Election Commission of India
Taali to trash transgender taboo
October 20, 2022
Gauri Sawant hit the national headlines in 2017 when her life and struggles were portrayed in an advertisement by pain balm brand Vicks, made by Procter & Gamble. In the film, Gauri’s adopted daughter Gayatri narrates the story of her mother’s life and how adoption change...
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Parties split over Election Commission ban on physical campaigning
January 14, 2022
On January 8, 2022, the Election Commission of India announced the schedule for holding elections to assemblies in five states, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur. Alongside the schedule, the Commission also laid down guidelines for holding the polls as well as f...
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Meeting with PMO: Election Commission has failed India
December 22, 2021
For decades, the Prime Minister’s Office in India has functioned as the most important body in the executive, often far more powerful than even the senior most cabinet ministers. In many ways, it is important for the Prime Minister to have an empowered PMO, not only to help the...
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Bengal’s voters say not surprised by results of assembly elections
May 5, 2021
Ultimately, a lone, wheelchair-bound woman proved more powerful than the heaviest of heavyweights of the biggest, and no-doubt the richest, political party in the world and the one which has been ruling India not only at the federal level but also most of the states for the past ...
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‘A Modi-fied Code of Conduct for BJP’
April 29, 2019
Has the Election Commission of India, supposed to ensure free and fair elections, failed to do its job. The opposition Congress party has approached the Supreme Court, alleging the poll body was turning a blind eye to complaints against Shah and Modi.
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Semi-finals ahead of general elections 2019
October 8, 2018
India will witness five crucial assembly elections in November and December this year, before the mother of all electoral battles — the general elections 2019.
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NRI voter registration doubles in numbers
December 30, 2017
The number of NRIs voting in India has doubled, as per government reports; however, a major chunk of the Indian diaspora continues to shy away from voting due to the inability of being physically present in India at the time of elections. Although measures like proxy voting are t...
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Election Commission seeks more overseas Indian voters
August 14, 2017
In a bid to attract more overseas Indians to register as voters, the EC has been taking various steps to make matters easy for the eligible and willing.
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Proxy voting being considered for NRIs in the US
August 13, 2017
The ruling party in India has promised proxy voting to Indian citizens residing in the United States (US). While the method of operation for the execution of the decision is not decided yet, newer ideas concerning the Overseas Citizens of India (OCI), are already popping.
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Can electoral bonds ensure free and fair elections?
February 5, 2017
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced electoral bonds in the recent Union Budget. Can these bonds usher in a new era of much-needed glasnost in political financing in the world’s largest multi-party democracy?
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