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EVM credible, ballot paper worst alternative, say former election commissi
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 16 (ANI): Amidst growing skepticism among political parties over the credibility of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), former chief election commissioners (CEC) on Sunday asserted that machines cannot be hacked and thereby backed the Election Commission for throwi
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Nothing wrong with EVM when Opposition wins, only when they lose: Centre
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Apr 15 (ANI): Launching a veiled attack on the Opposition, the Centre on Saturday asserted that questioning the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) simply meant questioning the Election Commission of India.
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ECI must ensure people's trust won't be destroyed: Congress
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 15 (ANI): The Congress on Saturday said that the Election Commission of India (ECI) must take necessary steps to solve the issue of alleged electronic vote tampering.
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SEC forwards Kejriwal's demand for postponing Delhi MCD polls to ECI
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 15 (ANI): Delhi Election Commissioner M.K. Srivastava, while replying to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal's demand of postponing the MCD polls by a month or two, has asserted that his letter was forwarded to the Election Commission of India (ECI), wh
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UP: State EC demands new EVMs for municipal polls
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India] Apr. 13 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission on Thursday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to either provide new Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) or allow them to conduct the municipal polls using ballot paper.
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SC seeks reply from Centre, EC on plea challenging use of EVMs without VVP
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Election Commission (EC) and Centre seeking their response by May 8 in the plea filed by Samajwadi Party (SP) lawmaker Ataur Rehman challenging the use of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the electio
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Oppn quotes 2013 order, says SC in favour of paper trail machines
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 13 (ANI): Quoting the Supreme Court's 2013 judgement upholding paper trail machines as indispensable for fair and transparent elections, the counsels appearing on behalf of the opposition parties on Thursday said the apex court has issued notice to the Election C
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Left for all-party meet, says confidence on EVMs 'stands shaken'
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 13 (ANI): Communist Party of India (CPI) leader D Raja on Thursday said the confidence on the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) stands shaken, adding the ball is now in the Election Commission's court to restore confidence of skeptics on the same.
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Those involved will never expose themselves: Digvijaya on EC's open c
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 13 (ANI): Launching a veiled attack on the Election Commission of India (ECI) over its open challenge, Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Thursday questioned the poll watchdog, citing those who are involved in the 'roaring' business of hacking wou
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EC throws open challenge, dares to hack EVMs from May
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 12 (ANI): Following concerns raised by the Opposition parties over the alleged tampering of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) post assembly polls, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday threw an open challenge to the party leaders and dared them to hack t
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Re-polling on 38 stations of Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency on April 13:
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 11 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday announced re-polling on 38 polling stations of Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency on April 13.
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Will encourage Kashmiris to vote in large numbers, assures Centre
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr.11 (ANI): With the Election Commission deferring the Anantnag by-polls till May 25 in wake of the tensions in the Valley, the Centre on Tuesday assured that it would try its best to encourage the Kashmiris to vote in large numbers in the upcoming elections.
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