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Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut speaking to reporters in Mumbai on Friday, September 18, 2026.

Democracy in danger if Election Commission acts under pressure: Raut over TMC order

Mumbai, Sep 18 (PTI) Democracy is in danger in India if the Election Commission is issuing decisions under duress, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut alleged on Friday after the poll body ordered freezing of the Trinamool Congress’s name and symbol. Speaking to reporters, Raut asserted that the TMC belongs to former West Bengal chief

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Sikh pilgrims hold their passports before going to the Gurdwara Darbar Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan through the Kartarpur Sahib corridor to pay their respects to Sikhism founder Guru Nanak on the occasion of his birth anniversary, some 25 Km from Batala on November 17, 2021. (Photo: Getty)

An Indian Passport: A Symbol of Sovereign Trust

The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has generated one of the most important constitutional debates in contemporary India. While the Election Commission of India has described the exercise as an effort to improve the accuracy of electoral rolls, the public discussion has moved far beyond electoral administration. It has reopened fundamental questions concerning

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Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan

There was no FIR, chargesheet against Natarajan so she need not give info in affidavit: Ex-official

Bhopal, Jun 11 (PTI) A former Madhya Pradesh assembly official on Thursday claimed that although Congress nominee Meenakshi Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha poll nomination was rejected on charges of hiding information, she was not required to make any such disclosure as no FIR or chargesheet had been filed against her. Talking to PTI Videos, former principal

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It can't be said that the poll panel acted outside statutory powers by exercising SIR, observed a bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant.

Supreme Court upholds EC’s power to conduct SIR, says exercise necessary for free and fair polls

New Delhi, May 27 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the power of the of India to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise of electoral rolls, saying that it “advances the constitutional imperative of free and fair elections”. It can’t be said that the poll panel acted outside statutory powers by exercising SIR,

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