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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
TopicElection Comission

Topic: Election Comission

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.

ECI orders special voter roll revision in Assam ahead of 2026 assembly polls

This ‘special revision’ differs from the SIR drive being carried out by EC orders in 12 states & UTs, given Assam’s unique citizenship framework & the SC-monitored NRC process.

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.

‘Will EC investigate’: Rahul Gandhi questions ₹4,300 cr donations to ‘anonymous parties’ in Gujarat

Rahul Gandhu said in his X post, "Where did these thousands of crores come from? And where did the money go? Will the EC investigate, or will it ask for affidavits here too?"

CPI(ML) Liberation files two claims, objections to special revision of Bihar electoral rolls

ECI received 84,305 claims and objections directly from electors for adding eligible and removing ineligible voters, disposing of 6,092 cases in the last seven days.

Rahul Gandhi repeats ‘vote theft’ charge, says EC and BJP in ‘partnership’

The INDIA bloc on Tuesday stepped up protests over 'vote theft' allegations outside the parliament. LoP accused the ECI and BJP of 'magically' adding 1 crore voters in Maharashtra.

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

Top 10 picks of Serendipity Art Festival 2025 by Rohit Chawla

Through film, textile, scent, sound, and gesture, spectators are invited to descend into an immersive environment where inherited knowledge seeps through material and form.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.