Two centenarian, US-based engineer among Chhattisgarh voters
Raipur, Nov 12 (IANS) Two women aged above 100 years and a US-based software engineer were among the lakhs who voted despite Maoist threats in …
Modi appeals to Chhattisgarh voters
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP national President Amit Shah on Monday urged voters to take part in large numbers …
Moore, Dawson urge voters to combat Trump’s immigration policies
Los Angeles, Nov 5 (IANS) Actors Rosario Dawson and Julianne Moore have urged voters to elect Democrats to combat the Trump administrations immigration policies. In …
EC denies quoting 10 lakh deleted voters in Delhi, Kejriwal ‘shocked’
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) The Election Commission on Friday called Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s claim about CEC confirming deletion of 10 lakh voters …
Congress seeks voters’ views for manifesto in Rajasthan
Jaipur, Nov 2 (IANS) The Congress in Rajasthan has sought suggestions of voters for drafting its manifesto, according to Sachin Pilot, state Congress president. At …
Kejriwal moves EC over deletion of voters’ names
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday alleged that names of lakhs of …
EC will have to gain voters’ confidence with EVMs: Zaidi
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Former Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi on Wednesday said the commission will have to gain the voters’ trust in Electronic …
BJP getting voters deleted from electoral rolls: AAP
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday accused the BJP of getting names of thousands of voters deleted from Delhi’s …
CEC justifies deletion of voters in Telangana
Hyderabad, Oct 24 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner O.P. Rawat on Wednesday justified deletion of lakhs of voters in Telangana saying the Election Commission used the …
‘Anonymous Facebook ads influenced nearly 10 mn British voters’
London, Oct 20 (IANS) An anonymous political campaign on Facebook has reached nearly 10 million voters, asking them via advertisements to oppose British Prime Minister …
Rain adds to voters’ reluctance in Srinagar, Ganderbal
Srinagar, Oct 16 (IANS) Early morning rain accompanied by chilly winds kept most voters at home on Tuesday, and only a few ventured out for …
Merkel wants to regain voters’ trust after Bavarian poll setback
Berlin, Oct 15 (IANS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday said she wanted to work towards regaining the lost trust of the electorate after her …
All parties must demand sanitised voters’ list: Kamal Nath
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath, who has petitioned the Supreme Court over the existence of a large number of duplicate …
SC reserves verdict on Congress plea on duplicate voters in MP
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its order on a plea by Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) president Kamal Nath …
EC to provide pick-up, drop facility to disabled voters
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Guided by the motto of “No voter to be left behind”, the Election Commission (EC) has ordered the election machinery …
Rajasthan adds 67.53 lakh new voters in 5 years
Jaipur, Sep 28 (IANS) Over the last five years, Rajasthan has added 67,53,000 new voters to take the total number of voters in the state …
7.68 lakh voters in Mizoram electoral lists
Aizawl, Sep 28 (IANS) As many as 768,181 persons have been registered as voters ahead of the Mizoram Assembly elections, likely to be held in …
SC defers hearing on Congress leaders’ plea on duplicate voters
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday deferred to September 27 the hearing on pleas of Congress leaders alleging the existence of …
Congress alleges deliberate manipulation in Telangana voters list
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Accusing the Telangana government of trying to vitiate the upcoming Assembly polls by “manipulating voters lists”, the Congress on Sunday …
Over 1 lakh duplicate voters in Jaipur deleted from electoral list
Jaipur, Sep 16 (IANS) A total of 1,05,299 duplicate/fake voters appeared in Jaipurs electoral rolls and all these have been deleted, said district collector Siddharth …
Most US voters oppose Trump’s impeachment: Poll
Washington, Sep 13 (IANS) The majority of US voters said they would not like to see Congress begin impeachment proceedings against US President Donald Trump, …
EC wants maximum voting by differently-abled eligible voters (Lead, correcting para 6)
Agartala, Sep 1 (IANS) The Election Commission would conduct intensive mapping aiming at getting the maximum number of differently-abled voters to exercise their franchise including …
EC wants maximum voting by differently-abled eligible voters
Agartala, Sep 1 (IANS) The Election Commission would conduct intensive mapping aiming at getting the maximum number of differently-abled voters to exercise their franchise including …
SC to EC: If voters list in text mode given in Rajasthan, why not in Madhya Pradesh
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The supreme Court on Friday asked the Election Commission to explain why it has not provided the draft voters’ list …
ABVP to attract first-time voters to BJP
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), student wing of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), on Wednesday said it had formulated a …
Voters must have ‘proper information’ about criminal antecedents of candidates: SC
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday favoured “proper” dissemination of information about criminal antecedents, if any, of the candidates being fielded …
SC seeks EC’s response on duplicate voters in MP, Rajasthan
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday sought the Election Commission’s response on a plea by Congress leaders alleging the existence of …
Chhattisgarh has 1.81 cr voters for assembly poll
Raipur, Aug 21 (IANS) The electoral roll for Chhattisgarh was published on Tuesday, placing the total number of voters at 1,81,79,435 ahead of assembly polls. …
EC to provide Braille photo ID cards to blind voters
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The Election Commission (EC) will provide Braille photo ID cards to visually challenged voters across the country, Chief Election Commissioner …
Poll shows 66% of US voters oppose family separations
Washington, June 19 (IANS) Sixty-six per cent of US voters oppose the administration’s controversial policy of separating children from their parents who get caught crossing …
Poll panel keen for maximum voting by disabled voters
Agartala, June 11 (IANS) The Election Commission, through its state panels, would conduct intensive mapping aiming at getting the maximum number of disabled eligible voters …
EC rejects Congress charges of fake voters in MP
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) After a probe, the Election Commission (EC) has rejected Congress’ charges of enrolment of fake voters on a large scale …
Congress blames BJP for 60 lakh fake voters in MP
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The Congress on Sunday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of deliberately enrolling approximately 60 lakh fake voters in the …
By poll blues hit BJP in UP as voters give thumbs-up to opposition unity
Lucknow, May 31 (IANS) With a resurgent and united opposition on Thursday wresting both Kairana Lok Sabha seat and the Noorpur Assembly seat from the …
Over 66% voters favour scrapping anti-abortion laws in Ireland
Dublin, May 27 (IANS) A total of 66.4 per cent of voters voted to scrap the present anti-abortion laws in Ireland in a referendum, according …
Betrayed voters waiting to bid good-bye to BJP in state, centre: Pilot
Jaipur, May 26 (IANS) Anarchy has been ruling the roost in Rajasthan as well as India under the ruling BJP and the betrayed voters are …
Poll suggests working-class and ‘elite’ voters favour PCs
TORONTO All polls now strongly suggest a PC majority on June 7th and it is Doug Ford’s folksy appeal to “the people” and disdain for …
Rahul thanks Congress voters, says will fight for them
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday thanked people in Karnataka who had voted for the party in the assembly polls …
Karnataka voters rejected divisive politics of Congress: Sitharaman (Lead, correcting 2nd para)
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday the people of Karnataka have rejected the “divisive, toxic and very negative” politics …
Modi visited temples in Nepal to influence voters, says Gehlot
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Saturday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for visiting temples in Nepal when polling was …
First-time voters get free dosas in Bengaluru
Bengaluru, May 12 (IANS) In a bid to encourage first-time voters, an eatery here was giving away free dosas to those had voted in the …