voting rights

Kolkata, March 30 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) issued a notification on Monday for the two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal, scheduled for April 23 and April 29.The notification stated that polling will begin at 7 a.m. on both days. In the first phase, polling will take...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 30 Senior CPI(M) leader and LDF candidate in Nemom, V Sivankutty, said on Monday that he cannot refuse votes from any section of society, claiming that doing so would be unconstitutional, amid allegations by the opposition UDF of a CPI(M)-SDPI deal in the April 9...

New Delhi, March 28 The Delhi Congress said on Saturday that it will closely monitor the situation at the booth level during the upcoming Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the national capital, reiterating that no eligible voter should be deprived of their right to vote.At...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 27 The Election Commission said on Friday that it will launch a state-wide awareness campaign to encourage young people in Kerala to exercise their right to vote in the upcoming Assembly elections on April 9.The campaign, titled "My Vote, My Strength," will be a joint...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 23 The CPI (M) in Kerala on Monday criticized the Election Commission's decision not to consider voter list inclusion applications submitted after March 15, saying this amounts to an "infringement of the constitutional right to vote."The ruling party also urged the EC...

Kolkata, March 21 – Addressing a gathering on the occasion of the Eid festival on Saturday morning, the Chief Minister of West Bengal criticised the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state and also launched a scathing attack against Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, claiming that the...

Suri (WB), March 15 Criticizing the Election Commission for unilaterally declaring the election schedule in West Bengal without publishing the supplementary list of cleared voters under the adjudication by judicial officers, the CPI (M) on Sunday questioned the curtailing of the rights of those...

Washington, March 12 Lawmakers debated on Thursday over a bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote, with Democrats warning that it could restrict millions of voters and Republicans insisting that it would protect election integrity.The debate centered on the proposed "Save America Act," a...

Tezpur (Assam), March 10 Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren appealed to the tribal community of Assam to exercise their democratic rights responsibly in the upcoming assembly elections on Tuesday.Soren addressed a public rally in the Biswanath district, where the newly-formed Jai Bharat...

Kolkata, March 9 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of threatening state officials during a meeting with the administration and warned that "false bravado" by constitutional authorities was unacceptable, escalating the...

Kolkata, March 9 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of threatening state officials during a meeting, and warned that "false bravado" by constitutional authorities was not acceptable.Her remarks came against the backdrop of the...

New Delhi, March 8 India granted women universal suffrage at the time of Independence in 1947, a step that came much earlier compared to many of the world’s oldest democracies, where women had to struggle for decades to secure voting rights. This historical milestone was highlighted in a video...

Kolkata, March 4 As the West Bengal assembly elections approach, an unlikely political alignment is taking shape, with the ruling TMC, the opposition CPI(M) and Congress raising similar concerns about the post-electoral roll revision process.The key issue is the Election Commission's roll...

Kolkata, March 4 A 104-year-old man has complained of being listed in the "under adjudication" category in the final electoral rolls issued by the Election Commission following the SIR exercise in West Bengal on February 28, officials said on Wednesday.Sheikh Ibrahim, a resident of Jamalpur...

Washington, February 26 – Former US Vice President Kamala Harris has sharply criticised President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, calling it “full of lies” and accusing him of misleading Americans on the economy, voting rights, and Iran.A day after Trump’s address, Harris told “The...

New Delhi, February 13 Members of the BJP in the Rajya Sabha raised a variety of issues during Zero Hour on Friday, including voting rights for undertrials, inter-basin water transfer projects, high-speed rail connectivity in the Northeast, and gaps in healthcare infrastructure.Karnataka MP...