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Vacant offices, unaware office-bearers: curious case of delisted parties

Election Commission recently struck off 86 of them

The Hindu

Information Commissioner asks ECI to showcase positive side of elected representatives

‘Leaving an impression that all politicians were malicious, will prevent younger generation from joining politics’

The Hindu

No specific law against hate speech: Election Commission

The Law Commission had not made any recommendations to the Parliament to curb hate speech.

The Hindu

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Hemant Soren | Weathering the political storm

From engineering dropout to Jharkhand CM, he has come a long way

The Hindu

Election Commission sends opinion on ‘disqualification’ of Basant Soren, brother of Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, says report

The Governor will now have to take a decision of the opinion received from the commission.

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh: Chinta urges Supreme Court, ECI to give their nod for ballot paper system

Dump EVMs as their authenticity is highly suspected, says the Congress leader

The Hindu

Keep it simple: On Aadhaar-voter ID linking

Any mandatory linking of Aadhaar to the voter ID is problematic

The Hindu

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Explained | What is the controversy around the revision of electoral rolls in J&K?

Why is the new electoral rolls notice, which says voters will not need domicile certificates, opposed?

The Hindu

J&K parties hold protest against new voter list

Several political parties staged a protest in Srinagar

The Hindu

Outsiders living ordinarily in J&K can enlist as voters for Assembly polls: J&K Chief Electoral Officer

J&K parties have reacted sharply to Election Commission’s decision

The Hindu

11 Opposition parties to fight EVM 'misuse', money power and media

Three resolutions were passed at a conference attended by these parties in the National Capital

The Hindu

Ranking of democracies should be objective and contextual, says Chief Election Commissioner

Local context should be taken into account, says Rajiv Kumar

The Hindu

Election Commission collects 2.5 crore Aadhaar numbers in special drive

Drive to voluntarily link Voter IDs with Aadhaar started on August 1

The Hindu

‘Freebies’ can be lifesavers during dire times: Election Commission

Poll body responds to plea in SC seeking ban on political parties’ offer of freebies during election time

The Hindu

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Sop or welfare debate: On freebies

Steps to limit freebies or to discourage populism should come through Parliament

The Hindu

Uddhav Thackeray faction gets relief from Supreme Court

The Bench, headed by CJI Ramana, asked ECI to hold action on Shinde’s claim over party and symbol

The Hindu

Supreme Court calls for a panel to look into freebies issue

Court asks parties for inputs to set up a specialised body

The Hindu

Sasikala moves HC against civil court’s refusal to declare her as AIADMK general secretary

The lower court had on April 11 allowed applications by Edappadi K. Palaniswami, O. Panneerselvam and S. Semmalai to reject her plaint

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Can promises of ‘irrational’ poll freebies be curbed, Supreme Court asks government

CJI-led Bench says issue is serious; Sibal feels it must be tackled at the State level

Dynamite News

Shiv Sena Row: SC to hear on 1 Aug Uddhav’s plea against ECI proceedings to determine ‘real’ Sena

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal appearing for the Thackeray group mentioned the case for hearing before a bench of Chief Justice NV Ramana saying as the matters are pending before the Supreme Court, meantime they are trying to make the matter infructuous by moving Election Commission. Full story on Dynamite News:

The Hindu

Uddhav loyalists seek urgent hearing of plea against ECI proceedings on Shinde’s claim

CJI orders listing of the application along with the other Maharashtra crisis cases on August 1

The Hindu

Uddhav loyalists approach SC to freeze ECI proceedings on recognising the ‘real’ Shiv Sena

ECI has issued notice to the Uddhav faction despite being told the apex court had orally sought status quo in the matter

The Times of India

Maharashtra: ECI warns of strict action if voters’ Aadhaar data leaked

PUNE: Warning against sharing voters’ Aadhaar details in public domain, the chief electoral office under the Election Commission of India (ECI) said strict disciplinary action would be taken against the officials daring to do so.

The Times of India

Presidential election: Ailing BJP MLA arrives on wheelchair to vote, 2 jailed NCP lawmakers skip poll

MUMBAI: Ailing Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Maharashtra's Pune city Mukta Tilak travelled to Mumbai to take part in the Presidential poll on Monday and arrived at the election venue on a wheelchair to cast her vote.

The Hindu

Uttar Pradesh MLAs’ vote value highest, five MLAs to vote outside State

Out of the five MLAs from the State who will vote outside, four will cast their vote in Delhi for Monday’s Presidential elections, while one will vote from Thiruvananthapuram

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