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
West Bengal elections: Trinamool will return to power again, says Mamata BanerjeeMamata Banerjee asserts Trinamool Congress will secure a fourth term in West Bengal. She calls for opposition unity to unseat the BJP gover...
22 Apr, 2026, 12.13 AM IST
Assam Assembly Eelctions: Opposition flags 'serious lapses' in securing strongrooms post April 9 pollsAssam's Opposition Leader Debabrata Saikia has written to the Election Commission. He alleges serious breaches in strongroom security for e...
15 Apr, 2026, 12.49 PM 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
Army jawan demands Rs 2.5 crore from Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Ambadas Danve for manipulating EVMs, arrestedArmy jawan posted in Jammu was arrested in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar city for demanding Rs 2.5 crore from Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Ambadas Da...
08 May, 2024, 12.18 PM IST
Plea in Supreme Court seeks direction to Election Commission to stop using EVMs, use ballot paper in polls"The electronic voting machines must be replaced across India with traditional ballot papers. Voting through ballot papers is a more reliab...
25 Nov, 2020, 09.18 PM IST
Delhi polls: No allegation of EVM tampering yetAddressing the 'Times Now Summit', the CEC lamented that the day-to-day dialogue is becoming "more coarse " and it should be "avoided". He ...
13 Feb, 2020, 11.01 AM IST
Another Karnataka Congress MLA strikes discordant noteThe Congress MLA's remarks came a day after senior party lawmaker Roshan Baig unleashed a scathing attack on its state leadership.
22 May, 2019, 02.59 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
Reverting to paper ballots is a retrograde step: ex-CEC KrishnamurthyThe paper ballot system is susceptible to manipulation, leads to wastage of paper and takes longer to announce poll results, among other di...
19 Mar, 2018, 05.01 PM IST
EVMs used in Vikasnagar seat to be seized: Uttarakhand High CourtThe court also issued notices to the Election Commission of India, the state election commission, the chief secretary and the BJP candidate...
27 Apr, 2017, 02.56 PM IST
EC should be more vocal on defending EVMs: S Y QuraishiQuraishi was in the city to deliver the keynote address at the 13th Annual India Business Conference at the prestigious Columbia Business S...
13 Apr, 2017, 03.05 PM IST
AAP writes to EC over 'EVM tampering' in PunjabAAP's National Secretary Pankaj Gupta said his party analysed booth-wise voting pattern and reached a conclusion that electronic voting mac...
25 Mar, 2017, 11.26 PM IST
EVMs tamper-proof as ever, asserts Election CommissionIn a strongly-worded statement, the Commission said "baseless, speculative and wild allegations are being made which deserve to be rejected...
16 Mar, 2017, 05.25 PM IST
Assembly Elections 2017: Election Commission to counter campaign against voting machinesEC has been using EVMs for elections successfully since 2000 and has given opportunity more than once to those alleging manipulations of EV...
16 Mar, 2017, 01.07 AM IST
EVMs used in Indian election system not fool proof: PMK"The method of electing representatives for the biggest democracy in the world should be fool-proof. The electronic voting method does not ...
06 Jun, 2016, 08.23 PM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Congress apprehends EVMs could be tampered in OdishaThough evidence was submitted to the chief electoral officer's office about BJD's alleged involvement in rigging, no action has been taken,...
22 Apr, 2014, 04.52 PM IST