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- India
Bihar SIR: ECI reports zero complaints by political parties
New Delhi: Despite sustained criticism from Opposition parties over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has reported that it has not…
- News
People of Bihar fighting for right to vote while nation celebrates Independence Day: Tejashwi
Patna: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday said it was “ironical” that the people of Bihar were fighting to “protect” their right to vote when the country was celebrating Independence Day. Yadav,…
- India
Fact Check: Is Karnataka family labeled ‘fake voters’ by Rahul Gandhi genuine?
The Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, has claimed that a family of voters is fake. However, preliminary verification by the Election Commission in Bengaluru has stated that the…
- India
Fact check: Did Rahul correctly identify voters registered in multiple States?
A major controversy has erupted in the country after Leader of the Opposition (LoP) and Congress MP in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi at a press conference on Thursday, August 7, accused…
- India
Bihar draft electoral rolls: SC seeks ECI’s response on omission of voters
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought a response from the Election Commission of India (ECI) to a plea seeking disclosure of details of nearly 65 lakh voters whose names were…
- India
My name missing from electoral rolls, RJD’s Tejashwi claims; Bihar govt refutes
Patna: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday claimed that his name was missing in the “draft electoral rolls” published by the Election Commission as part of the special intensive revision in Bihar,…
- India
Bihar electoral rolls: EC publishes draft following SIR
Patna: The Election Commission on Friday, August 1, came out with the much-anticipated ‘draft electoral rolls’ in Bihar, enlisting 7.24 crore voters but knocking off more than 65 lakh names, claiming that…
- India
EC to release Bihar draft electoral rolls on Friday
Patna: The Election Commission (EC) is all set to publish the draft electoral rolls for Bihar on Friday following the completion of a month-long Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise ahead of the…
- India
SC declines to halt ECI’s draft voters list publication
Supreme Court on Monday declined to intervene in the Election Commission’s planned release of Bihar’s preliminary voter list on August 1. The two-judge panel of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi conducted…
- India
Duplication of voter card numbers does not indicate fake voters: EC
New Delhi: Amid reports flagging issuance of identical voter card numbers to electors in two different states, the Election Commission on Sunday said duplicate numbers do not necessarily imply fake voters. It…
- India
Maharashtra has more voters than total adult population: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Alleging “numerous irregularities” in the Maharashtra polls, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday, February 7, claimed there were more registered voters than the entire state’s adult population, and more…
- India
Letter to EC seeks ‘ban’ on removing burqas of women voters
New Delhi: A missive by Samajwadi Party (SP) Uttar Pradesh chief Shyam Lal Pal to the Election Commission (EC) regarding Muslim women voters has sparked off a major controversy with the Bharatiya…
- Kerala
Wayanad bypoll: Landslide survivors cast votes amid grief, tears
Wayanad: Tears, hugs, and emotional scenes were witnessed at the polling stations set up for Wayanad landslide survivors, who gathered to cast their votes in the Lok Sabha bypoll for the hill…
- India
Rajasthan bypolls: 1612 elderly & disabled exercise franchise through home voting
Jaipur: A total of 712 voters voted in six Assembly constituencies other than the Dausa Assembly constituency on Tuesday for bypolls which are scheduled on November 13 on seven Assembly seats in…
- Telangana
Telangana sees 473,838 new young voters: CEO
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sudarshan Reddy announced that 473,838 new young voters have joined the total voter count of the state. This surge is part of a broader initiative that…
