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A policeman lathicharges a miscreant after a clash during the voting for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections in Durgapur, West Bengal, on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

Violence in Bengal as 4th phase sees 64 per cent turnout

MP CM Kamal Nath faced a power cut at his polling booth in Chhindwara and voted using flash light of video camera.

29 April 2019 8:32 PM

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ECI identifies 872 polling stations as 'critical'

A total of 33,314 polling stations have been set up across the 17 constituencies.

28 April 2019 11:35 PM

The sources said, Election Commission would also ask law ministry to take call on its demand to extend constitutional protection to 2 election commissioners on lines of CEC. (Photo: File)

EC must act to ensure polls appear to be fair

Amusingly, no instance has been reported of a malfunctioning EVM giving the green light to any other party.

28 April 2019 6:30 PM

The petitioner alleged that if voters were suspicious about VVPATs or EVMs, he or she would still not register compla-ints with the EC fearing torture and economic loss.

Plea challenges EC rule to penalise false EVM complaints

The petitioner has contended that the provision under election law is unconstitutional and arbitrary.

28 April 2019 1:08 AM

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Congress files 23 plaints about malfunctioning EVMs

Addressing a press conference at Mantralaya Tuesday night, Mr Shinde said that the poll was conducted smoothly in 14...

23 April 2019 8:33 PM

Dhinakaran had contested and won the RK Nagar constituency Assembly bye-polls last December, under the pressure cooker symbol. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

AMMK wants EC to allow agents 24x7 in EVM centres till counting day

AMMK leader Thanga Tamilselvan said his party had 'suspicion' about state government officials deployed for poll work.

22 April 2019 10:45 AM

Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal (Photo: G.N. Jha)

'The Congress Party has done a pretty good job on alliances'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi keeps on talking about Pakistan, forgetting that the elections are being fought in India,...

20 April 2019 11:38 PM

The election commission conducts FLC of new machines followed by rehearsals of EVMs and voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPATs) before the polling day in front of representatives from registered parties.

Congress complains to EC about faulty EVMs

An official of the state branch of the ECI said that 235 EVMs were not working properly including 144 ballot units, and...

18 April 2019 9:13 PM

A total of 361 candidates are in the fray, while over 18.4 lakh voters can exercise their voting rights. Out of the 3,000 polling booths, web casting will be done at 193 polling stations, while 312 micro observers have been deployed. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Odisha gears up for second phase of Lok Sabha, Assembly polls

Out of the total electorate of 76,93,123, there are 37,47,493 women voters. At least 605 electors belong to the third...

18 April 2019 1:50 AM

The election commission conducts FLC of new machines followed by rehearsals of EVMs and voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPATs) before the polling day in front of representatives from registered parties.

Assembly bypolls loom large in TN

It's a question of survival for the Edappadi Palanisamy government, that has 114 MLAs in a House cut to 212 seats.

17 April 2019 6:42 PM

Opposition leaders including TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu, Congress Abhishek Manu Singhvi and AAPs national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, on Sunday questioned the reliability of the electronic voting machines (EVMS) and demanded a mandatory paper trail count in at least 50 per cent of the Assembly constituencies in all Lok Sabha seats. (Photo: ANI)

Oppn to go to SC again, seek 50 per cent count of VVPATs

The loss of faith in the electoral procedure is raising a question mark on the country's democratic structure, says...

14 April 2019 7:50 PM

EC is an autonomous body but they are working at the instructions of Modi, Naidu said. (Photo: ANI)

Naidu takes EVM angst to Delhi, accuses EC of working under PM'

Soon after Phase 1 of the Lok Sabha polls, the chief minister was vociferous about malfunctioning EVMs.'

13 April 2019 9:50 AM