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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

Modi To Begin BJP Campaign in Poll-bound West Bengal Next Month

Modi To Begin BJP Campaign in Poll-bound West Bengal Next Month

It might be recalled that the Prime Minister had sent a message to the BJP’s workers and supporters in West Bengal while...

24 Nov 2025 11:43 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 | Inclusive SIR Can Help Clean Up Electoral Rolls

The exercise is based on the voters’ list published after the last SIR, which was held in 2002-2004

28 Oct 2025 10:47 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.

EC To Announce Pan-India SIR Voters' List on Oct. 27

The ECI is expected to club these states and UT with a few more in the first batch. States having local body polls will...

26 Oct 2025 10:39 PM IST

AA Edit |As Poll Battle Begins In Bihar, EC Must Play Fair

AA Edit |As Poll Battle Begins In Bihar, EC Must Play Fair

It may be remembered that the election to the state Assembly last time was held in three phases and the 2024 Lok Sabha...

7 Oct 2025 1:32 AM IST

AA Edit | EC Must Use Bihar Lessons For Nationwide SIR Rollout

AA Edit | EC Must Use Bihar Lessons For Nationwide SIR Rollout

The exercise started on June 24, 2025, with an electoral roll of 7.89 crore people, out of whom 65 lakh were removed...

2 Oct 2025 1:27 AM IST

AA Edit | Give Bihar Voters Fair Chance To Get Back On Rolls

AA Edit | Give Bihar Voters Fair Chance To Get Back On Rolls

Having dragged its feet over the issue despite voluble objections and displayed a pedantic face amid vilification by...

2 Sept 2025 10:13 PM IST

Pavan K. Varma | PM’s Ghuspetiya Outrage: Isn’t It Too Little, Too Late?

Pavan K. Varma | PM’s Ghuspetiya Outrage: Isn’t It Too Little, Too...

The Election Commission of India (EC) made a general statement that there are “large numbers of people from Nepal,...

30 Aug 2025 9:38 PM IST

AA Edit | Fair Rolls Onus On EC, Not Voter

AA Edit | Fair Rolls Onus On EC, Not Voter

As per the directives, the EC will have to accept Aadhaar card as one of the documents to prove a voter’s eligibility...

24 Aug 2025 10:54 PM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Will INDIA’s ‘Shock’ Tactics Work Amid Bihar SIR Row?

Shikha Mukerjee | Will INDIA’s ‘Shock’ Tactics Work Amid Bihar SIR...

By championing the people’s right to vote, “One Man-One Vote”, the Opposition challenged the contention of the BJP and...

19 Aug 2025 9:15 PM IST

Special Intensive Revision of Voter List to Begin in Odisha: CEO

Special Intensive Revision of Voter List to Begin in Odisha: CEO

CEO says 45,000 booths planned; final rolls to be published on Jan 7, 2026

19 Aug 2025 12:14 AM 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 Should Protect All Citizens’ Right To Vote

The INDIA bloc held a demonstration on Monday with close to 300 members of Parliament marching to the office the EC...

13 Aug 2025 11:33 PM IST