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Maachh, Mandate & Missing Names: Bengal’s voter list goes off the menuVoter lists in West Bengal have seen many names removed. This has caused anger and accusations of conspiracy. Many believe this is a delibe...
West Bengal Election 2026: Voting time, total seats and documents to carry on poll day2026 West Bengal Assembly Election: Voters are urged to be fully prepared by checking their names in the voter list, carrying valid ID proo...
ET Graphics: Bengal picture abhi bhi baaki hai; SIR’s changing playbookIndia's Election Commission is revising voter lists, removing over 5.98 crore names. The process, starting in Bihar, has changed significan...
Those hit by SIR deletions may see their other rights diluted: Prashant BhushanConcerns are rising over the removal of nearly 91 lakh voters from West Bengal's electoral rolls. Prominent figures like Prashant Bhushan a...
West Bengal polls: 97-year-old refugee, retired teacher among those deleted from voter listWest Bengal is witnessing the fallout of the NRC-like exercise, with long-term residents and even Partition refugees being struck off voter...
Opposition spreading lies on Aadhaar in SIR exercise: BJPBharatiya Janata Party has accused the opposition parties of misinformation. This followed the Supreme Court's statement on the Special Int...
EC's proposed consultations with UIDAI to 'clean up' voter lists acceptance of our charge: CongressThe Election Commission has decided to link Aadhaar with voter IDs, acknowledging issues of suspicious names in voter lists raised by Congr...
SC to examine plea challenging Centre's decision to link electoral roll data with Aadhaar"Petitioner has drawn attention to 2019 Aadhaar judgment to contend that only if some benefit is sought to be conferred then Aadhaar can be...
Govt considering to link Aadhaar with electoral rolls, online voting for Indians in abroad: Kiren Rijiju"Linking Aadhaar with the electoral roll is one of the ways. As of now linking Aadhaar with electoral rolls is voluntary. Our aim is to ens...
Privacy advocates slam bill that allows linking of Aadhaar to voter IDThe government has said that linking Aadhaar to Voter IDs is key to weeding out fake and duplicate voter cards and making elections fair an...
Some good, little bad from Aadhaar-linkHowever, to the extent the linking of voter ID with Aadhaar is voluntary and not mandatory, it blocks the second potential benefit.
Lok Sabha nod to Bill on electoral reforms; opposition questions tearing hurry, Aadhaar linkageThe Election Laws (Amendment) Bill 2021 was passed by a voice vote after a brief discussion during which some opposition members demanded t...
Election Laws (Amendment) Bill introduced in Lok SabhaThe Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which seeks to link electoral rolls with the Aadhaar ecosystem to weed out duplication, was intro...
In 2021, Election Commission to push for absentee vote, digi-ID, new service rulesLinkage of the Aadhaar number with voter ID, allowing voter registration as soon as a person turns 18 years, ensuring gender-neutral voting...
Election Commission push for pending poll reforms at law ministry meetThe amendments needed for linking voter ID with Aadhaar, allowing multiple registration windows to a new voter and ensuring gender neutral ...
Plea in HC for linking property with Aadhaar; Centre, Delhi govt's response soughtA bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar issued notices to the Central and Delhi government on the petition and listed...
Linking of Aadhaar & Voter ID may be made mandatoryElection commission plans to propose amendments to the Representation of the People Act.
Election Commission may resume seeding voter cards with Aadhaar numbersEC had linked Aadhaar number of nearly 38 crore voters in 2015 before the project was suspended. There are more than 75 crore registered vo...
Let Aadhaar-voter ID link be voluntary, Election Commission may tell Supreme CourtAccording to insiders, Election Commission is looking at offering incentives to voters who would link their Aadhaar numbers to voter ID car...
Right2Vote wants funds to take its tech internationalThe company is now in talks with various investors to raise funds in order to tap international markets as well, Neeraj Gutgutia, founder o...