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Supreme Court allows Trump administration to use voter database before 2026 midterms. Why accuracy, privacy and false matches are under scrutinyThe U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the Department of Homeland Security to use the SAVE database for voter eligibility checks. This ruling f...
Trump administration gets Supreme Court green light on expanded voter database - here’s what changesThe Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to tap into an expanded federal database for checking voter citizenship....
Kapil Sibal hits out at CEC Gyanesh Kumar over voter notice, says issue may reach Supreme CourtRajya Sabha MP and senior advocate Kapil Sibal criticised Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar after receiving a notice questioning hi...
US federal appeals court upholds ban on Trump's bid to use citizenship data for voter checksA federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration's attempt to use an immigration database. The court upheld a lower ruling that bl...
Delhi SIR draft voter list out: If your name is missing, here's everything you need to know to get it added before the final electoral roll is published on November 4Delhi SIR draft voter list name inclusion: Delhi’s draft SIR electoral roll has left out around 47.7 lakh voters whose enumeration forms we...
Navdeep Suri, former diplomat, flags 'trouble establishing citizenship' during Punjab SIRFormer diplomat Navdeep Suri faced citizenship verification challenges during Punjab's voter roll revision. He was asked for unspecified do...
Trump wants America to vote like India. But will Indian model work?President Donald Trump has cited India’s election system as an example for the US while pushing for stricter voter identification and citiz...
Birth certificate for NRIs: Why this document matters more than everIndia's birth certificate has become an indispensable document for its citizens. Recent regulations stipulate that birth registrations are ...
Calcutta HC says voter ID, Aadhaar, PAN not proof of Indian citizenshipThe Calcutta High Court ruled that identity cards do not prove Indian citizenship. A habeas corpus petition was dismissed as proof of citiz...
Ensure Aadhaar is used strictly as identity proof: Plea in SCA Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court. It seeks to restrict Aadhaar's use to identity proof only. The petition a...
EC orders 'Special Revision' of voter list in Assam, final roll on Feb 10, 2026According to instructions issued by the poll panel for the chief electoral officer of Assam, January 1, 2026 will be the qualifying date fo...
SIR Phase 2 Explained: BLO visits, required documents, online options & key dates for India’s biggest voter verification driveIndia's Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls commenced today, November 4, 2025, covering 51 crore voters across 12 states and UTs....
SIR 2025 not in line with 2003 norms, ADR to SCAn NGO tells the Supreme Court that Bihar's Special Intensive Revision 2025 differs greatly from the 2003 exercise. The current process dem...
BJP ally TDP seeks clarity on SIR, says exercise shouldn’t link to citizenship or burden votersTelugu Desam Party has reservations about the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. TDP submitted a representation to the Election...
Not an Indian citizen, but still a voter? How Form 6 opens the door for non-citizens in India’s voter listsBihar Elections 2025: The Election Commission is revising voter rolls, starting in Bihar. Form 6, used for voter registration, requires no ...
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor welcomes Trump's recognition of India's Voter ID systemCongress MP Shashi Tharoor welcomed US President Trump's recognition of India's robust voter ID system in his executive order overhauling U...
Tarun Gogoi smells gains after Supreme Court relief to Bengali migrant votersCongress has got a boost after the Supreme Court relaxed the Guwahati HC's five-year voting ban on Bengali migrants from Bangladesh.