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EVM Hackathon: Akhilesh, Mayawati urge EC for alternative
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 22 (ANI): Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday urged Election Commission of India to look for an alternative to EVM saying that electronic voting machines (EVMs) are a threat to a vibrant democracy
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FPA dissociates from Shuja's claim of EVM hacking in 2014 LS polls
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 22 (ANI): The Foreign Press Association (FPA) has dissociated itself from the claims made by 'cybersecurity researcher' Syed Shuja at an event held in London on Monday.
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EVM Hackathon: Andhra CM demands ECI to revert to paper ballot system
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Jan 22 (ANI): Saying that electronic voting machines (EVMs) have turned out to be a big threat to democracy, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has demanded the Election Commission of India (ECI) to seek opinion of all political parties a
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Jaitley hits out at Congress over EVM issue
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 21 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday lashed out at the Congress for casting doubts over EMVs, asking whether the Election Commission, its millions of staffers and the elections during the UPA government in collusion with the BJP.
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EVM Hackathon: ECI contemplates legal action
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 21 (ANI): The Election Commission on Monday took a serious view of an event held in London, where it was claimed that EVMs could be tampered with, and threatened legal action.
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PM Modi panicking as elections approaching: Congress on EVM committee crit
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Jan 21 (ANI): The Congress on Sunday said that because Lok Sabha elections are on the horizon, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has started panicking and therefore is criticising the formation of the four-member committee for EVMs.
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BJP creating issues out of a slip of tongue laughable: Sharad Yadav on his
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 20 (ANI): Loktantrik Janata Dal leader Sharad Yadav on Sunday said it is "laughable" that the BJP is trying to create an issue out of his "slip of tongue" remark at a rally in Kolkata, where he said that the country was looted via the Bofors deal, which was signed by t
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4-member opposition committee on EVMs
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 19 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said that a four-member committee has been formed to take a call on the stand the opposition parties would have about the electronic voting machines (EVMs) in view of the coming Lok Sabha elec
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EC reviews Poll Preparedness with all State CEOs
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 13 (ANI): A two-day conference of the Chief Electoral Officers of all the States and Union Territories was organised by the Election commission on January 11 and 12 which focused on the integrity of the electoral roll, meticulous planning for elections, EVM and VVPA
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2019 Lok-Sabha polls: ECI to review poll preparedness
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Jan 10 (ANI): In order to review poll preparedness ahead of the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) will hold a two-day conference of Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) on 11 and 12 January.
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SC seeks Centre, EC's response over increase in tallying of VVPATs
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 7 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from the Central government and the Election Commission of India (ECI) over a plea seeking to increase the tallying of Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trails (VVPATs).
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BJP will ally with EVMs: Shiv Sena's pre-poll jibe
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Latur (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 6 (ANI): The Shiv Sena on Sunday asserted that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah's statement on pre-poll alliances has confirmed that the party does not want to side with people who believe in Hindutva, adding that the BJP is going to ally with ele
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