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TopicElection Comission

Topic: Election Comission

A message in a familiar tune: How the ‘whistle’ blends Vijay’s screen image with his politics

Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has been allotted the 'whistle' by the Election Commission of India, a symbol that was the actor-turned-politician's personal choice.

2.89 cr names struck off electoral roll in UP draft SIR; highest deletions in Lucknow, Ghaziabad

Final electoral roll is to be published on 6 March, with deletions proposed in draft roll subject to change, based on people’s representations, objections, and scrutiny by EC.

Whose survey is it anyway? Congress, BJP lock horns over report on Karnataka voters’ trust in EVMs

BJP says report ‘published by Government of Karnataka’ punctures Vote Chori conspiracy, & exposes gap between Congress’ rhetoric & reality. Congress claims survey was done by ECI.

Electoral trusts default route again for corporate political funding. How they’re different from bonds

As of FY25, 19 electoral trusts were registered; 13 had filed reports by December 2025, nine made substantial donations, and four reported nil contributions.

Draft SIR: 58 lakh voters struck off West Bengal’s list, 41 lakh deleted in Rajasthan

ECI publishes draft rolls for West Bengal, Rajasthan, Goa, Puducherry and Lakshadweep following Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.

Mamata writes to EC over polling booths in housing societies. ‘Creates haves & have-nots’

Calling the proposal “deeply problematic”, West Bengal CM polling stations must remain in government or semi-government buildings within 2 km to ensure accessibility and neutrality.

To tackle ‘Vote Chori’, Congress trains ‘Vote Rakshaks’ in pilot project to monitor electoral rolls

The party has shortlisted five Lok Sabha seats where it lost by narrow margins. Vote Rakshaks there will detect & report irregularities like wrongful additions or deletions to EC.

11 August 2025: INDIA MPs detained, faint during protest on ‘vote chori’ & other news of the day

ThePrint’s round-up of the major news events from India.

Rahul Gandhi echoes Pakistan on Op Sindoor, Trump on economy. He’s a distraction

With well-wishers such as these, who needs enemies?

Rahul’s ‘80 voters in one home’ charge—what ThePrint found at House no. 35 in Mahadevapura

Bengaluru: Dipankar Sarkar, a 34-year-old food delivery executive, had taken the day off on Friday as his wife was unwell, helping with the cooking...

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.