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AA Edit | WB Lesson: In Future, EC Can’t Keep Real Voters Out

AA Edit | WB Lesson: In Future, EC Can’t Keep Real Voters Out

The Election Commission has failed itself, the people of West Bengal, the Constitution and the very idea of electoral...

28 April 2026 11:11 PM IST

AA Edit | Record Turnouts In WB, TN A Big Boost For Democracy

AA Edit | Record Turnouts In WB, TN A Big Boost For Democracy

Over 85 per cent of the revised electorate of Tamil Nadu came to the booths and used the EVMs while the frenzy was more...

25 April 2026 12:22 AM IST

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | De-Politicise SIR; Don’t Let It Be a Political Ruse

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | De-Politicise SIR; Don’t Let It Be a...

Opposition flags bias, while the Election Commission of India faces scrutiny over timing and execution

15 April 2026 9:47 PM IST

The Election Commission of India. (ANI)

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

AA Edit | Ensure West Bengal Polls Are Fought Democratically

AA Edit | Ensure West Bengal Polls Are Fought Democratically

Whatever be the levels of resistance and legal challenges to the alleged machinations of SIR, protests should not...

3 April 2026 10:48 PM IST

AA Edit | Bengal SIR: EC Is Playing Around With Right to Vote

AA Edit | Bengal SIR: EC Is Playing Around With Right to Vote

The latest bad news is that the EC has published a supplementary list of voters after examining the claims of close to...

27 March 2026 3:10 AM IST

AA Edit | All Charges Against CEC Must Be Closely Studied

AA Edit | All Charges Against CEC Must Be Closely Studied

The way the SIR is being rolled out in West Bengal after its problematic execution in several other states militates...

23 March 2026 10:46 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.

Shikha Mukerjee | An Unprecedented Run-up To A Predictable Election?

Armed with the mantra of “Detect” and “Delete”, the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of rolls carried out over almost...

17 March 2026 12:09 AM IST

The Election Commission of India office

AA Edit | Complete SIR, but Let All Eligible Vote in WB polls

Apex court backs EC revision drive; doubts persist over completion before polls.

11 March 2026 9:23 PM IST

Supreme Court Clears Class X Admit Card As West Bengal SIR ID

Supreme Court Clears Class X Admit Card As West Bengal SIR ID

Apex court says Madhyamik admit card valid with pass certificate

25 Feb 2026 11:01 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