West Bengal records historic 92.47% voter turnout in two-phase polls, highest since independenceWest Bengal Phase 2 Elections 2026 voter turnout: West Bengal concluded a fiercely contested Assembly election with a record 91.66% voter t...
30 Apr, 2026, 03.43 PM IST
Can BJP blitz breach TMC citadel? The battle for Bengal beginsWest Bengal politics remains a high-stakes battle between the long-standing dominance of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) under Mamata Banerjee...
23 Apr, 2026, 11.36 AM IST
Strong rooms, unsealed rooms shouldn't be opened under any circumstance: ECThe Election Commission has directed all District Election Officers and Returning Officers in Kerala not to open any strong rooms before vo...
21 Apr, 2026, 12.43 PM IST
A town divided: Inside Perumbavoor’s migrant flashpoint, where drugs, fear and politics collideA signboard in Perumbavoor, Kerala, warns against drug peddling and prostitution, highlighting tensions between local residents and migrant...
05 Apr, 2026, 12.31 PM IST
What Census 2027 will reveal about the country we’ve becomeIndia's Census 2027, launched April 1, is a crucial exercise. It will assess the nation's socioeconomic transformation since 2011. The cens...
01 Apr, 2026, 11.01 PM IST
Census 2027 to be India’s first fully digital enumeration; datasets likely within the year, says RGICensus 2027 promises faster data release with digital capture. This will be India's first fully digital population count. Citizens are urge...
31 Mar, 2026, 05.59 PM IST
No decision yet on rollout of voter appeal tribunals in Bengal: CEO Manoj AgarwalTribunals for voters missing from West Bengal's electoral rolls are not yet operational. The Supreme Court directed these tribunals, but th...
28 Mar, 2026, 01.31 PM IST
Meta watchdog says grassroots fact checks risk harm to usersMeta said it would ask ordinary users to verify controversial claims in a system known as "community notes", aping methods on X and other s...
26 Mar, 2026, 04.29 PM IST
West Bengal's supplementary voter list hit by server glitches, data unclearWest Bengal's first supplementary voter list faced significant technical issues upon its release. Servers crashed, preventing downloads of ...
24 Mar, 2026, 01.15 PM IST
New EC platform launched; CEC calls it tool to counter misinformationA new digital platform called ECINET has been launched by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. This tool aims to combat misinformatio...
22 Jan, 2026, 04.13 PM IST
Bihar SIR controversy: Supreme Court seeks details of 3.66 lakh excluded names as EC says no voter complaints yetThe Supreme Court has directed the Election Commission to provide details of 3.66 lakh voters excluded from Bihar’s final electoral roll. T...
07 Oct, 2025, 04.06 PM IST
West Bengal prepares for special intensive revision of electoral rolls ahead of 2026 assembly electionsThe Election Commission of India directs states to match old and new electoral data. This is ahead of a nationwide Special Intensive Revisi...
13 Sep, 2025, 12.45 PM IST
EC releases data on electoral bonds: BJP biggest beneficiary; Vedanta, Airtel, Essel among top donors"In compliance of Hon’ble Supreme Court's directions, contained in its order dated Feb 15 & March 11, 2024 (in the matter of WPC NO.880 of ...
15 Mar, 2024, 03.22 PM IST
Electoral Bonds scrapped, what's next? FM Nirmala Sitharaman comments over poll bond controversyFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman responded to the Electoral Bonds controversy, suggesting that assumptions are shaping the discourse. At...
15 Mar, 2024, 12.07 PM IST
View: To read electoral outcomes accurately, pay attention to what happens between electionsOver the past decade, electoral politics has become more professionalised and so has the tiny universe of electoral analysts. Experts, poll...
05 Jul, 2021, 10.30 AM IST
EC disables easy access to electoral data across statesWhile the poll result led to what many see as the beginning of a national front comprising regional parties, the steps Karnataka’s chief el...
06 Jun, 2018, 11.17 AM IST
Civic groups cry over safe voter dataElectoral rolls were in an accessible format from March 2013 till the publication of the latest draft electoral roll. “Now that the electio...
13 Dec, 2017, 01.13 PM IST