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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
TopicElectoral roll

Topic: electoral roll

Bihar SIR: Gopalganj sees largest dip in voters at over 15%, Seemanchal’s Kishanganj & Purnia follow

Seemanchal region has highest percentage of Muslim population in eastern state. Overall, poll panel cuts 65.6 lakh names from draft voter list, published 1 August.

What an idea, SIRji! ‘Dog Babu’ gets residence certificate in Bihar, Oppn has a field day

Patna DM suspects the role of 'mischievous' elements behind the issuance of this certificate and calls the matter 'very serious'. Certificate cancelled later & FIR lodged.

‘Baap, baccha, farzi CM’ & Nitish-Tejashwi clash—slugfest over voter roll revision in Bihar assembly

RJD MLA Bhai Virendra got upset when Speaker asked Tejashwi to keep his speech brief. ‘Yeh sadan kisi ke baap ka nahin hai,’ Virendra said, prompting demand for an apology.

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

No legal, valid ‘citizenship’ document that’s issued—how it puts big question mark on ECI’s Bihar exercise

Current exercise involves an indicative list of 11 documents to be submitted by eligible voters, which ‘may not be proof of citizenship, only identity’. Aadhaar, voter ID not on the list.

ECI’s voter verification drive in Bihar is tailor-made to keep Dalits, Muslims, EBCs out

Aadhaar, ration card, voter ID, and MGNREGA job card—the IDs poor voters actually hold are excluded from ECI's list of documents to prove identity and residence status in Bihar.

Bengalis love a good ghost story. This time, it’s in the voter list

How do ghost voters sneak into the voter lists? It is truly spooky. Also spooky, it is only in West Bengal that ghost voters were turned into political weaponry.

Gabbar, memes & Rajkummar Rao — ECI targets ‘urban & youth’ population with its ‘Desh ka Form’ campaign

Election Commission of India's multimedia 'Desh Ka Form' campaign aims to draw attention of existing & tentative voters to check or add their names in electoral rolls ahead of 2024 polls.

‘Voters should be given prior notice before deletion from electoral roll’: SC affirms ECI submission

SC quoted an ECI letter on preventing 'wrongful deletions'. Petitioners had demanded that rule allowing deletion of voter without notice or opportunity to be heard be declared 'unconstitutional.

House panel cautions Modi govt on proposed common voter list — ‘avoid stepping into states’ domain’

Parliamentary committee led by BJP Rajya Sabha member Sushil Modi observed in its report that implementing common electoral roll currently outside scope of Article 325 of Constitution. 

On Camera

With nuke lunacy, Asim Munir joins Pakistan’s Hall of Generals who swapped brains for bluster

Munir indicates that he’s willing to go for broke, even if it risks taking his country “and half the world” down with him. It’s important to understand where he is coming from.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

‘Next war may come sooner than expected, will require whole-of-nation approach’—Army chief

Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.