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ECI releases voter list revision schedule: Difference between SSR and SIR | Explained

India, Oct. 16 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has ordered a Special Summary Revision (SSR) of electoral rolls in 17 states and Union territories, with January 1, 2027, as the qualifying dat... Read More


Karnataka 2023 recount case: ECI's rules on how long it keeps election CCTV footage, and who is allowed to see it

India, Oct. 15 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Election Commission of India (ECI) after the poll body said it could not trace the video recording of the 2023 vote count in Karnataka's ... Read More


Home visits for flagged voters, ECINet review and Form 7 cap - SIR changes since ECI controversy broke

India, Oct. 14 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has dropped a contested declaration from the online voter-registration form in states where the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral r... Read More


HT interview: RTI assured openness, digitisation brought logins, says activist Nikhil Dey

India, Oct. 13 -- Twenty-one years ago, on October 12, 2005, the Right to Information (RTI) Act came into force, giving every Indian citizen the legal right to question the state. The law grew out of ... Read More


STATE ELECTION OFFICERS RAMP UP OUTREACH OVER VOTER ENROLMENT

New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- In a coordinated effort, chief electoral officers of several states and Union territories on Monday said that no eligible voter will be left out of the electoral rolls, and annou... Read More


Lawyers' group tracks detainees, ensures paperwork, issue SOPs amid Delhi protest crackdown

India, Oct. 12 -- A distress call came around 11pm on Sunday. Thirty to 40 people were being held at Najafgarh in southwest Delhi, five or six of them minors, and some claiming to be injured. Within m... Read More


Delhi protests: Lawyers group tracks detainees, ensures paperwork amid crackdown

India, Oct. 12 -- A distress call came around 11pm on Sunday. Thirty to 40 people were being held at Najafgarh in southwest Delhi, five or six of them minors, and some claiming to be injured. Within m... Read More


Lawyers group tracks detainees, ensures paperwork, issue SOPs amid Delhi protest crackdown

India, Oct. 12 -- A distress call came around 11pm on Sunday. Thirty to 40 people were being held at Najafgarh in southwest Delhi, five or six of them minors, and some claiming to be injured. Within m... Read More


Prakash Rajpurohit named deputy election commissioner in bureaucratic reshuffle

India, Oct. 10 -- Senior bureaucrat Prakash Rajpurohit was appointed deputy election commissioner in a major bureaucratic reshuffle by the Centre on Saturday. Rajpurohit was most recently joint secre... Read More


Election Commission tightens limits on Form-7 filings to check bulk objections

India, Oct. 10 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday limited to 10 the number of Form 7 applications --- the document submitted to object against the inclusion of a person in the voter r... Read More