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CBSE's three-language policy sparks concerns over timing, logisticsNew CBSE guidelines for Class 9 language learning have caused concern. Educationists and parents question the timing of the three-language ...- Tamil Nadu Polls: Targeting BJP, not AIADMK, as it sets agenda, shapes narrative, says PTRTamil Nadu's IT Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan highlights the DMK's focus on the BJP in upcoming polls. He addresses concerns over Hindi i...
- Making anything compulsory in democracy is troubling: Shashi Tharoor on Sanchar Saathi app rowThe government is mandating the Sanchar Saathi fraud reporting app on all new mobile phones. Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor question...
- 'We are not lawmakers': Delhi HC refuses to entertain PIL for compulsory voting in electionsDelhi High Court warned the petitioner, advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, it would dismiss the petition with costs after which he withdrew i...
- Compulsory voting requires consensus but awareness should be raised: Venkaiah NaiduThe minister said casting voting is not only a right but also a responsibility of the citizens and they are "duty-bound" to exercise the fr...
- Compulsory voting not possible, reforms will continue: GowdaGovernment today promised to carry out electoral reforms but turned down a request for introduction of compulsory voting citing practical r...
- BJP member opposes private member bill of party colleagueA private member bill of a BJP member proposing compulsory voting was today opposed by his fellow party man in the Lok Sabha.
- High Court asks SEC to implement NOTA in Gujarat local body pollsA two-judge bench of the High Court comprising acting Chief Justice Jayant Patel and Justice N V Anjaria today ordered the SEC to implement...
- HC stays compulsory voting rule in Gujarat civic pollsThe Gujarat High Court today stayed the implementation of a law that makes voting compulsory in the civic body elections in the state.
- Petty fine for not voting shows BJP isn't serious: CongressThe government last week announced rules under the act which makes voting compulsory in local body polls. Apart from the fine, there won't ...
- Lok Sabha members pitch for compulsory votingDushyant Chautala (INLD), while favouring compulsory voting, made a case for introduction of bio-metric cards to check bogus voting.
- Private member's bill on compulsory voting in Lok SabhaJanardhan Singh 'Sigriwal' (BJP), while moving the 'Compulsory Voting Bill, 2014', said such a law will make Indian democracy more particip...
- Gujarat's compulsory voting: Is it a pilot project with an eye on countrywide implementation?With this Bill, an act that conventional wisdom in the country presumes is voluntary, will henceforth invite adjudication in case of absten...
- Compelling people to vote will empower big money, not citizensPM Modi argues that compulsory voting will produce a more representative outcome than one in which only a fraction of voters exercise their...
- JD(U) condemns Gujarat government's move to make voting compulsoryAs per Bill, any person who fails to vote is liable for "punishment and will be penalised," though it did not explain the exact nature of a...
- Narendra Modi welcomes Supreme Court decision on right to rejectModi welcomed the decision to include negative voting by allowing the voters to reject all the candidates in an election, made by the SC.
- Narendra Modi hails SC on negative vote, pitches for compulsory votingSpeaking about the SC verdict Modi said, "For a long time I have called for a right to reject in polls. Without it, there was something lac...
- Narendra Modi pitches for right to reject candidateGujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today advocated electoral reforms including introduction of right to reject and compulsory voting, say...
- Compulsory military training against democratic ethos: AK AntonyCompulsory military training to all youths is against democratic ethos of the country and is highly undesirable as some of the trained men ...
- Election Commission terms paid news as 'moral turpitude'It had launched a battle against paid news in 2010 and is seeking an amendment to the Representation of People Act to make it a punishable ...
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