EC to introduce QR-based identity cards for counting centres on May 4The Election Commission is introducing QR code-based identity cards at counting centers for upcoming assembly elections to prevent unauthor...
01 May, 2026, 12.07 AM IST
- Bengal polls: Movement via Petrapole land port, other Bangladesh border routes restricted
Border movement is restricted in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district. This curb is in place for the final phase of assembly elections....
28 Apr, 2026, 02.49 PM IST
Only voters allowed within 100 metres of polling stations in Bengal: Election CommissionIn West Bengal, the Election Commission is committed to maintaining a serene and unobstructed voting experience. They'll establish a 100-me...
18 Apr, 2026, 09.09 PM IST
From bamboo walls to AI eyes: West Bengal election gets unprecedented surveillance pushThe Election Commission of India is enhancing surveillance for the West Bengal Assembly polls by installing cameras for 100% webcasting, mo...
16 Apr, 2026, 12.44 PM IST
West Bengal suspends four officials after EC directiveFollowing directives from the Election Commission of India (ECI), the West Bengal government has reportedly suspended four officials. These...
22 Aug, 2025, 12.30 AM IST
ECI summons Bengal Chief Secretary over failure to act against officials in voter roll irregularitiesThe Election Commission of India called West Bengal's top bureaucrat, Manoj Pant, to Delhi. This action followed the ECI's directives regar...
12 Aug, 2025, 05.14 PM IST
In face-off with ECI, West Bengal govt withdraws two officials from poll dutyThe Election Commission of India and the West Bengal government are in conflict. The state government withdrew an AERO and a data entry ope...
12 Aug, 2025, 12.27 AM IST
West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer seeks registration officers' login data after voter roll fraud scandal in KakdwipIn the wake of a voter roll manipulation scandal in West Bengal’s Kakdwip subdivision, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal has...
27 May, 2025, 12.21 PM IST
Saif Ali Khan case: Immigrant's arrest raises concerns. Here's how illegal Bangladeshis enter and get jobs by paying just Rs 2,000Illegal immigrant Shariful Islam Shehzad Mohammed Rohilla Amin Fakir was arrested for attempting to rob and assault actor Saif Ali Khan, hi...
20 Jan, 2025, 01.16 PM IST
Manipur: Three layer security cordon in all counting centres on June 4Counting of votes for the General Elections in Manipur will take place on June 4, with a three-layer security cordon enforced at 24 countin...
01 Jun, 2024, 04.58 PM IST
Punjab polls: Gathering of people outside counting centres prohibited, sec 144 imposed in districtsPersonnel from 45 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) have been deployed at the counting centres. Around 7,500 officials wi...
09 Mar, 2022, 07.09 PM IST
DMK complains to EC against 'unauthorised' entry of persons, vehicles in strong room campusesIn different instances, "covered vehicles" were brought to such campuses in Coimbatore, Tiruvallur and Chennai and when asked they were sai...
16 Apr, 2021, 05.12 PM IST
Former Delhi Congress chief Arvinder Singh Lovely joins BJPDelhi Youth Congress president Amit Malik also joined the BJP along with Lovely after meeting party chief Amit Shah.
19 Apr, 2017, 01.09 AM IST
No mobile phones inside counting centres: Election CommissionIn a detailed set of do's and don'ts, the Commission said three-tier cordoning system should be set up in all the counting premises to prev...
09 Mar, 2017, 11.39 PM IST
Counting of votes to be held at 90 centres in HaryanaThe counting would commence at 8 am and it would be held at 90 counting centres set up across 32 locations in the state.
13 May, 2014, 07.55 PM IST
Videographing among slew of measures for an orderly DUSU pollDU administration has decided to install CCTV cameras besides hiring commercial videographers to record election activities.
01 Sep, 2013, 01.53 PM IST
Robert Vadra wants Priyanka Gandhi to join politicsIn an interview to a TV news channel on Friday, Robert Vadra made a strong pitch for his wife's debut in active politics.
25 Feb, 2012, 08.31 AM IST