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Tuesday, November 4, 2025
TopicElection Commission of India

Topic: Election Commission of India

Rahul’s fresh salvo at CEC Gyanesh Kumar, alleges bid to delete voters en masse ‘using software’

Lok Sabha LoP Gandhi said Karnataka CID sent 18 letters in 18 months to ECI, asking for ‘some very simple facts’ which poll panel did not give as ‘it will lead us to where operation is being done’.

‘Getting help from inside ECI’—Rahul Gandhi on exposing ‘vote chori’

Addressing a press conference at Congress headquarters, Rahul also alleged that CEC Gyanesh Kumar is 'fully aware' of voter fraud & is 'protecting vote chors'.

Bihar SIR: SC to hear final plea on 7 Oct, refuses to modify order allowing Aadhaar as ID proof

Justices Surya Kant & Joymalya Bagchi said the order last week was only interim, & Aadhaar was not proof of citizenship, adding ECI is entitled to verify if the card is genuine.

India-Pakistan ‘Basmati’ tussle and RSS’ ‘Hindu-first vision for India’ as it turns 100

FT dives into how India can ‘trump’ US tariffs, while NYT zooms into the ‘chaotic showdown’ over Bihar SIR.

ECI to meet state political parties on 20 September ahead of SIR of voter lists across Kerala

On the preparedness for electoral roll revision, Kerala CEO said the exercise is welcomed & all records have been digitised & uploaded in a searchable format on their website.

SC asks EC to instruct officials on ground to start accepting Aadhaar as 12th SIR document

The order comes on pleas by RJD & others who claimed ECI officials were not accepting Aadhaar as standalone document for inclusion in electoral roll despite court's prior directions.

In Bihar’s Gopalganj, SIR leaves both NDA and INDIA voters ‘dead’. But it’s ‘not an election issue’

Even as the exercise has triggered a political storm, dominant sentiment is that deletions affected voters across political leanings. 'Vote chori' campaign has 'no resonance on ground'.

Congress’s Pawan Khera gets EC showcause notice after BJP targets him for ‘holding two voter IDs’

This comes amid Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's attacks on the Centre & the ECI for 'vote chori'—the focus of his recent Voter Adhikar Yatra in poll-bound Bihar.

To bolster ‘vote chori’ campaign, Congress turns focus to poor booth-level presence, MIA polling agents

Ahead of Bihar elections, Congress is fixing internal gaps in its election management, acknowledging organisational weaknesses and offering ways to address them at multiple levels.

On Camera

Pakistan can’t bomb or bargain its way out of the TTP-TLP mess

Among the many problems Pakistan is currently dealing with, the TLP and TTP offer two varying dimensions of the same one.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.