Shifting timelines, Form 7 surge put SIR Phase-2 under strainThe voter-friendly SIR phase-2 electoral process is facing significant delays and disputes. Lakhs of people await hearings, and state gover...
13 Feb, 2026, 12.01 AM IST
ECI directs officials to speed up SIR hearings in West BengalThe Election Commission of India has directed that all hearings and document uploads must be completed within the next seven days. This fol...
31 Jan, 2026, 12.21 AM IST
Assam: Opposition alleges voter list manipulation during SR exercise; CM Sarma denies claimsAssam's Chief Minister defends a voter list revision exercise. He states no genuine Indian citizens are being targeted. Opposition parties,...
24 Jan, 2026, 09.52 PM IST
Disenfranchisement allegation due to SIR exaggerated: ECI to Supreme Court on Bengal MP's ClaimThe Election Commission of India has informed the Supreme Court that claims of widespread voter disenfranchisement in West Bengal are great...
01 Dec, 2025, 11.55 PM IST
Bihar SIR: SC to hear final pleas on October 7, says verdict will apply across nationThe Supreme Court has set October 7 as the date for the final hearing regarding petitions challenging the Election Commission of India's de...
15 Sep, 2025, 02.46 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee slams ECI’s SIR drive as ‘hidden NRC plot’, vows to block NRC in BengalWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of conspiring to implement NRC under the guis...
06 Aug, 2025, 11.35 PM IST
Wreaked havoc across the villages and towns of Bihar: Congress' KC Venugopal as opposition moves Supreme Court against ECI's SIRThe Indian National Congress and other opposition parties have approached the Supreme Court against the Election Commission of India's deci...
08 Jul, 2025, 09.35 AM IST
In reply to ECI, it is BJP's 'quota bias' vs Congress' 'malicious' complaintsThe BJP and Congress clashed over election speeches. The BJP defended Amit Shah's remarks by citing Nehru's letters and the Mandal Commissi...
14 Dec, 2024, 12.38 AM IST
BJP requests a week more; it may point out that PM speaks 'on basis of facts'BJP sources told ET that the party was preparing a reply underlining that the PM spoke on the basis of facts. The commission's move stood o...
30 Apr, 2024, 12.32 AM IST
In a first, EC takes note of a PM speech; BJP gets noticeThe Election Commission (ECI) has issued notices to BJP preseident JP Nadda and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for Prime Minister Na...
26 Apr, 2024, 11.14 AM IST
Remarks offensive, in bad taste: EC to Dilip Ghosh, Supriya ShrinateElection Commission issued showcause notices to Dilip Ghosh for insulting Mamata Banerjee and to Shrinate for derogatory remarks on Kangana...
28 Mar, 2024, 12.08 AM IST
EC issues show cause notice to BJP's Dilip Ghosh for his remarks on WB CM Mamata BanerjeeThe ECI has mentioned in its notice that the comments made by Ghosh were "offensive" and "insulting" and prima facie violative of Model Cod...
27 Mar, 2024, 08.52 PM IST
Will continue speaking about CRPF interference till it stops working for BJP: MamataThe ECI has issued a notice to the West Bengal chief minister on Thursday night for her prima facie "completely false, provocative and inte...
09 Apr, 2021, 03.33 PM IST
Plea seeking to declare Jayalalithaa's election void: HC directs issue of fresh notice to CEOG Pravina today submitted that the notice was yet to be served to the CEO, following which the court ordered issue of fresh notice.
01 Nov, 2016, 01.58 PM IST
Congress welcomes Election Commission notice to Nitin GadkariThe ECI issued notice to Gadkari for "statements to the effect of inducing the voters to take bribe" during campaigning in Maharashtra asse...
07 Oct, 2014, 02.46 AM IST
Badruddin Ajmal receives show cause notice by Election Commission for “communal remark” against BJPThe Chief Electoral Officer of Assam in a statement on Friday said that the show cause notice was served to Ajmal for violation of model co...
12 Apr, 2014, 03.12 PM IST
EC notice to Gopinath Munde ridiculous: Jayaprakash NarayanTerming as "perfunctory and ridiculous" the show cause notice served by EC on Munde over his poll spending remark, Lok Satta Party national...
06 Jul, 2013, 07.34 PM IST