West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday wrote a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar raising serious concerns over the conduct of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in the state.
The Tibetan community living in exile is preparing for the first phase of elections to choose the Sikyong (President) and members of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, scheduled to be held on February 1. Termed a "unique election" by the Tibetan Election Commission, the voting process will tak
With the five-year tenure of all Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) in Himachal Pradesh ending on Saturday, the state government has notified the appointment of administrators to run Gram Panchayats, Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads.
Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder Dr.S.Ramadoss has filed a writ petition before the Madras High Court seeking to quash a communication issued by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on July 30, 2025, regarding the allotment of the party's 'mango' symbol, which was sent to his son and
Chand's remarks come after former Indian footballer Mehtab Hossain, as well as former cricketers Jhulan Goswami, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, and Mohammad Shami, received summons from the Election Commission to appear for verification hearings. All of them complied with the summons and appeared for t
Explaining the possible reason behind the summons, the former midfielder said the issue may be linked to a discrepancy in names in the voter records. "My mother's name was present in the 2002 voter list, but our title is Hossain, and her name had Begum written because that was her real name.
Mahua Moitra, All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP, has been sharply critical of the Election Commission of India and its officials regarding the electoral roll revision in West Bengal. Mahua Moitra has publicly criticized Ravi Kant Singh, and said that the ECI observer sent to bengal sh
The handover took place in the presence of the Minister for Finance of Nepal, Rameshore Prasad Khanal, Acting Chief Election Commissioner Ram Prasad Bhandari, and senior officials from both sides. Charge d'affaires a.i. of India to Nepal, Rakesh Pandey, formally handed over the vehicles on b
The notice, received this week, directs Hossain to appear before the authorities on February 1st. However, the former footballer told ANI on Thursday that due to a pre-scheduled match on the same day, he will appear on February 2 at Abdus Shukur High School in Mallikpur, South 24 Parganas
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Election Commission of India to publish names of people who have been categorised in the ECIs' "Logical Discrepancy" list in the gram panchayat bhawan, Taluka offices of every sub-division and ward-offices of urban areas, as part of the Commissio
"How that aeroplane got there or landed, I don't know. Because the airstrip, where planes land and take off, is very large, not small. Despite all that, how did this happen? Was there a mistake in the plane, or did the pilot make a mistake? I can't say," Bhujbal told ANI.
Speaking to ANI on Tuesday, Moitra said, "We met the CEO West Bengal for the second time in one week and this is post the Supreme Court hearing where the Supreme Court very clearly said that the harassment of people in Bengal should stop and that the number of LD (Logical Discrepancy) cas