Election Commission

TMC National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee during a road show ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections, in Nadia district, West Bengal. (Photo: PTI)

EC officials flouting SC directives, issuing instructions on WhatsApp, alleges TMC’s Abhishek

Kolkata, Feb 18 (PTI) Hitting out at the Election Commission, senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that poll officials were continuing to flout Supreme Court directives by issuing directions to their subordinates through WhatsApp during the SIR exercise in West Bengal. Sharing purported screenshots of a WhatsApp group chat on X, Banerjee said

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Congress General Secretary K C Venugopal

Congress writes to EC alleging mass deletion of voters by ‘misuse’ of Form 7, seeks probe

New Delhi, Jan 29 (PTI) The Congress on Thursday wrote to the Election Commission alleging mass deletion of names of eligible voters from the electoral rolls by BJP members through the “misuse” of Form 7 during the SIR process across several states and demanded registration of FIRs against them. In a letter to the chief

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Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar

EC orders ‘Special Revision’ of voter list in Assam, final roll on Feb 10, 2026

New Delhi, Nov 17 (PTI) The Election Commission on Monday ordered ‘Special Revision’ of electoral rolls in Assam and the final voters’ list will be published on February 10, 2026. According to instructions issued by the poll panel for the chief electoral officer of Assam, January 1, 2026, will be the qualifying date for the

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  • Women supporters of Bharaiya Janata party celebrate the early leads in Bihar state election results in Patna, India, Friday, Nov.14, 2025. (Photo: AP)
  • Supporters of Bharaiya Janata party celebrate the early leads in Bihar state election results in Patna, India, Friday, Nov.14, 2025. (Photo: AP)
  • Supporters of National Demoractic Alliance (NDA) celebrate the early leads in Bihar state election results in front of the photographs of their leaders Nitish Kumar of Janata Dal (United), right, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of Bharaiya Janata party, center, in Patna, India, Friday, Nov.14, 2025. (Photo: AP)
  • Supporters of Janata Dal (United) burn firecrackers as they celebrate the early leads in Bihar state election results in Patna, India, Friday, Nov.14, 2025. (Photo: AP)

Modi’s coalition heads for landslide win in Bihar election, bolstering his popularity

NEW DELHI, November 14, 2025 (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling coalition is on track to win in Bihar election in a vote seen as a crucial test of the leader’s popularity in one of the country’s poorest yet most politically influential states. Leads and partial results Friday from the Election Commission of

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