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On Monday, the top court agreed to hear on July 10 a batch of petitions challenging the decision of ECI to undertake special intensive revision of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar

Raising the issue of 'One Nation, One Election' (ONOE) during the Zero Hour of the Nagaland assembly, NPF MLA Achumbemo Kikon said it is detrimental to India, which is known for its unity in diversity

Electoral rolls show gender balance improving and youth forming a key voter base

Zuckerberg had said that "2024 was the big election year around the world and a lot of countries like India and a tonne of countries that had elections and incumbents basically lost every single one"

The poll body has described the construction of warehouses as a "laborious process" entailing cost. The cost of the land and construction is borne by the respective state governments

In his first remarks on tweak of Conduct of Election Rules, 1961, Kumar said only sharing of CCTV footage from inside and outside polling booths have been restricted

The general election in 2024 saw artificial intelligence tech and social media transform campaigns, with tech-driven messaging, thereby sparking debates on misinformation and electoral integrity

According to the data issued by the poll authority last week, 48,194 people were eligible to vote as third gender elector in 2024, but only 13,058 of them actually exercised their franchise

EC functionaries asserted that such granular data is not shared by any of the election management bodies in democracies across the world

As many as 86 per cent of the over 8,300 candidates who contested the Lok Sabha elections earlier this year lost their deposits.