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Saturday, October 4, 2025
TopicElection Commission of India

Topic: Election Commission of India

EC says ‘no legal mandate’ to make voter turnout data public, raps petitioner for raising settled issue

India’s apex election body has taken exception to what it sees as the Association for Democratic Reforms' continual attempts to create doubt about India’s electoral process.

The 1000-year ‘blurred’ vision & the largest parasite

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

Modi’s global stature nowhere close to that of Nehru, Indira or Vajpayee, says Yashwant Sinha

Vajpayee must be dismayed looking at Modi govt from heaven, says former Union minister Sinha, questions functioning of EC & ED and govt's claims about India's economy.

As post-poll violence flares up in Andhra Pradesh, EC acts — sweeping suspensions, SIT probe

Series of major incidents reported, especially from Palnadu, Ananthapuramu and Tirupati districts earlier this week. Top officials called to Delhi to address failure to curb violence.

‘Why can’t it be made public?’—SC tells EC to respond to plea for release of data on votes polled

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to respond to an application demanding the disclosure of the absolute number...

Election Commission has changed—from objecting to my red dress to allowing Modi roadshow

In West Bengal, I have never seen the Communists wear red to a polling station, nor TMC any green and perhaps only a rare BJP leader arriving in saffron. Such different scenes from Gujarat where Modi and Amit Shah went to cast their vote wearing saffron.

Good morning, EC & the curious case of the ‘missing’ voter

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

ECI directs X to take down BJP Karnataka’s ‘objectionable’ post with ‘immediate effect’

Congress had filed complaint with EC saying video posted by Karnataka BJP on X was intended to 'provoke rioting and promote enmity'.

ECI issues notifications for Lok Sabha & Assembly polls in Himachal

Elections to 4 Lok Sabha seats & bypolls to 6 assembly constituencies that fell vacant with disqualification of 6 rebel Congress MLAs & their eventual switch to BJP will be held on 1 June.

On Camera

English didn’t enslave India. It was the harbinger of a new creative consciousness: A Ranganathan

Rabindranath Tagore stood apart from his contemporaries by infusing poetry and universalism into Indian nationalism, opposing chauvinism and blind obedience, wrote A Ranganathan in 1962.

Nodal officers to fast-tracking NOCs, Kerala govt’s heeding investor concerns, and it means business

As many as 21 policy reforms are under implementation following Invest Kerala Global Summit, as LDF govt works to change perception that the state is not conducive to businesses.

Army chief’s big warning to Pakistan: Stop sponsoring terrorism if you want to exist geographically

Amid continued concerns over cross-border terrorism, General Upendra Dwivedi further warned the neighbour that India will not show restraint if there is an Op Sindoor 2.0.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.