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KOLKATA: A last-minute scramble to “secure” their votes has sent air and train fares to Kolkata from other metros soaring as SIR-spooked voters rush home ahead of Wednesday’s second phase.Between Sunday and Tuesday, one-way flight tickets from Delhi to Kolkata are selling for anything between Rs 13,000 and Rs 20,000, two-three times more than the…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday escalated his attack on the All India Trinamool Congress, asserting that voters in West Bengal would “reply to bombs and bullets with votes” and bring the Bharatiya Janata Party to power in the Assembly elections.“The goons of TMC will no longer be able to terrorise the people of…
NEW DELHI: The Special Intensive Revision norms for electoral roll updates triggered an intense debate in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, with opposition parties questioning the legality, transparency and neutrality of the ongoing exercise. Several MPs demanded clarity from the government and accountability from the ECI.Concerns over the welfare of booth-level officers added urgency to…
NEW DELHI: EC on Thursday revised the rules relating to counting of postal ballots, making it mandatory for all postal ballot papers to be counted before the penultimate round of EVM/VVPATs counting is taken up.The new practice will be first implemented in Bihar where assembly polls are due in Nov.This restores the arrangement prior to…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India has decided to further streamline the process of counting of Postal Ballots to reduce delays and enhance clarity as its 30th initiative.To ensure uniformity and utmost clarity in the counting process, the Election Commission has decided that the penultimate (second last) round of EVM/VVPATs counting shall be taken…
NEW DELHI: Electors will now be able to view the choice of candidates more clearly while voting in a Lok Sabha or assembly poll, with Election Commission on Wednesday allowing colour photos of candidates on the EVM ballot paper, alongside their names printed in uniform font type and a conspicuous font size.The changes – which…
