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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
TopicChief Electoral Officer

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

The K in K-Pop is already silent. And that’s OK

Audience data shows there are now more fans outside South Korea than at home. Like hip hop, there’s no reason why K-Pop can’t have a similarly inclusive trajectory while staying true to its core.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.