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Himachal local polls: SC stays order depriving MLAs from voting as ex officio members

The Supreme Court questioned the high court order. (HT PHOTO)

Published 30 days ago

K’taka govt weighs SC move over SIR exercise

K’taka govt weighs SC move over SIR exercise

Published 55 days ago

Delisted Bangladeshi Hindu refugees see little hope in SC order on Bengal SIR

A voter checks his name from West Bengal's draft electoral rolls following special intensive revision (SIR), in Siliguri, West Bengal (PTI FILE PHOTO)

Updated 87 days ago

Those with pending appeals against exclusion in Bengal SIR can’t vote: SC

Election Commission officials assist voters at a help desk camp for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Rolls, in Sonagachi, Kolkata. (Photo for representation)

Updated 93 days ago

The founding vision of India’s democracy and Bengal SIR

The reversal of the burden of proof, putting the onus of proving citizenship on the most vulnerable, is part of a worldwide phenomenon where any move to widen the franchise is seen with suspicion. (PTI)

Published 102 days ago

Migrants in New Delhi rush home amid voter list fears ahead of West Bengal polls

Election Commission officials assist voters at a help desk camp for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Rolls, in Sonagachi, Kolkata.

Published 106 days ago

Chicago honors Rev. Jesse Jackson with lineup of memorial events

Chicago honors Rev. Jesse Jackson with lineup of memorial events

Updated 139 days ago

10.2 million names could be struck off from electoral roll in WB: Mamata

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee.

Updated 140 days ago

‘Heinous conspiracy’: Mamata Banerjee renews attack on EC over SIR in Bengal

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a press conference on the Special Intensive Revision of the state’s electoral roll on Tuesday (PTI)

Published 183 days ago

South Goa MP marked ‘unmapped’, issued notice

South Goa MP marked ‘unmapped’, issued notice

Published 188 days ago

Maharashtra: Directly elected chiefs of municipal councils, nagar panchayats to have voting rights

Maharashtra: Directly elected chiefs of municipal councils, nagar panchayats to have voting rights

Published 203 days ago

‘If required, protest’: Akhilesh’s call to PDA Praharis ahead of SIR deadline

PDA Prahari campaign in Patiyali assembly seat of Kasganj (Sourced)

Published 217 days ago

BJP govt carrying out SIR to hide its failures: Akhilesh

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav (File)

Published 224 days ago

Akhilesh reiterates ‘ploy’ to cut 3 cr votes in UP through SIR; charges baseless, says BJP

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav (HT File)

Published 231 days ago

DMK, allies stage protest against SIR in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu Congress Committee President K Selvaperunthagai, DMK MPs Thamizhachi Thangapandian, Dr. Kanimozhi NVN Somu, and other leaders take part in a protest against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, in Chennai on Tuesday. (PTI PHOTO)

Published 246 days ago

Stalin flags concerns over SIR process in Tamil Nadu

M K Stalin (PTI)

Published 248 days ago

‘Muslim population increasing because…’: Amit Shah in Delhi

Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Updated 278 days ago

SC seeks Centre, EC response on plea challenging blanket ban on undertrials’ voting rights

The petition suggested that, as a consequential direction, if voting rights are extended to prisoners, polling stations can be set up in prisons for local prisoners and postal ballots provided for inter-constituency or interstate elector prisoners. (Representative photo)

Published 278 days ago

‘Cong, RJD want voting rights for infiltrators, NDA will expel them’

‘Cong, RJD want voting rights for infiltrators, NDA will expel them’

Published 291 days ago

Borderlands 4: Release date, time, where to play, editions and more

Borderlands 4 release date, time and more

Published 310 days ago

Congress accuses ECI of conspiring with BJP in Bihar; Poll body denies

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge. (File Photo)

Updated 374 days ago

Ludhiana: 2 families told to leave Narangwal village over theft by kids

The development received a sharp reaction from opposition parties. (HT photo for representation)

Published 440 days ago

Parl panel report highlights low rate of return of Indian prisoners

Parl panel report highlights low rate of return of Indian prisoners

Published 470 days ago

Seeking revision, Karnataka governor returns two cooperative bills

Thaawarchand Gehlot

Published 502 days ago

Pankaj Tripathi: Voting day should not be looked at as any other holiday

Pankaj Tripathi

Published 525 days ago

Delhi voters working in Gautam Budh Nagar to get paid leave for polls: DM

The voting for 70-seat assembly seats in the national capital will take place on February 5, 2025 and the results for the same will be declared on February 8, 2025. (Arvind Yadav/HT)

Updated 526 days ago

Tibetans born in India after 1987 are eligible voters in India: Himachal speaker

Himachal Pradesh assembly speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania (File)

Published 527 days ago

The rise in mail voting comes with a price, as mismatched signatures lead to ballot rejections

The rise in mail voting comes with a price, as mismatched signatures lead to ballot rejections

Published 561 days ago

Ludhiana: Labourers exempted from work on December 21

The excise commissioner, Punjab, through an order dated December 16, declared Saturday as a dry day in all areas under the revenue limits of municipal bodies where elections are taking place. (HT Photo)

Updated 573 days ago

Karnataka seer booked over ‘no voting rights for Muslims’ comments

Vishwa Vokkaliga Mahasamastana Math seer Kumara Chandrashekaranatha Swamiji.

Published 593 days ago

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