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How institutions build credibility and sustain it

Published on Apr 25, 2026 17:07 IST

Without credible institutions, rules lose force and contracts lose meaning. If one looks around in India and globally today, there is a growing sense that what we once accepted about institutions has been eroding and not without reason. (Shutterstock)

HC strikes down EC curbs on using motorcycles in Bengal

File Photo

Published on Apr 25, 2026 24:28 IST

Mumbai Suburban lags in electoral mapping, Gadchiroli on top in Maharashtra

Thane, India - December -02, 2025: KulgaonÐBadlapur Municipal Council (nager Parishad)General Election 2025: In Badlapur, Thane district, voting for the KulgaonÐBadlapur Municipal Council (nager Parishad) has begun on Tuesday Voters searching name in Voter list at the polling stations at badalapur East ,in Thane ,in Mumbai, India, on, Tuesday, December -02, 2025. ( Praful Gangurde / HT Photo) (Praful Gangurde)

Published on Apr 24, 2026 22:54 IST

Bypolls: 58% turnout in Pawar bastion Baramati

Baramati: Maharashtra deputy chief minister and NCP leader Sunetra Pawar shows her inked finger after casting a vote in the Baramati assembly bypoll, in Pune district

Published on Apr 24, 2026 02:25 IST

Congress slams EC for notice to Kharge, seeks more time

Congress slams EC for notice to Kharge, seeks more time

Published on Apr 24, 2026 01:24 IST

Shadow over Bengal polls

ECI has shepherded India’s electoral system through promise and peril over the past seven decades, nurturing it to become the world’s largest democracy. It is a shame, therefore, that a roll purification exercise has rendered real voters disenfranchised. (PTI)

Published on Apr 23, 2026 19:34 IST

BJP candidate chased, attacked by TMC workers during voting in Bengal: Video

What led to the alleged attack on BJP candidate is not yet clear.

Updated on Apr 23, 2026 10:56 IST

EC issues notice to Kharge over ‘terrorist’ remark on PM Modi

Congress President and Rajya Sabha LoP Mallikarjun Kharge called PM Modi a 'terrorist'.

Published on Apr 23, 2026 02:10 IST

EC notice to Kharge over remark on PM

EC notice to Kharge over remark on PM

Published on Apr 23, 2026 24:34 IST

EC takes ‘serious note’ of Kharge's ‘terrorist’ remark on PM Modi, issues notice

Kharge made the remarks while criticising the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s alliance with the BJP.

Updated on Apr 22, 2026 15:16 IST

EC seizures in Tamil Nadu, Bengal cross ₹1,000 crores ahead of polls

This statement from the polling body comes a day ahead of the assembly elections in both West Bengal and Tamil Nadu

Updated on Apr 22, 2026 12:04 IST

'Special trains organised': TMC accuses BJP of influencing Bengal polls outcome

New Delhi, Apr 16 (ANI): TMC MP Derek O'Brien at the Parliament premises during the special Budget Session (2026-27) of Parliament, in New Delhi on Thursday. (ANI Photo/Jitender Gupta)

Updated on Apr 22, 2026 08:22 IST

ECI releases lists of voters included, deleted post-appellate process in Bengal

On Thursday, 152 of West Bengal’s 294 assembly constituencies will go to the polls in the first phase of polling. (PTI/Representative)

Published on Apr 22, 2026 03:53 IST

ECI bans motorcycles in West Bengal between 6pm and 6am ahead of assembly polls

A complete ban has also been announced on using two-wheelers for election rallies.

Updated on Apr 22, 2026 04:44 IST

Covering buttons with glue, perfume to fall under EVM tampering: ECI sources

Birbhum: Officials stack Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines.

Updated on Apr 22, 2026 02:58 IST

In Bengal, ECI’s absurd theatre over motorbikes

The bizarre order apparently emanates from Bengal’s culture of bike rallies that are often used as tools to project political dominance before voting day. (ANI)

Published on Apr 21, 2026 15:15 IST

ECI can appoint Bengal college professors as presiding officers of polling booths: Calcutta HC

A view of Calcutta High Court (Samir Jana/HT Photo)

Published on Apr 21, 2026 14:03 IST

In Bengal, ECI orders tourists to leave Digha, Mandarmani coastal resorts

The tourist eviction order is first of its kind issued by the ECI during an assembly election cycle.

Updated on Apr 21, 2026 15:33 IST

Did PM Modi's national address violate MCC? Why 700 citizens have moved EC

PM Modi, in his address, spoke about the failure of the 131st Constitutional amendment in the Lok Sabha, calling it a setback for women.

Updated on Apr 21, 2026 05:50 IST

EC action on repeat offenders ahead of Bengal polls; 106 taken into ‘preventive’ detention

EC action on repeat offenders ahead of Bengal polls; 106 taken into ‘preventive’ detention

Published on Apr 21, 2026 24:02 IST

106 ‘history sheeters’ arrested in ECI’s West Bengal crackdown

For phase one, the commission has deployed 2,193 Quick Response Teams (QRTs) across all constituencies. (Representative file photo)

Published on Apr 20, 2026 10:40 IST

500,000 new voters added in Bengal rolls through Form-6 requests: EC

The fresh enrolments have triggered a political row in the poll-bound state.

Updated on Apr 20, 2026 01:50 IST

Body cameras to GPS tracking: Poll body tightens vigil for Bengal polls

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee takes part in a roadshow from Sarat Sadan to Pilkhana in support of party candidates ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections.

Updated on Apr 19, 2026 24:14 IST

How elections are conducted: EVMs, VVPAT, and counting process explained

EVM records and counts votes electronically, forming the backbone of the country’s election process.

Published on Apr 18, 2026 09:57 IST

Congress moves poll observer over security lapses in strongroom in Assam

Saikia shared photographs of materials stored in strongroom. (HT sourced photo)

Published on Apr 18, 2026 09:40 IST

Can’t appoint college professors for polling booth duty: Calcutta HC to EC

The Calcutta high court on Friday set aside an Election Commission of India (ECI) order that appointed assistant and associate professors from government colleges as presiding officers at polling booths (Representative photo)

Published on Apr 17, 2026 15:30 IST

Polls to 9 seats of Maha legislative council, bypoll to one to be held on May 12

The ECI said separate voting processes will be followed for the nine seats and the bypoll seat, requiring MLAs to cast their votes twice on the same day.

Published on Apr 16, 2026 16:17 IST

Supreme Court opens last-minute door for Bengal voters cleared in appeals

People gather to appeal before a tribunal over issues related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Murshidabad on April 13. (PTI)

Published on Apr 16, 2026 12:51 IST

ECI only removed infiltrators from Bengal roll; BJP will throw them out: Amit Shah

Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday was addressing at Tufanganj in north Bengal’s Cooch Behar district.

Published on Apr 15, 2026 16:45 IST

‘Blinded due to elections’: SC flags ‘discrepancy’ in Bengal voter roll revision

A view of the Supreme Court of India (SCI) building, in New Delhi

Updated on Apr 14, 2026 04:31 IST

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