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BHOPAL: A sweeping revision of Madhya Pradesh’s electoral rolls has led to the deletion of 42.7 lakh voters, or 7.4% of the electorate, following a 44-day special intensive revision (SIR) that officials said ranks among the largest voter list clean-ups undertaken in the state.The draft electoral rolls published on Tuesday show the voter count falling…
NEW DELHI: The disclosures made by political parties to Election Commission, after assembly elections in Delhi earlier this year, revealed BJP at Centre, and also in the state now, has a bank balance of over Rs 6,900 crore.Its rival and the grand old party, Congress, at the same time, has merely Rs 53 crore, both…
NEW DELHI: Rather than having an adverse impact on BJP’s coffers, scrapping of electoral bonds in Feb 2024 ended up boosting its donations kitty in 2024-25, with electoral trusts alone disbursing over Rs 3,577 crore to the party.In 2023-24, BJP’s total receipts through voluntary contributions had stood at Rs 3,967 crore, of which Rs 1,686…
NEW DELHI: An agreement has been reached between parliamentarians to run the House “smoothly” after the government gave in to the opposition’s demand to hold a discussion on the ongoing pan-India special intensive revision of electoral rolls.After two days of chaos and disruptions, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla held a Business Advisory Committee meeting with…
NEW DELHI: The smooth and peaceful conduct of Bihar assembly elections with the highest-ever turnout of voters, particularly after the first SIR of its electoral roll in over two decades, will boost the confidence of EC as it goes about Phase 2 of SIR across a dozen other states and UTs, including those due for…
Chirag Paswan, Nitish Kumar and Maithili Thakur (Images/Agencies) NEW DELHI: Bihar’s 2025 verdict was at once predictable and surprising. Predictable because as usual the NDA retained the power and Nitish Kumar is once again expected to retain the CM chair. Surprising because new, youthful faces such as Chirag Paswan and Maithili Thakur played decisive, complementary…
US President Donald Trump (AP photo) TOI Correspondent from Washington: Donald Trump’s Republican Party got smoked in the first elections since he returned to power ten months ago, with Democrats convincingly winning the governorships of Virginia and New Jersey and a raft of local body polls, including in New York City, where Zohran Mamdani became…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) on Monday announced that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Assam, where assembly polls are due in 2026, will be conducted separately.Addressing a press conference in Delhi, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, explained that the revision process for Assam is being kept independent due to its…
NEW DELHI: Not a single appeal has been filed so far against the inclusion or exclusion of any person in Bihar’s final electoral roll published on September 30, 2025, the state chief electoral officer shared in a social media update on Monday.“No appeal was received as of 13.10.2025 by the district magistrates under Section 24(a)…
Prashant Kishor (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: As Bihar gears up for assembly elections across 243 seats, political strategist-turned-leader Prashant Kishor has confirmed that he will contest the polls, with his political startup Jan Suraaj set to unveil its list of candidates on October 9 — a list he says will be “full of surprises.”The announcement…
