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Saturday, January 3, 2026
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Topic: ECI

ECI reacts to vote chori with passive aggression and no action. Media is doing the same

Opposition parties are doing the best they can, have gathered open-and-shut evidence only to be met with silence and deflection.

14.55% voter turnout in Bihar by 9 am as second phase of assembly polls begins

Among the 20 districts, Gaya district recorded the highest turnout of 15.97 per cent, followed by Kishanganj with 15.81 per cent and Jamui with 15.77 per cent.

ECI tells CEOs to finalise preparations for nationwide SIR

New Delhi: Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday directed the Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) to finalise their preparations for the Special Intensive Revision...

SC takes note of ‘confusion’ over Bihar voters’ list, seeks clarification from EC on new voters

A two-judge bench also asked petitioners against the Bihar Special Intensive Revision to file affidavits if any names had been wrongly removed or added in the final voters’ list.

Pawan Khera seeks CCTV probe into 2 EPIC numbers in his name, questions ECI on Delhi rolls

Responding to Amit Malviya’s claims, Khera said voter roll errors exist in every constituency and alleged the ECI is legitimising them through Special Intensive Revisions (SIR).

SC to hear RJD plea on extension of voter registration deadline in Bihar on 1 Sep

The apex court was informed that parties want a one-week extension of the deadline, claiming that over 1,75,000 claims were made before and after the August 22 court order.

EC misusing its constitutional status: RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav on SIR in Bihar

Tejashwi's comments came amid protests over Special Intensive Revision. Several Opposition MPs arrived for protest wearing white T-shirts emblazoned with the slogan '124 Not Out'.

‘SIR row a trust deficit issue’, says SC noting Aadhar not conclusive proof of citizenship

A bench of Justices Surya Kant & Joymalya Bagchi is hearing a batch of pleas against the Election Commission's electoral roll revision exercise in Bihar.

The true worth of citizenship and acute case of Epstein’s heel

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Feudals prevent SC/ST, minorities, women from voting: Rajiv Gandhi on electoral reforms

On 15 December 1988, PM Rajiv Gandhi spoke in the Lok Sabha while introducing comprehensive electoral reforms, including lowering the voting age from 21 to 18, and introducing measures to protect secular values in elections.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.