a strong pitch for having elections on ballot paper.…
- India
SC to hear today plea for verification of EVMs used in Haryana
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Friday a plea filed by Congress leaders seeking verification of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) used during the Haryana Assembly polls. As per…
- India
Fadnavis slams opposition for campaign against EVMs
Nagpur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday criticised the Opposition for running a campaign against EVMs while demanding polling on ballot papers especially after their defeat in the November 20 Assembly…
- India
Stop whinging about EVMs, accept poll results: Omar Abdullah to Congress
New Delhi: Opening another point of friction with an important ally, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has dismissed the Congress party’s vehement objection to electronic voting machines and echoed the…
- India
Maharashtra: Over 200 booked in for attempting illegal re-election
Solapur: Police registered a case against more than 200 persons from Markadwadi village and nearby areas in Maharashtra’s Solapur for allegedly trying to conduct a “re-election” using ballot papers on Tuesday in…
- India
EC lodges police complaint against man claiming ability to hack EVMs
New Delhi: Mumbai Cyber Police has lodged an FIR against a man who claimed he could hack EVMs by isolating machine frequency, Election Commission (EC) officials said. The complaint in the matter…
- India
Many countries have stopped using EVMs: Medha Patkar
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Amid a debate on the EVM credibility re-started by some Opposition parties after the debacle in Maharashtra assembly polls, rights activist Medha Patkar on Saturday said many countries have stopped…
