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Malappuram, April 11 Malappuram District Collector Vinay Goyal on Saturday said that reports circulating regarding the strong rooms where voting machines are stored after the April 9 Assembly elections are "incorrect and misleading".In a statement, the District Election Officer clarified that...

Thane, April 11 Maharashtra Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) S Chockalingam has said that mapping all voters is essential to ensure transparency and accuracy in the election process, and admitted that the state was somewhat lagging behind in this area.He was addressing a 'Special In-depth Review'...

Chennai, April 11: Tamil Nadu's electoral process is undergoing a quiet but significant transformation, with digital technologies sharply reducing the reliance on paper during elections.Officials say the integration of mobile application-based systems has streamlined operations while making...

Agartala, April 10 The Union home ministry has sanctioned 24 companies of central paramilitary forces for the April 12 elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council, an official said on Friday.Four companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) have already arrived in...

April 9, Thiruvananthapuram/Guwahati/Puducherry – Voting in the Thursday assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry saw record voter turnout, with women participating in greater numbers than men.The election process was largely peaceful, despite heavy security deployment, with only...

Thiruvananthapuram/Guwahati/Puducherry, April 9. Polling in Thursday's Assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry saw a high turnout under largely peaceful conditions, with heavy deployment of security forces, as only isolated incidents of law and order were reported.The Union...

New Delhi, April 9 – An elector-friendly robot, dressed in a saree, greeted visitors at the polling station for the Puducherry Assembly elections on Thursday, according to the ECI, while highlighting its technological initiatives for voter convenience and attracting young voters.In a social...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 9 Polling across Kerala proceeded largely peacefully, but protests were reported at several booths on Thursday over allegations of fraudulent voting.A minor scuffle broke out between Congress and BJP activists in Manalur, Thrissur district, after UDF candidate T N...

April 9th, Aizawl: The process was conducted in the presence of four designated General Observers: Pu R. Lalchanhima (Additional Secretary, Transport Dept. & District Council & Minority Affairs Dept.), Pi Irene Zohlimpuii (Additional Secretary, General Administration Dept.), Pu Lalnunhlua...

Tezpur, Apr 9 A polling official was found dead in Assam's Sonitpur district on Thursday during the state assembly elections, officials said.Deben Horo (45) was assigned as the second polling officer in the Naduar constituency, they said."Horo was stationed at polling station no 230 in the...

Puducherry, April 9. Polling began smoothly across the Union Territory of Puducherry on Thursday morning, with voters steadily turning out at booths to elect representatives to the 30-member Assembly.Election officials reported a calm and orderly start, with no major disruptions in the early...

Puducherry, April 8 Around 9.50 lakh voters will decide the electoral fate of 294 candidates in the Assembly elections in Puducherry on April 9, and all arrangements have been made for smooth conduct of the polls, CEO P Jawahar said here on Wednesday.Polling will begin at 7 am in Puducherry...

Kochi, April 8 – In a timely intervention on the eve of the polls, the Kerala High Court on Wednesday directed authorities to take immediate corrective measures to ensure that election duty personnel receive their postal ballots without further delay.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas issued the...

Guwahati/Thiruvananthapuram, April 8 – With the highly anticipated Assembly elections in Assam and Kerala just a day away, election officials and security personnel intensified their efforts on Wednesday to ensure free and fair voting.Authorities in both states have completed most of the...

New Delhi, April 8 The Election Commission recalled its general observer from a West Bengal constituency on Wednesday for failing to provide basic information about the constituency he was assigned to.Officials said during a briefing of the observers by the EC, it was found that Anurag Yadav...

Polling staff and security forces were deployed in Lakhimpur.In the Lakhimpur district, polling staff, returning officers, and security forces have been sent to five Assembly constituencies. They departed from the North Lakhimpur Government Higher Secondary School to reach their assigned...

Davanagere, April 7 – Deputy Chief Minister and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President D.K. Shivakumar said that campaigning in the by-election constituencies of Bagalkot and Davanagere South has been peaceful so far, and congratulated all political parties for maintaining decorum...

Polling teams have been sent to remote booths in Barpeta.In Assam, polling officials have been dispatched today to remote and geographically challenging polling stations in the Barpeta district. A total of 123 polling stations are located in difficult areas, prompting early deployment of...

Kolkata, April 6 To ensure peaceful polling in West Bengal, the Election Commission has decided to deploy 3,000 armed police personnel from other states, primarily from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Madhya Pradesh, to supplement the already substantial presence of central forces for the first phase...

New Delhi, April 5 The neutrality of elections cannot be guaranteed if those who conduct the polls are dependent on the contestants, said Justice BV Nagarathna of the Supreme Court, in a veiled criticism of the Election Commission.The Supreme Court judge raised a critical concern regarding the...