Election Commission ready for '100 per cent use' of VVPATs: OP Rawat"In 2013, the Supreme Court said in one case that EVMs(Electronic Voting Machines) are good, but the voter cannot see whether the vote has ...
23 Aug, 2018, 10.33 PM IST
Election Commission advances poll planning date to prepare for all scenariosThe EC has started its 2019 election planning over 395 days in advance instead of the usual 365 and has also added additional steps to the ...
31 Jul, 2018, 11.43 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Mizoram set to vote on ‘tamper-proof’ machinesM1 EVMs were last used in the 2014 general elections and were phased out as they completed 15 years of their life cycle and were also not c...
16 Jul, 2018, 09.38 AM IST
All VVPATs in 2019 to come with hood to keep light at bayThis is part of the corrective measures initiated by the Election Commission of India after several VVPATs malfunctioned during the recent ...
11 Jun, 2018, 11.36 PM IST
In face of united opposition, BJP needs out-of-box idea to win 2019 pollsThe margin of losses shows that the Opposition has managed to transfer its votes to the joint candidate. In Kairana too, this played a key ...
01 Jun, 2018, 08.27 AM IST
Bypoll jolt to BJP, shot in the arm for OppositionThe saffron party suffered its third straight loss in Uttar Pradesh; it won 1 Lok Sabha seat in Maharashtra and 1 MLA seat in Uttarakhand.
01 Jun, 2018, 06.54 AM IST
Election Commission 'mistress' of those in power: Shiv SenaShiv Sena warned that people's loss of faith in the election process was "dangerous" for democracy.
30 May, 2018, 03.19 PM IST
EC announces re-election in 123 polling stations of UP, Maharashtra, NagalandThe EC has ordered the transfer of the Gondia collector for "dereliction of duty", a top official of the poll panel said, adding that the n...
29 May, 2018, 09.46 PM IST
Shiv Sena, NCP express reservations on EVMs in Maha bypollsTo say that EVMs malfunctioned due to excessive heat is shocking, the senior NCP leader said, and demanded re-polling soon in the booths wh...
28 May, 2018, 05.13 PM IST
Why were EVMs for Maharashtra polls brought from Surat, asks Praful PatelPatel claimed that almost 25 per cent of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) malfunctioned in the bypoll to Maharashtra's Bhandara-Gondia...
28 May, 2018, 03.52 PM IST
BJP nominee seeks extension of polling time over faulty EVMs in PalgharPoll representative of BJP's nominee Rajendra Gavit submitted a memorandum to election officials, seeking extension of the polling time due...
28 May, 2018, 03.39 PM IST
Keen contest in bypoll to 2 Maharashtra LS seats tomorrowPolitical analysts say the NCP and the Congress have realised their folly of going separate ways in 2014 Maharashtra Assembly elections as ...
27 May, 2018, 02.40 PM IST
12 villages to boycott Maharashtra LS bypoll to protest water woesThe villagers, under the aegis of 'Bawanthadi Prakalp Sangharsh Samiti', earlier passed a resolution at a gram sabha meeting to boycott eve...
22 May, 2018, 01.20 PM IST
BJP Lok Sabha tally down to 272 from 282 in 2014Even this tally is delicate as one BJP MP, Kirti Azad, stands suspended from the party, and another MP Shatrughan Sinha is on a rebellious ...
21 May, 2018, 08.53 AM IST
Congress in talks with NCP for Gondia bypoll candidateThe election was necessitated with the resignation of former Gondia MP Nana Patole who quit the BJP and joined the Congress.
01 May, 2018, 11.32 PM IST
Unfazed by losses in recent bypolls, BJP confident of win in MaharashtraThe byelection in Bhandara-Gondia is due as its sitting BJP MP, Nana Patole, resigned from the seat late last year and joined the Congress.
18 Mar, 2018, 09.57 AM IST
Congress cites difficulties in renewing tie-up with NCP for pollsThe two opposition parties had an acrimonious break-up ahead of the 2014 state polls. Both the parties are now staking claim to contest the...
14 Jan, 2018, 12.17 PM IST