Tamil Nadu Elections 2026 voting time, documents you should carry and full polling process explainedTamil Nadu Elections 2026 voting guide: Tamil Nadu is gearing up for a four-cornered election on April 23rd, with over 5 crore voters parti...
23 Apr, 2026, 03.10 PM IST
Maharashtra Civic Polls: Videos of 'indelible' ink getting wiped off go viral; SEC launches probeMumbai election officials are investigating videos showing voters wiping off indelible ink. State Election Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare war...
15 Jan, 2026, 04.30 PM IST
Karnataka assembly election: EC has ordered 1,500 litres of indelible ink for Rs 24 croreMysore- The indelible ink for the first time was used during 1962 general elections. It was Mysore Paints and Varnish Limited’s (MPVL) firs...
26 Apr, 2023, 08.12 PM IST
Election Commission allows use of indelible ink for stamping ‘home quarantined’The EC’s sou-moto decision was communicated to the secretary, health ministry, all chief electoral officers across states, and to the sole m
26 Mar, 2020, 07.52 AM IST
Election Commission orders 26 lakh bottles of indelible ink for Lok Sabha pollsIn the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the poll panel had bought 21.5 lakh phials, 4.5 lakh less than this year.
24 Mar, 2019, 05.59 PM IST
Indelible ink scars banks' books“In total, we had orders for 1.5 million vials from the Reserve Bank of India, public and private sector banks,“ said C Harakumar, marketin...
29 Nov, 2016, 11.27 AM IST
Banks pick 30K bottles of indelible ink a day from Mysore PaintsThe factory has geared up to meet the sudden demand for 3 lakh bottles of indelible ink.
21 Nov, 2016, 01.59 PM IST
Coverage of indelible ink in Northeast India's bank branches to be increasedLocal industry body, Federation of Industry and Commerce of the North East Region (FINER) stated that following demonetization Northeast ma...
17 Nov, 2016, 07.40 PM IST
Banks start using indelible ink to check repeat money exchangeAs per the government statement, 11 branches of SBI are using the method to weed out customers queuing up again and again to exchange inval...
16 Nov, 2016, 02.52 PM IST
Demonetisation: Banks say queues are getting shorter, but still a long wait for someBanks' optimism was belied by reports from around India about long queues, shortage of Rs 100 notes and ATMs that worked sporadically, if a...
16 Nov, 2016, 06.56 AM IST
Ensure indelible ink for money deposit does not create problems for voters: EC to CentreElection Commission said five states are going for bypoll on November 19 and the government should ensure voters are not inconvenienced.
16 Nov, 2016, 12.22 AM IST
Demonetisation: How Modi government is using indelible ink to check misuse of currency exchange windowIndelible ink on the index finger of the left hand or any other finger of the left hand may not be used as a pretext to deny exchange of ol...
15 Nov, 2016, 11.15 PM IST
Demonetisation: LDF, UDF flay Centre's decision to ink bank customersOpposition leader in the Assembly Ramesh Chennithala said the BJP government's decision to mark those queuing up before banks to exchange t...
15 Nov, 2016, 08.41 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee flays move to put indelible inkBanerjee, who is leaving for Delhi during the day, is scheduled to meet President Pranab Mukherjee on the issue of demonetisation of high v...
15 Nov, 2016, 02.29 PM IST
Election Commission’s indelible ink to get cosmetic touch; vials, brushes to make way for new marker pensThe ECI has advised Mysore Paints and Varnish Ltd, the only Indian company that makes indelible ink, to explore this option.
16 Jun, 2015, 05.28 AM IST
EC directs polling officials to ensure indelible ink mark on voter's forefinger is bigger, bolderThe recent order says that the ink "will be applied on voter's finger from top of the nail to the bottom of the first joint of the left for...
03 Jun, 2015, 03.03 PM IST
More indelible ink can't nail voter fraud!The latest directive of the EC to make indelible ink mark on left forefingers of voters an inch long will not endear them to those who valu...
07 Apr, 2015, 12.12 PM IST