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adminMay 25, 2021

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By Devyani Chhetri and Sejal Singh, Mumbai : On November 28, Mizoram — the last northeast bastion of the Congress — will vote to elect a new government that will oversee what is planned as Indias gateway to Southeast Asia. With about half as many voters as south Mumbai, Mizoram is one of India’s fastest-growing, […]

adminMay 25, 2021

New Delhi : The Parliamentary Standing Committee on IT on Thursday told the government to make Facebook commit that it would not misuse the users data to influence elections in India or for any other extraneous purposes outside the purview of the local laws or terms of user agreement. The panel headed by Bharatiya Janata […]

adminMay 25, 2021

By Quaid Najmi, Mumbai : There are contradicting records of the numbers of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in stock, their costs, their mode of transportation and other details, as per replies received under the Right to Information Act. Further, it has emerged that no audits have been conducted by the State Election Commissions of Maharashtra […]

adminMay 25, 2021

By Quaid Najmi, Mumbai : Indiscriminate acquisition of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) by the Election Commission, inexplicable mismatch in numbers of machines from producers and buyers, and insecure transportation have emerged as major concerns from official replies to Right to Information (RTI) queries. Mumbai RTI activist Manoranjan S. Roy — who painstakingly pursued the matter […]

adminMay 25, 2021

Gandhinagar : A marked increase of the None Of The Above (NOTA) voters in the Gujarat assembly elections played a significant role in deciding the result as many victories of the ruling BJP, which ended up with 99 seats in the 182-member assembly, were with thin margins, exceeded by these votes. Out of the total […]

adminMay 25, 2021

Shimla : Acting tough ahead of the November 9 assembly polls, the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Tuesday directed the state election officials to ensure that no defacement of public property by any political party takes place in the run-up to the electoral exercise. A division bench, comprising of acting Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and […]

adminMay 25, 2021

Accra – Ghana’s presidential election may be delayed by a month, the head of the country’s electoral body has said, after a wrangling over voter registration. Nationwide polls in which President John Dramani Mahama is seeking re-election were scheduled to be held on November 7 – a month earlier than initially planned. But the director […]

adminMay 25, 2021

New Delhi, (IANS) West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress and Tamil Nadu’s ruling AIADMK were set to retain power on Thursday as the BJP was on the road to victory in Assam and the Left made a comeback in Kerala. On expected lines, the Trinamool was sweeping all across West Bengal as officials counted the millions […]

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Mizoram is among India’s top states, but 4 worries for new government

Make FB commit it won’t influence polls: House panel to government

RTI throws up EVM irregularities in Maharashtra, UP poll commissions too (Part II)

EVM skeletons in RTI replies: Contradictory numbers from EC, suppliers raise question mark on polls (Part-1)

NOTA, Independents play spoilsport for Congress in Gujarat

Don’t deface public property during polls: Himachal HC

Ghana’s presidential election may be delayed

Trinamool, AIADMK to retain power, upsets in Assam, Kerala

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