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SC agrees to hear PIL backing prisoners' right to vote
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi, April 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court (SC) has agreed to hear a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging a provision of the Representation of People Act, which deprives prisoners their right to vote.
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Election awareness drive inaugurated by ADGP Bhaskar Rao
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India] April 10 (ANI/NewsVoir): A unique election awareness drive was initiated by a few youngsters in Bangalore, urging fellow colleagues to use their right to vote.
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Andhra Pradesh: Polling officers cast votes via postal ballots
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Apr 06 (ANI): In a bid to make sure the right to vote is exercised, persons engaged in election duty were allowed to vote for Machilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency candidates through a postal ballot system here in Krishna district on Friday.
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Online voting technology of Right2Vote is now certified by Government of I
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] March 25 (ANI/BusinessWireIndia): The world's biggest democracy - India is going to polls in few days and lack of an online voting option is frustrating for a lot of citizens. The 20 million plus NRI community, which has been fighting for their right to vote i
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Bangladesh: Women barred from voting in two constituencies
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 30 (ANI): In the polling for the 11th General Elections in Bangladesh on Sunday, women were denied the right to vote in the constituencies of Noakhali-4 and Chattogram-2.
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Telangana polls: CM Naidu urges electorates to exercise 'right to vote'
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Amravati (Andhra Pradesh), [India] Dec 7 (ANI): With polling underway in Telangana to elect a new assembly, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Friday urged the electorates to exercise their 'right to vote'.
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Feminism is about fairness: Meghan Markle
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 28 (ANI): Meghan Markle shared her feminist side with the world in a powerful speech about women's right to vote, and said feminism is about fairness.
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K'taka polls: It's my democratic right to vote, says Mallya
Updated : 8 years ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Apr. 27 (ANI): Ahead of the upcoming Karnataka Assembly polls, liquor baron Vijay Mallya on Friday said that it is his democratic right to vote in the state.
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BMC elections 2017: Shah Rukh Khan casts his vote
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb. 21 (ANI): With many Bollywood actors promoting the message to exercise their right to vote, superstar Shah Rukh Khan too cast his vote for the 2017 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls in the Mount Marry church and high school in Bandra, Mumbai.
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Mayawati appeals Muslim voters to exercise their right to vote wisely
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan. 21 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday urged the Muslim voters to cast their votes in favour of her, and not in support of the ruling Samajwadi Party, in order to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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