Ensure Aadhaar is used strictly as identity proof: Plea in SCA Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court. It seeks to restrict Aadhaar's use to identity proof only. The petition a...
20 May, 2026, 04.58 PM IST
A username could one day suffice as your addressIndia is creating a unique username-based digital addressing system. This initiative, led by India Post, aims to simplify sending and recei...
14 May, 2026, 08.45 AM IST
How BJP's well-oiled vote machine breached Mamata's Bengal fortressThe Bharatiya Janata Party achieved a significant victory in the West Bengal Assembly elections. Their campaign focused on booth-level orga...
05 May, 2026, 02.38 PM IST
West Bengal election results 2026: How BJP played a long game to bring down 'Didi’s durg' brick by brickWest Bengal Results 2026: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appears poised to form the government in West Bengal for the first time, potenti...
04 May, 2026, 10.25 PM IST
Why BJP’s 2026 ‘khela’ is bigger than Mamata Banerjee’s 'Poriborton' that ended over 30 years of Left in BengalWest Bengal witnesses a seismic political shift as the BJP secures a historic victory, ending the Trinamool Congress's long reign. Election...
04 May, 2026, 05.46 PM IST
West Bengal voter list: Step-by-step guide to check name online, what to do if it is missing and key election dates hereWest Bengal voter list 2026: Election Commission (EC) has officially released the fourth supplementary voter list for West Bengal following...
30 Mar, 2026, 03.21 PM IST
Bihar polls: Nearly 24,000 of over 2 lakh postal ballots rejectedBihar assembly elections saw a significant number of postal ballots rejected. Election Commission data reveals almost 24,000 out of over tw...
21 Nov, 2025, 06.13 PM IST
Lenders look to use poll panel data to identify mule accountsIn a bid to tackle financial fraud, banks plan to verify and restrict 'mule' accounts using voter ID cards and Form 60 by linking to the El...
07 Apr, 2025, 12.02 AM IST
EC moves to eliminate voter list duplication in 2 monthsThe Election Commission is initiating a mission-mode exercise to remove duplicate EPIC numbers in voter databases within two months. Trigge...
06 Mar, 2025, 11.51 PM IST
India has over 94.50 crore voters as on Jan 1: GovernmentAccording to a recent letter by EC to political parties, in 1951, India had 17.32 crore registered voters, which rose to 19.37 crore in 195...
02 Feb, 2023, 09.32 PM IST
The disabled may miss their vote as data is incompleteLess than a year later, even as the EC has a special focus on PwDs — the panel even says it will pick them up and drop on the polling day —...
27 Feb, 2019, 10.47 AM IST
After FB, Google builds political ad database in IndiaAim is to bring more transparency to online election ads.
24 Jan, 2019, 11.07 AM IST
Social media giants approached Election Commission for its database: Ex-CEC Nasim ZaidiThe EC has no formal agreement or MoU with Facebook. In 2017, the EC let the Facebook to issue a reminder to those who were turning 18 or w...
25 Mar, 2018, 10.18 AM IST
Election Commission's bid to hold disabled-friendly polls crippled by lack of dataThe state’s chief electoral officer has directed the formation of state, district, taluk and village level committees to implement and moni...
06 Mar, 2018, 08.25 AM IST
Facebook will not help Donald Trump to build database of immigrants from Muslim- majority countriesOf the nine major tech giants, including Facebook, Apple and Google, only Twitter had earlier declined to help if Trump sought to create a ...
15 Dec, 2016, 03.21 PM IST
Overseas Pakistanis cannot vote in 2018 elections as mock drill failsPakistanis living abroad will not be able to vote in the 2018 general elections as a mock exercise carried out in four countries failed.
25 Nov, 2015, 03.54 PM IST
- Cloud & clear: This is democracy, MS style!
Ever heard of a machine that contains a data warehouse on the entire 714 million Indian voters, 543 Lok Sabha constituencies and every cand...
16 May, 2009, 02.36 AM IST