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
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
Satyabrata Sahoo, Chief Electoral Officer, addresses a press meet in Chennai. | Photo Credit: M. SRINATH Statistical inaccuracies only complicate attempts to predict election results. This became clear in Tamil Nadu after polling ended in all the 39 parliamentary constituencies on April 19. This time, Tamil Nadu is witnessing a four-cornered contest. Prime Minister Narendra … Read more
The State Bank of India (SBI) has refused to disclose under the Right to Information (RTI) Act the details of the electoral bonds furnished to the Election Commission (EC) of India, claiming that it is personal information held in a fiduciary capacity, even though the records are in the public domain on the poll panel’s … Read more
Delhi Minister and AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj interacts with Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Derek O’Brien during a ‘dharna’ staged by the latter with other TMC leaders at Mandir Marg police station, in New Delhi, on April 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders who were detained by Delhi Police while staging a … Read more
Mamata Banerjee. File | Photo Credit: AP Jalpaiguri (West Bengal) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on April 5 hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks about atrocities against women and corruption, asserting that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and her government had taken stern action against the culprits involved in alleged sexual … Read more
After taking out a roadshow covering 2.5 km in Coimbatore on Monday, ahead of the Lok Sabha election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to the 58 people who died in a series of bomb blasts 26 years ago — on February 14, 1998, in the city. Amid shouting of slogans “Modi Modi”, “ Meendum … Read more
India’s Ravichandran Ashwin, left, celebrates with captain Rohit Sharma the wicket of England’s Ollie Pope on the third day of the fourth cricket test match between England and India in Ranchi, India, on Feb. 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP India to IMF: Ensure Pakistan does not divert loans to foot its defence, third-country debt … Read more
The voter turnout in Uttar Pradesh in the 2019 elections was quite low at 59.11%, even though the State has the highest number of voters. Representational file image. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA The Election Commission has devised a plan to encourage voters in Uttar Pradesh, which recorded a tepid turnout of 59.11% in the … Read more
Representational file image. | Photo Credit: G.N. Rao As part of its efforts to spread voter awareness, the Election Commission has tied up with the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) and the Department of Posts (DoP) to amplify its outreach to electors ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The EC signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) … Read more