Highlighting India's electoral integrity, scale and diversity, Gyanesh Kumar, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India, while delivering his keynote address at the Stockholm International Conference on Electoral Integrity in Sweden last evening, reaffirmed the role of the Election Commissi
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar held a bilateral meeting with Indonesia's Chairperson of the General Election Commission Mochammad Afifuddin, on the sidelines of his visit to Sweden for the International IDEA Conference.
The Election Commission of India launched 21 initiatives in 100 days under CEC Gyanesh Kumar, focusing on polling access, training, stakeholder engagement, and digital integration. The reforms aim to streamline electoral processes and enhance voter experience nationwide.
He also underlined that the participants, through the training, will familiarise themselves with the provisions of first and second appeals against the final electoral rolls
The seventh batch of training for Booth Level Officers (BLO) Supervisors began at the India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM) in New Delhi on Monday.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of a batch of petitions challenging validity of the law relating to the appointment of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners, which dropped Chief Justice of India from selection panel for Election Commissioners.
The initiative, envisioned by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar during the March Conference of Chief Electoral Officers, aims to simplify user experience (UX) and enhance user interface (UI) by consolidating apps like the Voter Helpline, Voter Turnout, cVIGIL, Suvidha 2.0, E
These measures are in line with the initiatives as envisaged by the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India, Gyanesh Kumar, during the Conference of Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs), in the presence of Election Commissioners Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Dr Vivek Joshi in March this year.
According to an official release, 229 Booth Level Officers (BLOs), 12 Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and two District Election Officer (DEOs) from the Bihar are participating in the two-day training programme.
Criticising BJP MP Nishikant Dubey for his remarks against the Supreme Court and former CEC SY Quraishi, Communist Party of India (Marxist) Brinda Karat on Monday called him a "communal serial offender" and urged the BJP to take action beyond merely distancing itself from his statements.
The CEC stated that wherever democracy was present, electoral rolls and election processes were different, and in some countries, electronic voting systems were used.
The doctors at a private hospital in New Delhi successfully treated a young woman suffering from a rare and life-threatening condition caused by gallbladder stones.