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Topic: Polling

BJP ally TDP writes to EC—Special Intensive Revision shouldn’t be confused with citizenship verification

Amaravati: The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) submitted a detailed representation to the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday, proposing a series of reforms...

Voting underway for 43 seats in first phase of Jharkhand assembly elections, Guv Gangwar casts votes

Polling began at 7 AM across 15 districts and will continue till 5 PM. A total of 683 candidates, including 609 men, 73 women, and one third-gender person, are contesting 43 seats.

Repolling underway at 2 booths in Bihar’s Khagaria Lok Sabha constituency

Repolling was ordered at these polling booths as voting was disrupted due to vandalisation of EVMs on 7 May during the third phase of Lok Sabha elections.

WhatsApp University PhD in ‘Mangal Gyaan’ & maths isn’t EC, you know

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

Repolling underway in 4 assembly seats in Arunachal amid security arrangements

Repolling at 8 polling stations & 4 assembly seats was necessitated amid reports of violence & damage to EVMs. Polling began at 6 am & is scheduled to end at 2 pm.

Over 8.57 lakh voters step out as polling begins for 40 assembly seats in Mizoram

Of the 1,276 polling stations across Mizoram, 149 are remote voting centres, and 30 along the inter-state and international borders have been declared critical and vulnerable.

Elon Musk launches poll on whether he should quit as Twitter CEO

Musk launched the poll Sunday, adding that he would abide by the poll results. This comes after Twitter's policy latest update, banning accounts promoting rival social media platforms.

Is this India’s ‘Amrit Kal’? As state polls go on, we must trace Representation of People Act

The elections in UP, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur are also ‘a mid-point referendum’ on the Narendra Modi government.

Three simple things Election Commission must fix urgently, before solving larger problems

There is more EC can do to assuage fears and problems of voters than arrange for ‘hackathons’.

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?