EC orders fresh polls at all 285 booths in Bengal’s Falta constituencyFresh elections will be held in Falta Assembly Constituency on May 21, 2026. The Election Commission of India ordered the new polling acros...
02 May, 2026, 11.51 PM IST
West Bengal polls: Residents protest alleged threats by TMC cadre in Falta, CRPF and RAF deployedResidents in South 24 Parganas protested alleged threats from Trinamool Congress cadre. This occurred ahead of vote counting for the West B...
02 May, 2026, 02.36 PM IST
Bengal turnout outpaces 2024 Lok Sabha pace in first six hoursWest Bengal's Assembly elections are witnessing strong voter participation, surpassing the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Polling is underway across...
24 Apr, 2026, 07.06 PM IST
Bengal polls: Mamata-Abhishek Banerjee, Amit Shah steer parallel 'war rooms'Bengal's first phase of assembly elections saw Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Union Minister Amit Shah leading rival 'war rooms'. Both ...
23 Apr, 2026, 06.10 PM IST
Strong rooms, unsealed rooms shouldn't be opened under any circumstance: ECThe Election Commission has directed all District Election Officers and Returning Officers in Kerala not to open any strong rooms before vo...
21 Apr, 2026, 12.43 PM IST
Congress forms panel to monitor conduct of elections by Election Commission of IndiaCongress president Mallikarjun Kharge has formed an empowered action group to oversee the Election Commission of India's conduct in Maharas...
02 Feb, 2025, 11.37 PM IST
EVMs cannot be tampered with, courts say rigging impossible: CEC Rajiv KumarChief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar dismissed claims that EVMs can be tampered with, citing court rulings that confirm their reliabilit...
08 Jan, 2025, 03.41 PM IST
EVM memory checking demand picks up with 100+ petitions in MaharashtraFollowing a Supreme Court ruling, Maharashtra witnessed a surge in EVM verification requests after the 2024 assembly elections. Opposition ...
13 Dec, 2024, 12.42 AM IST
Ensure complete transparency of EVMs or abolish them: Rahul Gandhi to ECCongress leader Rahul Gandhi questions the reliability of EVMs and demands transparency from the Election Commission to ensure fair elector...
17 Jun, 2024, 05.50 PM IST
Gaurav Gogoi asks EC to release data on EVMs found faulty in Lok Sabha pollsGogoi's statement came a day after a fresh political row erupted over EVM tampering claims with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other oppo...
17 Jun, 2024, 03.21 PM IST
'No OTP needed': Poll official junks EVM 'unlocking' chargeThe Election Commission of India (ECI) has dismissed a newspaper report claiming that a phone was used by a relative of Shiv Sena MP Ravind...
17 Jun, 2024, 12.42 AM IST
Supreme Court dismisses PIL alleging violation of voter secrecyThe Supreme Court dismissed a PIL claiming voter secrecy violation citing lack of merit and petitioner's ignorance of a previous verdict re...
17 May, 2024, 03.54 PM IST
Opposition leaders to meet EC officials regarding tallying of VVPAT slips with EVM figuresThe opposition parties are demanding tallying of VVPAT slips with EVM figures in an entire Assembly constituency in case a discrepancy is f...
20 May, 2019, 09.27 PM IST
In a first, Bombay HC sends 2014 Maharashtra poll EVMs for forensic scanAbhay Chhajed, a Congress candidate who lost to BJP's Madhuri Misal from that constituency, had challenged her October 2014 victory the sam...
08 May, 2017, 12.15 PM IST
2014 Maharashtra poll EVMs to go for forensic testThe HC wants FSL to assess the EVMs and state whether they could have been remotely accessed and whether there exists any additional memory...
08 May, 2017, 11.00 AM IST
Polls for 17 UP seats contested in courts: Election CommissionIt is expected that the final number of election petitions (petitions that challenge the result of a particular election) filed in the stat...
08 May, 2017, 02.06 AM IST
EC's statement on EVM tampering unfortunate: AAPThis came in response to the EC's letter in which the poll watchdog said it was for the AAP to introspect as to why your party could not pe...
02 Apr, 2017, 10.51 PM IST