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Wednesday, August 27, 2025
TopicSunil Arora

Topic: Sunil Arora

Central police forces will play greater role in poll bound states, says CEC Sunil Arora

Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Assam and the Union Territory of neighbouring Puducherry are likely to go to polls in April or May.

Decision to hold Bihar polls a leap of faith, not leap in the dark, says CEC Sunil Arora

Defending the Election Commission's move, Arora referred to the recent JEE-NEET exams, saying thousands of candidates across India came out to write the test.

7 crore single-use gloves, 46 lakh masks & 6 lakh PPE kits arranged for Bihar voters

The EC announced Friday that Bihar assembly polls will be held in 3 phases from 28 October and the results will be declared on 10 November.

Ethics, transparency, Gandhi — the profound issues EC Ashok Lavasa has been tweeting about

Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa hasn’t said a word about controversies involving him & his family. But he’s been tweeting regularly on a range of issues.

CEC Sunil Arora appointed chairman of association of world election bodies

India has been a founding member of Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB) since October 2013 and took over as vice-chair in 2017.

Election panel wants to revisit rule on punishment to voters for false mismatch claims

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora announced that steps might be taken to soften punishment against false claims as many feel the penal provision is unwarranted.

‘There is a time to speak up and be quiet’: CEC Sunil Arora on Ashok Lavasa’s public dissent

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora finally spoke about fellow election commissioner Ashok Lavasa dissenting on the clean chits given to Narendra Modi and Amit Shah during model code of conduct.

EC decides not to record dissent view in poll code violations, overrules Ashok Lavasa

CEC Sunil Arora and commissioner Sushil Chandra overrule Ashok Lavasa's view that not recording dissent in model code violations renders minority view meaningless. New Delhi:...

Election Commission can learn from Supreme Court on what to do when there’s dissent within

The content of Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa’s dissent note against PM Modi is less important than making it part of public records.

On Camera

Sergio Gor as US envoy raises red flags. Delhi must read the signal, be optimistic

Delhi must see opportunity in the new envoy, to be prepared for hurdles, yet be forward-looking and free of preconceived notions that could spoil any chances of a breakthrough.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

‘Not troop size or weapons but tech matters, need to prepare for long conflicts’—Rajnath Singh

At Ran Samvad seminar, defence minister spoke about reasons behind success of Op Sindoor, explained how warfare changed in real time & called for upgradation of tech & cyber infra.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.