Hearing of long-pending cases questioning electoral processes fuel distrust: Outgoing CEC Rajiv KumarOutgoing CEC Rajiv Kumar emphasizes the need for timely resolution of cases challenging electoral processes, suggesting improved scheduling...
17 Feb, 2025, 10.40 PM IST
High time NRIs empowered to vote from their locations: Outgoing CEC KumarOutgoing Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar emphasizes the need for a totaliser system to protect voting confidentiality and advocates...
17 Feb, 2025, 07.47 PM IST
Need anti-pollution type mechanism to clean up social media: CEC Rajiv KumarChief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar emphasizes the need for measures to combat 'social media pollution.' He criticizes social media pla...
24 Jan, 2025, 10.57 PM IST
Key poll reforms like totaliser ready but need political consensus: CEC KumarKey electoral reforms aimed at enhancing voter participation and masking voting patterns are ready but require political consensus to imple...
07 Jan, 2025, 09.34 PM IST
Former deputy election commission advocates separate budget and secretariat for ECI to increase autonomyFormer deputy election commissioner Vinod Zutshi emphasized the need for the Election Commission of India (ECI) to have a separate budget i...
24 Jun, 2024, 09.41 PM IST
Zee Entertainment shareholders approve appointment of 3 independent directorsZee Entertainment Enterprises' shareholders approved three independent directors' appointment through special resolutions. Nitin Mittal, th...
16 Mar, 2024, 03.27 PM IST
Indian elections: Why is there no consensus on the next generation of EVMs that could enable remote voting?Consensus is missing on the launch of the next generation of EVMs that can enable remote voting and augment India’s near-saturated polling ...
30 Apr, 2023, 05.46 PM IST
EC to demonstrate remote voting machine to parties on MondayThe Election Commission will showcase the remote electronic voting machine (RVM) prototype for migrant voters to representatives of politic...
16 Jan, 2023, 12.03 AM IST
Election Commission proposes voting for domestic migrants through 'remote EVM'The EC has invited political parties for a demonstration of the machine on January 16. The demonstration is aimed at getting parties' views...
29 Dec, 2022, 11.21 PM IST
RVM: Big Relief for migrant voters as per new plans of the Election Commission of IndiaMigrant voters now do not need to travel back to their home states to grant vote in the future as per the EC’s new election technology Remo...
29 Dec, 2022, 10.30 PM IST
Time has come to explore possibilities of remote voting: EC"Voters migrate from the place of their registration to cities and other places for education, employment and other purposes. It becomes di...
07 Jun, 2022, 06.44 PM IST
Top EC officials likely to brief Parliamentary panel on electoral reforms: SourcesTop officials of the Election Commission are likely to be called by a parliamentary panel to brief it on electoral reforms, including remot...
01 Nov, 2021, 02.51 PM IST
CEC Sunil Arora hopeful concept of remote voting will see the light of day by next LS pollsOver the last few months, a dedicated team has been working hard for giving shape to this project, he said, adding the concept would hopefu...
20 Mar, 2021, 04.41 PM IST
Commission to soon begin mock trials for remote voting, says Chief Election CommissionerThe Election Commission has collaborated with IIT-Madras to work on a new technology which will allow electors to vote from faraway cities ...
25 Jan, 2021, 11.49 AM IST
Soon, you may cast your vote from any polling station in the country“We have already started a research project on remote voting, using cutting edge technology, with IIT-Madras and other institutions and it ...
25 Jan, 2021, 10.33 AM IST
Election Commission looking at ‘vote from workplace’ EVMsNew-age EVMs with dynamic candidate list, instead of constituency-specific lineup, to enable migrants to vote from outside home constituency
21 Dec, 2020, 11.30 PM IST
Election Commission examines remote voting option, sets up tech advisory groupChaired by Prof Rajat Moona, the former director general of the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, the group has on board expert...
12 Sep, 2020, 08.02 AM IST