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Bihar SIR: Plea in SC seeks constituency, booth details of the 65 lakh excluded voters, reasons for each

New Delhi: Days after the publication of the draft electoral roll by the Election Commission of India (ECI) pursuant to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR)...

‘Arbitrary, to be replicated in Bengal.’ What pleas by ADR, Mahua challenging EC’s Bihar exercise say

ADR, Mahua Moitra, Yogendra Yadav and Manoj Jha have moved SC challenging EC’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar.

EC says ‘no legal mandate’ to make voter turnout data public, raps petitioner for raising settled issue

India’s apex election body has taken exception to what it sees as the Association for Democratic Reforms' continual attempts to create doubt about India’s electoral process.

Vested groups trying to undermine nation’s achievements — Justice Datta’s separate EVM-VVPAT order

In separate but concurring judgment, Justice Dipankar Datta stated that 'concerted effort to discredit, diminish and weaken process of this great nation' must be 'nipped in the bud'.

‘Have you forgotten what happened earlier?’ — SC rejects suggestion to return to ballot paper

Electoral reforms non-profit ADR cast doubts over the sanctity of EVMs. But SC virtually dismissed the idea of scrapping them saying trust had to be reposed on ‘somebody’.

From NOTA to win against electoral bonds, how IIM-A professors started ADR to fight for poll reforms

Non-profit organisation Association for Democratic Reforms on a mission to 'reduce money and muscle power in political system and make political parties more accountable, transparent'.

BJP got 78% of donations to national parties in FY22 at Rs 614 cr, Congress 2nd with Rs 95 cr: ADR

Total donations above Rs 20,000 disclosed by national parties amounted to Rs 780.77 cr, says report. Corporates accounted for 89.29% of total donations declared by BJP.

Indian courts will have to prepare for a different kind of a Covid crisis

The massive disruption in trade and commerce will flood the already burdened courts with various Covid-19 induced cases. Is Indian judiciary ready?

Over Rs 400 crore of donations to national parties unaccounted for, BJP worst offender: ADR

An ADR report says parties didn't provide PAN details of donors for Rs 438.96 crore over the past 5 years, in violation of a 2013 Supreme Court ruling.

Three reasons why it will be tough for even Ahmed Patel to raise money for Congress

Patel, known to be resilient and a leader with friendships across the board, will have to fight Congress’ image problems.

On Camera

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.