A step away from transparency

A step away from transparency

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has introduced some new rules and revisions, including a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bihar before the Assembly polls. This exercise will then take place across the country. In Bihar, the SIR exercise, aimed at removing duplicate entries in electoral rolls, started on June 25. … Read more

Rare ‘intensive’ revision in Bihar four months before polls

Rare ‘intensive’ revision in Bihar four months before polls

New Delhi: The Election Commission’s ‘Special Intensive Revision’ of Bihar’s electoral rolls has sparked a major political debate. However, this is not the first time that the poll panel has ordered an ‘intensive’ revision of electoral rolls — at least nine such revisions were held from 1952 to 2004, several of which came with similar … Read more

Move to bring NRC through backdoor: TMC on EC’s special intensive revision of electoral roll

Move to bring NRC through backdoor: TMC on EC’s special intensive revision of electoral roll

TMC MP Derek O’Brien, with party leader Sagarika Ghos,e addresses a press conference, in New Delhi, on June 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien on Saturday (June 28, 2025) said that the special intensive revision of the electoral roll announced by the Election Commission is a “sinister move to bring … Read more

New ECINET platform used during bypolls helped with faster update of voter turnout trends: ECI

New ECINET platform used during bypolls helped with faster update of voter turnout trends: ECI

The poll body had earlier on May 4, announced the development of the new one-stop platform, ECINET, integrating over 40 of EC’s existing mobile and web applications. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The bypolls in four States held earlier this month saw the use of the new ECINET platform that helped in faster uploading of … Read more

Delhi election 2025: AAP, BJP, Congress focus on cash transfers, women voters with freebies

Delhi election 2025: AAP, BJP, Congress focus on cash transfers, women voters with freebies

Delhi election 2025:  As the Delhi Assembly elections draw near, the leading political adversaries in the capital city have pledged comprehensive policies to attract voters. The Aam Aadmi Party, Congress, and Bharatiya Janata Party are all vying to appeal to women voters, a demographic that has gained significant attention from political parties in recent polls. … Read more

Delhi Assembly Elections 2025 LIVE: Election Commission to announce poll schedule at 2 p.m.

Delhi Assembly Elections 2025 LIVE: Election Commission to announce poll schedule at 2 p.m.

‘Disaster’ of AAP will be removed from Delhi, says PM Modi at Parivartan rally; Kejriwal hits back Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (January 5, 2025) made the “We will not tolerate disaster, will bring change” pitch against the Aam Aadmi Party as he addressed a gathering of thousands at Japanese Park in Sector – … Read more

The contrast between the U.S. and India on counting day

The contrast between the U.S. and India on counting day

A voter deposits his voting machine activation card in a box after casting his ballot at a polling site at Henderson City Hall in Henderson, Nevada on November 5, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Donald Trump has returned to power in the United States following a decisive win in both the popular vote and electoral … Read more

West Bengal government reinstates 4 police officers transferred during elections

West Bengal government reinstates 4 police officers transferred during elections

The Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal has reinstated four police officers who were earlier transferred to non-electoral posts by the Election Commission of India during the Lok Sabha elections. The election commission had transferred several officials, including the Director General of Police (DGP), and relieved them from election duty. Among the officers, Aminul Islam … Read more

Re-polling ordered at booth in Gujarat after voter makes Instagram video

Re-polling ordered at booth in Gujarat after voter makes Instagram video

Polling officials wait in a queue to collect the EVMs and other election materials for the 3rd phase of the Lok Sabha polls, in Dahod on May 06. | Photo Credit: ANI The Election Commission of India on Thursday ordered re-polling on May 11 at a polling booth under the Dahod Lok Sabha seat in … Read more

Everything has been snatched from us, don’t take away vote now: Mehbooba Mufti writes to ECI after BJP, others suggest postponing polls

Everything has been snatched from us, don’t take away vote now: Mehbooba Mufti writes to ECI after BJP, others suggest postponing polls

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti. File | Photo Credit: ANI Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti was up in arms on April 26, as a group of parties, including the BJP, wrote to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to postpone elections for the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat. … Read more