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AA Edit | Lakhs of Indians Failed By EC In Bengal SIR

It calls for the urgent intervention of the President of India, an office mandated to preserve, protect and defend the...

10 April 2026 12:25 AM IST

Sidelined AIADMK leader T.T.V. Dhinakaran who is contesting as an independent candidate greeting voters at a polling booth during voting for the Dr Radhakrishnan Nagar Assembly constituency bypoll in Chennai. (Photo: AP)

Shikha Mukerjee | ‘Supplementary’ SIR Row; LPG Pressure Amidst War

West Bengal voter lists row raises concerns over poll fairness

25 March 2026 10:21 PM IST

The EC was responding to a story carried out by this paper in which former IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan had raised serious concerns with regard to sanctity of EVMs due to use of VVPAT machines, saying VVPATs have made EVMs amenable to hacking.

AA Edit | EC Can’t Act Arbitrarily, Rein In Transfer Powers

However, the Constitution does not confer on the EC the right to take over the functioning of the elected government and...

18 March 2026 12:12 AM IST

AA Edit | SC Order Reveals EC Trust Deficit

AA Edit | SC Order Reveals EC Trust Deficit

The judicial officers will now adjudicate claims and objections of the persons put on the “logical discrepancy” list, a...

22 Feb 2026 9:36 PM IST

The EC was responding to a story carried out by this paper in which former IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan had raised serious concerns with regard to sanctity of EVMs due to use of VVPAT machines, saying VVPATs have made EVMs amenable to hacking.

AA Edit | Bona fide Voters Should Be On SIR Rolls

The EC was of the view that more than six offspring in a family, a difference of less than 15 years or more than 50...

10 Feb 2026 11:27 PM IST

EC: West Bengal Final Voters’ List Out on Feb 28

EC: West Bengal Final Voters’ List Out on Feb 28

Deadline Extended by 2 Weeks After Supreme Court Order

10 Feb 2026 10:07 PM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a press conference in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

Didi Questions EC’s Use of Central Govt Staff, AI in Voter Roll...

Collect information about who has been posted where, their departments and residential addresses.

22 Dec 2025 11:40 PM IST

The new voting equipment was largely touch screen computers that are still very inferior to the EVMs India uses.

Opposition Blames EVMs, EC for Their Defeat

Mumbai: Following the drubbing in the last year’s Vidhan Sabha elections, all three constituent parties of the...

22 Dec 2025 1:39 AM IST

Shashi Warrier | Of Class Assignments & The Theatre of SIR

Shashi Warrier | Of Class Assignments & The Theatre of SIR

“I know,” he said after another little gap. “It’s unfair. But you should have told me as soon as it happened. I can’t do...

7 Dec 2025 1:20 AM IST

Aaditya Thackeray Alleges Attempt To Block Opposition Votes

Aaditya Thackeray Alleges Attempt To Block Opposition Votes

Mr. Thackeray also cited specific cases, including that of party legislator Sunil Govind Shinde, whose name he said...

3 Dec 2025 3:36 AM IST

AA Edit | On SIR Issues, EC Must Be More Responsive To Voters

AA Edit | On SIR Issues, EC Must Be More Responsive To Voters

Reports say the commission has granted an additional week “for sharing details of absent, shifted, dead and duplicate...

1 Dec 2025 10:07 PM IST