The court had asked the Centre to decide whether it would amend the electoral law or rules to allow NRIs to vote by postal or e-ballots in ...

"No proxy or absentee mode be adopted and therefore in the garb of migrant voters no bogus voting should be permitted,” BJP said in an all-...

However, the Election Commission, which found it feasible to give voting rights to NRIs, did not favour extending same benefit to migrants ...

The Election Commission has set up a committee to suggest amendments to the Act of 1951 with a mandate of submitting a report by February 2...

Official sources said the option of sending ballot papers to services voters or uploading it in Election Commission websites was discussed.

Leaders of the Indian expatriate community in the UAE have welcomed Indian Supreme Court's directive to the government to enable NRIs to ca...

Currently there are only 12,000 NRI voters, but they need to travel to India to cast their votes. Proxy and e-ballots could encourage more.

Kerala accounts for the bulk of the NRI voters at 11,488, while Punjab with 138 and Tamil Nadu with 112 come a far second and third, respec...

The EC should use either postal ballot facility, allowing voting to NRIs at an Indian Mission abroad or provide them with online voting rig...

Ravi said Overseas Indian Affairs Ministry is in talks with the EC to simplify process of registering themselves for exercising the right.

Political parties in Kerala were on the forefront to demand voting rights for NRIs, a majority of whom are employed in the Gulf.

India's move to allow millions of NRIs to exercise their voting rights has evoked mixed reaction from the community.

A long-standing wish of millions of NRIs for voting right in India has come true with Centre issuing a notification to enable them to exerc...

Non-Resident Indians can hope to cast votes in their home country as the Rajya Sabha on Monday passed a bill to provide them voting rights.

Chandy rejects EC's contention that voting right to NRIs is not feasible.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed the hope that NRIs will be able to cast their votes in the 2014 general elections.

Govt is in the process of finalising a proposal to replace the existing Emigration Act. Students going abroad to be registered | Indians sp...