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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.

EC tweaks postal ballot procedure

A Booth Level Officer (BLO) will visit the houses of the concerned electors in the polling station area and deliver 12-D...

5 Oct 2020 11:57 AM IST

The Election Commission of India. (ANI)

No postal ballot facility for voters above the age of 65 in Bihar...

the EC had earlier decided to allow those above 65, COVID-positive voters and all those under quarantine to use the...

17 July 2020 10:53 AM IST

Ex-IAS officer Rajiv Kumar.

Ex-IAS officer Rajiv Kumar appointed new election commissioner,...

Kumar, a retired 1984-batch IAS officer of the Jharkhand cadre, will have a five-year tenure and retire in 2025.

22 Aug 2020 2:55 PM IST

The Election Commission of India. (ANI)

Election Commission to issue guidelines on elections during...

The commission considered the views and suggestions given by the political parties.

18 Aug 2020 5:53 PM IST

The state government could use its authority, position and influence to convince small bodies societies, neighbourhoods, sports associations, cultural associations and so on to use blockchain-based technologies to conduct their internal elections. Once we have enough use cases, we can convince the government to try it out and gradually scale it up to the national level, Principal Secretary for IT Jayesh Ranjan said. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Ankur Banerjee)

Telangana keen to explore blockchain technology's applications in...

Blockchain tech would provide a secure system whereby voters can cast their votes remotely, without the risk of privacy...

11 Aug 2020 4:51 PM IST

EC, Health Secretary to discuss COVID situation ahead of Assembly...

Allahabad High Court on Thursday requested the Election Commission of India to immediately postpone the Assembly polls...

27 Dec 2021 12:22 PM IST

The Election Commission has found that 171 votes were cast at a booth where only 90 people were eligible to exercise their franchise in Halflong Assembly constituency of Dima Hasao district. (Representational Photo: AFP)

Bypolls to three LS, 30 assembly seats on October 30: Election...

The seats where Lok Sabha by-elections will be held are Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Mandi in Himachal Pradesh and Khandwa in...

28 Sept 2021 12:54 PM IST

The survey said 81 per cent of people trust the transparency of the current voting process. (Photo: PTI/Representational Image)

Election Commission to host virtual international election visitors...

The programme will be held for foreign poll management bodies in virtual mode on March 7

6 March 2022 2:58 PM IST

The five states would go to polls across November. (PTI File Image)

AA Edit | Mega battle begins for 5 states

As ever, with any Indian election, the logistics are humongous.

10 Oct 2023 1:29 AM IST

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar with Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey during a press conference for the announcement of schedule of general elections to the Legislative assemblies of Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)

Tripura goes to poll Feb 16, Nagaland, Meghalaya Feb 27

The polls in nine states are seen as semi-finals before the Lok Sabha elections next year, where the BJP is hoping for a...

18 Jan 2023 11:03 AM IST

The government introduced a Bill in Rajya Sabha Thursday that seeks to replace the Chief Justice of India with a Cabinet Minister nominated by the Prime Minister in the committee for selection of the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Bill on EC is deeply flawed

No system of picking officials to the EC may be perfect & nothing can guarantee that an official once chosen won't...

12 Aug 2023 12:13 AM IST

The state will use 350 VVPATs for the elections in Nanded. (Representational image)

VVPAT system to be used in Palghar byelections

Around 25,476 personnel will be deployed at 4,246 polling stations.

27 May 2018 2:06 AM IST