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Petition in SC seeks electoral roll revision before every election

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

Simultaneous polls will undermine country's federal structure: NPF

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

India nears 1 bn voters, with youth, women driving electoral growth: EC

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

Matter 'closed', says IT House panel chief Dubey after Meta apology

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"

800 more warehouses required to store EVMs for simultaneous polls: EC

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

EC defends rule change curbing release of polling booth CCTV footage

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

From memes to AI: How digital tools reshaped India's 2024 general elections

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

Only 27% of registered third gender electors voted in 2024 LS polls: EC

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