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Thursday, April 30, 2026
TopicElection Commission of India

Topic: Election Commission of India

SC restores voting rights of Bengal electors cleared by tribunals 48 hrs before polling day

Bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Bagchi also said individuals whose appeals are pending before Appellate Tribunals till 21 April or 27 April, will not be entitled to voting rights.

SIR aside, why BJP is not counting its chickens for a non-vegetarian CM in Bengal

The BJP has been celebrating the deletion of 27 lakh voters during the SIR in West Bengal under CEC Gyanesh Kumar, as the majority of them are from Muslim-dominated districts.

Transfers of IAS-IPS officers in poll-bound states shows ECI’s highhandedness

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Mamata Banerjee vs the Election Commission—Why India needs an annual voter list revision

We cannot absolve the Election Commission of all the blame, but we must emphasise that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee must shoulder the lion’s share of the responsibility for these exclusions.

Bengal SIR: SC directs deployment of central forces in state after judicial officers gheraoed in Malda

Rapping the WB govt, the top court called the incident & lack of prompt action 'an abdication of duty', while issuing show cause notices to chief secy, home secy, DGP & others.

‘No error, it’s a warning’: Furore in Kerala over EC letter with BJP seal even as CEO suspends official

Letter, dated 19 March 2019, had guidelines on candidate disclosure rules, was sent to all parties in Kerala. EC said it was a ‘clerical error’ & that the letter had already been withdrawn.

Mamata says ECI transferred officers by breaking convention. What former ECs say on the norm

Soon after announcing assembly poll schedule Sunday, Election Commission transferred 44 IAS, IPS, other civil servants in 4 states, including Bengal, ‘without consulting state govt’.

SC’s extraordinary move amid Bengal-EC ‘trust deficit’—judicial officers to decide SIR claims, objections

CJI Surya Kant-led bench says it was forced to make the arrangement in view of the blame game of allegations & counter-allegations between two constitutional functionaries.

Bengal SIR hearing: SC seeks DGP affidavit on ECI’s charges of ‘threats & violence’

EC’s submissions were in response to a petition by the Sanatani Sangsad, which has come into the limelight for seeking deployment of the CAPF in West Bengal for the SIR process.

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Indian drone tech company ideaForge signs MoU with Japanese firm to develop next-gen AI powered drones

By pairing Indian drone engineering with Japanese semiconductor expertise, the two firms aim to develop more advanced autonomous systems tailored to both defence & commercial use.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.