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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
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Topic: Chief Electoral Officer

IAS officer Sanjeev Verma appointed Chief Electoral Officer of J&K

Verma replaces Pandurang K Pole, who was recently transferred to Delhi by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

‘In general elections, police scared Muslim voters,’ SP writes to UP election body ahead of by-polls

Samajwadi Party's Shyam Lal Pal requested that police not check voter IDs during UP by-polls, citing misuse of power in past elections and urging fair voter slip distribution to all.

Over 1,480 voters make use of home voting facility in Delhi on 1st day of exercise

Maximum votes were cast in West Delhi constituency where 406 voters, including 338 elderly voters, exercised their franchise. Zero votes were cast in Northeast Delhi constituency.

Congress alleges postal ballot ‘malpractice’ in Balaghat, writes to MP chief electoral officer

State Chief Electoral Officer Anupam Rajan Monday denied the allegations and said local Congress leaders have expressed satisfaction with the procedure.

No sudden inquiry, no pension bar — how EC plans to protect state officers from ‘vendetta’ 

Chief electoral officers serve under state govts even as they have the responsibility to conduct fair elections in the same state. 

Did Maharashtra poll panel use BJP IT cell to issue ads? EC seeks report on journalist claim

Journalist Saket Gokhale has alleged that, during the Fadnavis regime, Maharashtra CEO issued ads via an agency owned by BJP IT cell convener.

Forget turnout, just holding elections in Srinagar is a big deal: J&K chief poll officer

J&K CEO says that given the current scenario, even holding elections, that too peacefully, were a task. 

Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu protests outside poll panel’s office saying it’s tyrannical

TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu wrote to the chief election commissioner saying the EC is autocratic, with a partisan attitude.

Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Vijay Kumar Dev appointed as chief secretary

Dev will succeed Anshu Prakash following his transfer to the department of telecommunications in the central government.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.