New Delhi The impressive turnout in Kerala, Assam and Puducherry, with two of the three states/UTs achieving record highs, attracted global attention, with 38 international delegates from 22 countries witnessing the results first-hand and expressing their admiration for the high voter participation, careful planning and seamless execution of the elections. The delegates are here as … Read more
CPM Secretary-General Mabebi has written to the Electoral Commission to express “grave concern” over the mass deletion of voters from Bangladesh’s poll lists. In a letter to CEC Gyanesh Kumar, Babi said, “SIR represents a systematic practice of mass disenfranchisement, characterized by arbitrary criteria such as ‘logical consistency’ and an increasing reliance on algorithm-driven exclusions.“ … Read more
Representative Image (PTI) Hyderabad: Several residents of Old Hyderabad on Tuesday approached a station-level officer (BLO) of the Election Commission to help them identify their names in the 2002 electoral roll as part of the SIR pre-mapping exercise. To their shock, they were approached not by someone who knew the rule book but by a … Read more
TMC MP Derek O’Brien (ANI photo) New Delhi: In partnership with election committee Wednesday, Trinamool Congress (TMC) vacillated, calling Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar a “Joel, criminal” and accusing him of having a “partisan attitude”. According to TMC leaders, the “seven-minute” meeting ended abruptly with the CEC telling their delegation to “fuck off”.“Outlining the details … Read more
Kolkata: “Motab Shaikh and Motab Herul are the same person”, the Appellate Tribunal ruled on April 5 in its first SIR appeal, accepting Congress’ Farakka candidate Adharka as proof of identity election committee No reason was provided for his exclusion.Retired Justice TS Sivagnanam, while ruling on Motab’s appeal, said the court was seeking specific reasons … Read more
T’puram: The EC on Monday asked Thiruvananthapuram district collector seeking a report on BJP Katttakkada candidate PK Krishnadas’ controversial speech that victory of LDF or UDF would boost “love jihad‘In Kerala. The EC also sought legal advice on the matter.Addressing an election rally chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Krishnadas claimed that the LDF … Read more
New Delhi: Potential voter incentives worth over Rs 650 crore have been election committee Teams from five polling states/UTs, with West Bengal accounting for nearly half of the seizures so far.Since the launch of the Electronic Seizure Management System (ESMS) on February 26, 2026, flying squads and static surveillance teams have reported cumulative seizures worth … Read more
KOLKATA: The mother of a trainee doctor who was raped and murdered at Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital in 2024 has sparked a bitter political controversy as the BJP candidate after she threatened to throw out the Bengal chief minister in a purported campaign video Mamata Banerjee Get into the “gutter and beat her.” TMC Complaints … Read more
New Delhi: election committee West Bengal chief secretary on Saturday directed the West Bengal chief secretary to suspend four Kolkata policemen for their “failure” to maintain law and order during the time when BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari filed his nomination for the upcoming assembly elections in Babanipur constituency.The direction was taken on the advice of … Read more
