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  Election Commission rejigs counting process of postal ballots, brings back pre-2019 rules

  India | September 25, 2025 22:11 IST

  The 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 | September 17, 2025 20:58 IST

  The 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 | September 17, 2025 17:34 IST

  For 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 | April 28, 2025 23:11 IST

  Preparations 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 | April 12, 2025 17:18 IST

  Amidst 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 | February 11, 2025 19:31 IST

  The 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 | February 08, 2025 15:36 IST

  Rahul 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 | February 03, 2025 19:08 IST

  Delhi 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 | December 16, 2024 19:52 IST

  TMC 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 | December 16, 2024 17:39 IST

  Senior 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 | December 12, 2024 6:07 IST

  Maharashtra 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 | December 11, 2024 6:12 IST

  The 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 | November 26, 2024 16:52 IST

  The 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 | October 16, 2024 23:56 IST

  Recently, 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 | October 16, 2024 15:00 IST

  At 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.

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  ECI releases SOP for EVMs burnt memory checking, verification with expanded choices for candidates

  India | July 16, 2024 13:49 IST

  The Commission said that the candidates can also mix and match BU-CU-VVPAT from any polling station in an assembly constituency for C-V and is not bound to choose other units of the same set at that particular polling station selected by the candidate.

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  Election Commission receives applications for EVM verification on 8 Lok Sabha seats in six states

  India | June 20, 2024 18:17 IST

  Lok Sabha Elections 2024: According to the EC's Standard Operating Procedure, the cost submitted by manufacturers BEL and ECIL to carry out EVM "check and verification" is Rs 40,000 (plus 18 per cent GST) per set of EVM.

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  OPINION | EVMs: FREE, FAIR AND FAST POLLING

  India | June 19, 2024 6:10 IST

  To me, the entire EVM issue is one in which one goes on raising doubts and questions, and telling lies, and the sole objective seems to create doubts in the minds of people. The funny part here is, that Elon Musk raised questions about EVMs being used in a primary election in Puerto Rico, USA.

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  Coffee Par Kurukshetra: Why are EVMs being targeted again and again?

  Kurukshetra | June 17, 2024 19:46 IST

  Coffee Par Kurukshetra: Why are EVMs being targeted again and again?

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  Mumbai poll official refutes media report, says, 'EVM fully safeguarded against manipulation'

  Maharashtra | June 16, 2024 19:59 IST

  The official said neither Ravindra Waikar nor losing candidate Amol Kirtikar of the Shiv Sena (UBT) had sought a recount but verification of invalid postal ballots was demanded and it was done.