EC to upload 2003 Bihar voter list; 4.96 crore won’t need fresh documentsThe Election Commission will upload the 2003 Bihar electoral roll on its website to aid voters in the upcoming special intensive revision o...
29 Jun, 2025, 04.36 PM IST
Move to bring NRC through backdoor: TMC on EC's special intensive revision of electoral rollTrinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien criticised the Election Commission's special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, callin...
28 Jun, 2025, 12.36 PM IST
EC to begin intensive review of voters' list in five more states by year-endThe Election Commission will review voter lists in five states, Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, before the 2026 elec...
25 Jun, 2025, 05.46 PM IST
Election Commission meets its legal counsels; emphasises on non-adversarial approachThe Election Commission engaged with its legal counsels in the Supreme Court and various High Courts, prioritizing a non-adversarial approa...
24 May, 2025, 07.29 PM IST
Meeting on voter Id-Aadhaar linking part of EC's effort to settle pending issues: OfficialsChief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar plans to meet top officials to discuss linking voter ID with Aadhaar, addressing long-pending leg...
17 Mar, 2025, 08.00 PM IST
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, who oversaw LS and J-K polls, demits officeRajiv Kumar, as Chief Election Commissioner, completed his tenure marked by overseeing key elections amid criticism and allegations of bias...
18 Feb, 2025, 04.31 PM IST
CEC Kumar says poll data system robust, nothing can go wrongChief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar affirmed the robustness of the poll data system, emphasizing its built-in 'red flags' that prevent ...
12 Feb, 2025, 08.21 PM IST
Unprecedented compared to other democracies: EC shares data on Lok Sabha pollsIn the recent Lok Sabha polls, 64.64 crore voters participated, with women showing a higher turnout of 65.78 per cent compared to 65.55 per...
26 Dec, 2024, 02.33 PM IST
2024: Govt moves ahead with simultaneous polls plan; India holds largest democratic exerciseIndia set a world record with 64.2 crore voters participating in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Significant electoral reforms included a bil...
26 Dec, 2024, 11.56 AM IST
When 17C is with candidates & EVMs in strong rooms, how can turnout data be fudged: EC sourcesElection Commission clarified that Form 17C and EVMs are secure, cannot be tampered with. Supreme Court declined NGO's plea to upload booth...
24 May, 2024, 10.56 PM IST
View: India needs a new methodology to gather dataA gap has grown for decades between consumption as reported by GDP data and NSSO surveys.
20 Nov, 2019, 06.15 AM IST
If we could do NREGA, we can do NYAY also: Sam PitrodaNYAY is a viable scheme. It would not require any increase in tax, says Pitroda.
07 Apr, 2019, 06.35 AM IST
View: Be careful what you digest from the results of the assembly electionsRahul's ‘suit-boot ki sarkar’ jibe has stuck in BJP’s craw, and it may launch an all-out populist assault.
13 Dec, 2018, 06.23 AM IST
View: We should treat the latest GDP statistics as unfudgedStatistics should be assumed to be unfudged and innocent until proved guilty.
05 Dec, 2018, 06.32 AM IST
View: Make it big, Mr Jaitley. India really needs a boostThe fiscal deficit matters because it is a claim on the savings of the non-government sector. But the size of the budget is important too.
24 Jan, 2018, 06.18 AM IST
1 out of every 6 job applicants lies in resume: AuthBridge surveyThe number of candidates fudging facts on their CVs has been rising over the past three years, finds an AuthBridge report.
27 Nov, 2017, 06.30 AM IST
Sting operation reveals massive manipulation by opinion poll agenciesA sting operation had revealed that some of the agencies which conduct opinion polls before elections are willing to tweak their findings f...
26 Feb, 2014, 04.43 AM IST