Big change in Punjab voter list verification schedule, date pushed to August 3
The Election Commission of India has issued fresh orders changing the ongoing Special Intensive Revision schedule for voter registries in Punjab.
The Election Commission of India has issued fresh orders changing the ongoing Special Intensive Revision schedule for voter registries in Punjab.
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is progressing rapidly across Haryana.
The Election Commission of India on Friday organised its second one-day conference for Media and Communication Officers, with Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioner Vivek Joshi calling for proactive efforts to counter misinformation, deepfakes and false narratives while strengthening public confidence in the country's electoral process.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday sought responses from rival factions of the All India Trinamool Congress regarding competing claims about the party's organisational elections and authorised signatories, signalling the poll body's intervention in the internal dispute.
The seat fell vacant after Nitin Nabin resigned as an MLA following his appointment as the National President of the BJP.
More than 2.5 lakh migrant workers from West Bengal currently staying in Bengaluru are racing against time to return to their native places for hearings under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll, as train tickets are fully booked and air fares remain prohibitively high.
Sources said the state government has written to the Election Commission of India (ECI) from Nabanna, urging it to reconsider its order that termed the transfers “violative” of the commission’s instructions.
Trinamul Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra today alleged that the Election Commission of India (ECI) has added nearly 32 lakh “unmapped” cases to the ‘Logical Discrepancy’ (LD) list in West Bengal with the intention of confusing voters, despite clear directions from the Supreme Court to make all LD cases public in a transparent manner.
With the Assembly elections only a few months away, a fresh controversy has erupted in West Bengal after the Election Commission of India (ECI) directed that the state home secretary, Jagdish Prasad Meena, undergo training as an observer for possible deployment in another state.
In a letter to the Chief Secretary of West Bengal, the commission said the officers were transferred without its prior approval, despite explicit directions that no official connected with the SIR process should be moved during the revision period.
