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Delhi University procured EVMs after we gave no objection, says Election Commission

DU claims it has been using the machines since 2009, six of them malfunctioned during counting of votes in Thursday's DUSU polls.

DUSU election faces the EVM test, counting restarted amid chaos

DU authorities suspended counting for the DUSU elections due to malfunctioning of at least six ‘outdated’ first-generation EVMs.

Opposition parties stand with Congress, demand a return to ballot paper at EC meet

The Congress also wants a list of all old and new EVMs in use. The demand was made at an all-party meet called by the poll panel on electoral reforms. 

Last Laughs: A ‘Congress-ruled Kumaraswamy’, and the perks of ‘malfunctioning EVMs’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint. The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print or online, or...

From the factory to the voting booths: How EVMs work

With Monday’s bypolls seeing complaints of EVM malfunctioning, ThePrint explains the journey behind the making, installing and destroying of EVMs.

Amit Shah skipped post-poll press meet as BJP fell short of majority mark in Karnataka

‘Post-truth’, a gift of the Trump campaign, means a situation in which people are most likely to accept an argument based on what they want to believe, never mind the facts.

Pink voting booths to third generation EVMs, several firsts in Karnataka polls

In light of the growing outcry over the alleged vulnerability of EVMs, the Election Commission has come up with 'M3 EVMs' that are tamper proof.

There should be a rule that no CEC is offered another lucrative job after retirement

Our Election Commission is globally renowned; those questioning it forget it is a premier institution in this country.

How BJP started the EVM-tampering murmurs that haunt it today

After the UPA retained power in 2009, it was L.K. Advani who began questioning EVMs, pointing out their discontinuation in Germany and the US.

Election Commission asks MP govt to take action against officials involved in controversial EVM demo in Bhind

The recommedation comes three monts after the controversial incident

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India is going to have its least free & fair election in 2024. See these 5 indicators

So far what we have seen of the 2024 elections is enough to indicate that the continuous slide of democratic standards is headed toward breaching the minimum threshold of an electoral democracy.

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.