Elections

August 5, 2025 8:56 PM

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EC Instructs Suspension of 4 West Bengal Officials Over Election Negligence

The Election Commission instructed the state government of West Bengal to suspend and lodge FIR against four officers who worked as Electoral Registration Officer, ERO, and Assistant Electoral Registration Officer, AERO, for negligence in election related works and willfully divulging information to...

August 3, 2025 8:32 AM

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EC doubles BLO remuneration, introduces honorarium for EROs and AEROs

The Election Commission has doubled the remuneration for Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and enhanced the remuneration of BLO Supervisors involved in the preparation and revision of electoral rolls. The poll body, in a statement, informed that as per the revised structure, the annual remuneration for BL...

August 1, 2025 12:26 PM

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5-day Monsoon session of Jharkhand Assembly to begin

The five-day-long Monsoon Session of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly will begin today. The first supplementary budget for the financial year 2025-26 will be presented in the Assembly on August 4.   Meanwhile, Question Hour, debate on the supplementary budget and a special session on heavy ra...

August 1, 2025 7:04 AM

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EVMs tamper-proof, no VVPAT mismatch in Maharashtra polls: ECI

The Election Commission has reiterated that electronic voting machines, EVMs, are tamper-proof. It said that no mismatch was found in the count of VVPAT slips during the Maharashtra Assembly elections held last year. The poll body informed that, based on the applications received from 10 candidates,...

July 24, 2025 2:19 PM

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Bihar Deputy CM assures no voter will be deprived in electoral roll revision

Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary said today that no genuine voter will be deprived of voting rights in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in the State.    During the brief discussion on Special Intensive Revision in the State assembly, Mr. Choudhary said vo...

July 11, 2025 8:35 PM

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BJP hits out at opposition over Supreme Court’s comment on special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar

BJP today hit out at the opposition, especially Congress and RJD, over the Supreme Court's comment on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. Talking to media in New Delhi, party spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said the court has made it clear that conducting the entire SIR proc...