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India, Australia election officials discuss future of electoral democracy
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 21 (ANI): Australian election officials joined their Indian counterparts here on Tuesday to discuss the future of electoral democracy, with a focus on issues such as increasing voter participation, the merits of electronic voting and counting; and political funding, di
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Opposition preparing for defeat by raising non-issues like EVM: Devendra F
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Gondia (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 4 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday alleged that the opposition is preparing for a defeat by raising non-issues like finding fault with electronic voting machines (EVM) before the assembly elections.
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Questioning EVMs is like student blaming pen for failing in exam: Maharash
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhandara (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 3 (ANI): Taking a dig at opposition parties for questioning EVMs, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday linked them to a student blaming his pen for failing in an exam.
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Ahead of Maharashtra Assembly polls, Raj Thackeray discusses EVM row with
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Howrah (West Bengal) [India], July 31 (ANI): Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Wednesday met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee here and invited her to take part in his party's rally demanding use of ballot papers in the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly election.
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Delhi HC refuses to consider application of EC on disposal of EVM in North
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to consider the application of Election Commission seeking the disposal of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) used in the recent Lok Sabha elections in North-West Delhi constituency, from where the BJP lawmaker Hans Raj
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TMC MPs to protest against govt for sharing citizens' personal data
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jul 17 (ANI): The Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs will on Wednesday stage a protest against the alleged sharing of personal data of citizens by the government in the Parliament complex.
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Students forced to study outside as EVMs locked in classrooms
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], July 11 (ANI): Students in a government school here are forced to go back to the medieval ways of schooling as their classrooms are sealed with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) inside ever since the Lok Sabha elections in May this year.
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Raj Thackeray meets Sonia Gandhi, discusses various political issues
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Monday met UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi here that raised quite a few eyebrows in political circles.
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MNS chief to meet Election Commissioner tomorrow, will raise issue of EVMs
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray will meet Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Monday.
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SC refuses to entertain PIL questioning EVM use in elections
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 05 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea which questioned the use of electronic voting machines (EVM) in polls and sought the cancellation of recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.
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Prasad slams opposition for questioning EVMs, urges to discuss One Nation,
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 3 (ANI) Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday slammed the opposition parties for raising doubts over the credibility of EVMs and urged them to discuss with an open mind to find a way out for "One Nation, One Election".
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Opposition parties reject simultaneous polls, demand ballot paper back
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): Opposition parties on Wednesday rejected government's call for "One Nation, One Election" and demanded that the ballot papers must be brought back to restore the faith of people in country's electoral system.
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