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Election Commission goes global as India-Indonesia sign pact on EVMs; know all about the deal
World | Jul 07, 2026, 10:33 PM ISTIndia and Indonesia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on election management, with a focus on Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), capacity building and sharing best practices.
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Suvendu Adhikari targets Mamata Banerjee over EVM tempering row: 'TMC doing this for publicity'
Kolkata | May 01, 2026, 11:32 PM ISTSuvendu Adhikari said the TMC is about to lose and they are going out of power. "They had turned politics into a profession. If TMC goes out, they will be completely ruined. We will get more seats than those required to form a government," he added.
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EVM tampering row: Kolkata Police bans gathering around strong rooms after TMC, BJP late-night drama
Kolkata | May 06, 2026, 01:06 PM ISTSection 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita was imposed outside Sakhawat Memorial School, the counting centre and EVM strong room of Bhawanipur Assembly Constituency.
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Bengal elections: BJP, TMC leaders face off as clash erupts outside EVM strong room in Kolkata
West Bengal | Apr 30, 2026, 11:49 PM ISTA heated confrontation broke out between BJP and TMC leaders outside an EVM strong room in Kolkata's Chowringhee area. The situation intensified after BJP leader Tapas Roy reached the spot.
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Most voters in Karnataka trust EVMs, believe elections are free and fair, finds new survey
Karnataka | Jan 01, 2026, 10:11 PM ISTThe survey, which covered 5,100 respondents across 102 Assembly constituencies in the administrative divisions of Bengaluru, Belagavi, Kalaburagi and Mysuru, was conducted by Chief Electoral Officer V Anbukumar.
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Election Commission rejigs counting process of postal ballots, brings back pre-2019 rules
India | Sep 25, 2025, 10:11 PM ISTThe counting of postal ballots begins at 8 am, and the EVM counting starts at 8.30 am. Earlier, the EVM counting could theoretically go on irrespective of the stage of postal ballot counting and chances of it getting completed before the completion of postal ballot counting cannot be ruled out.
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Aaj Ki Baat: Full episode, September 17, 2025
India | Sep 17, 2025, 08:58 PM ISTThe Pakistan vs UAE match was delayed by over an hour. Pakistan initially refused to play after the ICC rejected their demand to remove match referee Andy Pycroft over handshake snub during their match with India.
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ECI enhances EVM ballot design to improve experience ahead of Bihar polls; check revised guidelines
India | Sep 17, 2025, 05:34 PM ISTFor the first time, colour photographs of candidates will be printed on EVM ballot papers. Each candidate’s face will cover three-fourths of the photo space to enhance visibility.
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Preparations for Bihar Assembly elections begin, with new EVMs to be used | Check details
Bihar | Apr 28, 2025, 11:11 PM ISTPreparations for the Bihar Assembly elections are in full swing, with the introduction of tamper-proof M-3 EVMs and ongoing personnel verification to ensure a secure and smooth voting process.
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EVMs 'tamper proof': Election Commission clarifies after Tulsi Gabbard raised 'issues of hacking'
India | Apr 12, 2025, 05:18 PM ISTAmidst US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's claims of finding evidence of massive vulnerabilities in EVM machines, CEC Gyanesh Kumar said EVMs in India were safe.
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Don't erase or reload data: Supreme Court to Election Commission on pleas for EVM verification
India | Feb 11, 2025, 07:31 PM ISTThe pleas sought a direction to the poll panel to check and verify burnt memory/micro-controllers and the symbol loading unit (SLU) of electronic voting machines (EVM).
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OPINION | If Maharashtra was lost because of voters' list, what about Delhi?
India | Feb 08, 2025, 03:36 PM ISTRahul Gandhi alleged voter list manipulation in Maharashtra polls, but does his claim hold up? As BJP swept Delhi after 27 years, questions arise on electoral processes. Read the full analysis.
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Delhi Assembly Polls: AAP launches website to monitor votes and ensure EVM integrity | Details here
Delhi | Feb 03, 2025, 07:08 PM ISTDelhi Assembly Election 2025: The Delhi assembly polls will be held in a single phase on February 5 and the counting of votes will take place on February 8. The upcoming election is set to witness a triangular contest among the Aam Aadmi Party, Bharatiya Janata Party, and Congress.
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TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee rejects EVM tampering allegations, urges ally Congress to show evidence
India | Dec 16, 2024, 07:52 PM ISTTMC MP Abhishek Banerjee rejects Congress' EVM tampering allegations, urging them to present evidence to the Election Commission.
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Congress reacts to Omar Abdullah's EVM advice, asks him to check facts
India | Dec 16, 2024, 05:39 PM ISTSenior Congress parliamentarian Manickam Tagore posted on X and called out the change in Abdullah's tone after becoming the CM.
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Maharashtra polls: 1,440 VVPATs verified, results matched, says EC amid INDIA bloc's EVM concerns
Maharashtra | Dec 12, 2024, 06:07 AM ISTMaharashtra polls: The EC said that a VVPAT is connected with an EVM through a printer port, which records vote data and counters in a paper slip to verify the correct recording of vote by the machine.
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INDIA bloc to move Supreme Court over alleged manipulation of EVMs in Maharashtra election
India | Dec 11, 2024, 06:12 AM ISTThe move to approach the Supreme Court against the Election Commission was announced by Prashant Jagtap, leader of the NCP-Sharad Pawar who lost the assembly elections from the Hadapsar seat in Pune.
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EVMs are fine when you win, tampered when you lose: SC dismisses plea for ballot paper voting
India | Nov 26, 2024, 04:52 PM ISTThe Supreme Court dismissed a PIL seeking a return to ballot paper voting, citing inconsistency in EVM tampering claims and emphasising its impracticality.
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Congress Questions EVMs, EC Steps In to Explain Differences with Pagers
Originals | Oct 16, 2024, 11:56 PM ISTRecently, Congress leader Rashid Alvi made some bold claims about electronic voting machines (EVMs) in India. He suggested that because Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a close relationship with Israel, the EVMs could be manipulated—just like Hezbollah's pagers, which allegedly turned into explosive
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OPINION | EVM: EC clears all doubts
India | Oct 16, 2024, 03:00 PM ISTAt his press conference, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar rubbished this allegation and cleared all doubts. He said, "our EVMs are more robust than Hezbollah's pagers and they are 100 per cent foolproof. EVMs cannot be hacked. Pagers are connected devices, but EVMs are not.