Bengal awaits May 4 results; TMC looks to retain power, BJP aims historic win after record turnoutWest Bengal awaits election verdict on Monday after intense campaigning, with the TMC aiming to retain power against a BJP push for a histo...
03 May, 2026, 12.56 PM IST
NIA officials deployed in seven Bengal Assembly seats for second phase of pollsNational Investigation Agency officials are now present in seven West Bengal Assembly seats. This deployment aims to stop the use of bombs ...
29 Apr, 2026, 11.53 AM IST
West Bengal Assembly polls: Banerjee urges voters to appeal deleted names by Apr 6, warns of EVM tamperingWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged voters whose names were wrongly deleted to appeal by April 6, promising free legal aid. Sh...
05 Apr, 2026, 03.44 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee welcomes Supreme Court observation on SIR, flags NRC fearsWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee welcomed the Supreme Court's observation on the Supplementary list of electors. She stated her e...
02 Apr, 2026, 12.15 AM IST
SC bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna to hear plea seeking verification of EVMsA Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna will address a plea by former Haryana minister Karan Singh Dalal urging a policy t...
24 Jan, 2025, 12.41 PM IST
EVM and VVPAT cross-verification shows no tamperingThe first EVM-VVPAT Checking and Verification exercise initiated by the Election Commission of India has revealed no discrepancies in the r...
30 Aug, 2024, 12.06 AM IST
If Rahul Gandhi is not getting any success after INDIA bloc formation is it fault of EVMs?: JDU leader Neeraj KumarJanata Dal (United) leader Neeraj Kumar questioned Rahul Gandhi's criticism of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), pointing out that the Sup...
17 Jun, 2024, 03.45 PM IST
Election Result 2024: What are EVMs, VVPAT and the controversy related to it?Ahead of the Lok Sabha election results, the INDIA alliance urges the Election Commission to prioritize the counting of postal ballots over...
03 Jun, 2024, 10.03 PM IST
EC revises protocol on storage of symbol loading units after SC orderIn a statement on Wednesday, the poll authority said all state chief electoral officers have been directed to create necessary infrastructu...
01 May, 2024, 06.37 PM IST
Nearly 40 times courts rejected pleas on EVMs: EC officialsThe EC official's comments came after the Supreme Court recently rejected pleas for complete cross-verification of EVM votes with Voter Ver...
26 Apr, 2024, 05.12 PM IST
EVM-VVPAT Case: Supreme Court to decide today on pleas seeking 100% cross-verification of EVM votes with VVPAT slipsEVM-VVPAT Case, Supreme Court Order: India's Supreme Court is set to announce its decision on petitions calling for cross-verification of v...
26 Apr, 2024, 09.32 AM IST
What are VVPATs, how do they work and why is Opposition demanding more machines in Lok Sabha polls?The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Election Commission regarding a PIL submitted by activist Arun Kumar Agrawal on EVMs, calling ...
02 Apr, 2024, 04.26 PM IST
Countdown to 2024: EVM-paper slip issue returns to political arenaThe issue of EVM credibility and VVPAT auditing has been raised repeatedly by many political parties. During the August 27, 2018 meeting th...
21 Dec, 2023, 12.28 AM IST
HC to hear in Aug plea for direction to EC to stop using EVMs, use ballot paper in pollsPetitioner advocate C R Jaya Sukin said many developed countries have banned the use of EVMs and have chosen to the ballot system of voting...
16 Jul, 2021, 03.30 PM IST
Digvijaya Singh raises doubts on EVMs, alleges no machine with chip is tamper-proof"No machine (which) has a chip is tamper proof. Also please do for a moment think, why no developed country uses EVM,"Digvijaya Singh said ...
11 Feb, 2020, 10.06 AM IST
Supreme Court seeks Centre's response on plea for VVPAT for Gujarat pollsA SC bench issued notice to the Centre, the CEC, the Gujarat government and the state election commission, and sought their response in fou...
07 May, 2017, 12.37 PM IST
SC seeks EC view on EVM tampering pleaDespite the Supreme Court’s 2013 order to implement the voter verifiable paper audit trail, the Election Commission seems reluctant to do s...
25 Mar, 2017, 01.25 AM IST