Maharashtra CEO suggested changes to SIR form to ease voter stress, BLO load; ECI ignoredConcerns were raised by the Chief Electoral Officer of Maharashtra about the complexities surrounding the enumeration form requirements and...
07 Oct, 2026, 12.15 AM IST
EC pushes ahead with linking EPIC & Aadhaar in line with lawThe Election Commission (EC) is moving to link the Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC) with Aadhaar while ensuring compliance with legal p...
18 Mar, 2025, 11.34 PM IST
EC to talk Aadhaar seeding for voter IDs with top officials on TuesdayThe Election Commission will meet with key officials on March 18 to discuss linking voter IDs with Aadhaar cards. Amid political concerns o...
15 Mar, 2025, 10.33 PM IST
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...
31 Oct, 2022, 12.31 PM IST
Govt notifies rules allowing linking of Aadhar numbers with electoral roll dataLaw Minister Kiren Rijiju took to Twitter to announce that four notifications in this regard have been issued in consultation with the Elec...
18 Jun, 2022, 07.25 PM IST
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...
25 Mar, 2022, 01.51 PM IST
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...
22 Dec, 2021, 07.13 PM IST
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.
21 Dec, 2021, 11.44 PM IST
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...
20 Dec, 2021, 08.32 PM IST
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...
16 Jul, 2019, 05.11 PM IST
Linking of Aadhaar & Voter ID may be made mandatoryElection commission plans to propose amendments to the Representation of the People Act.
13 Dec, 2018, 05.12 PM IST
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...
27 Sep, 2018, 12.33 PM IST
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...
04 Apr, 2018, 12.35 PM IST
32 crore Aadhaar numbers linked to voter ID cards: CECSeveral opposition parties have questioned the reliability of EVMs used in recent assembly elections as they alleged that the machines were...
10 Mar, 2018, 05.07 PM IST
Supreme Court to hear plea for Aadhaar-based voting system after 4 weeksThe petition was filed before a bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud which kept the m...
19 Feb, 2018, 05.47 PM IST
10 reasons why Aadhaar has now become the very basis of your lifeWhile Aadhaar is compulsory to avail of most government services, now even the private sector has started relying on it. Aadhaar is here to...
21 Oct, 2017, 10.36 AM IST
Aadhaar to link with electoral rolls to remove bogus votersThe CEC appealed to people to upload their Aadhaar number on the National Voter Service Portal (NVSP), launched on January 25 this year.
14 Feb, 2015, 05.08 PM IST