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Why are close to 1.08 crore voters staring at mass exclusion? | Decode Karnataka

August 21, 2026 admin

1,07,96,415 crore, that is the number of voters facing possible exclusion from the Karnataka’s electoral rolls after being categorised as Absent, Shifted, Dead, Duplicate and Others (ASDDO), following the conclusion of enumeration phase on August 17. At close to1.08 crore, that is close to one-fifth of the State’s electorate. With the draft electoral roll scheduled…

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Madras High Court restrains Election Commission from notifying byelections in five constituencies in Tamil Nadu

July 10, 2026 admin

The Madras High Court on Friday (July 10, 2026) restrained the Election Commission of India (ECI) from notifying byelections to Tiruchi East, Perundurai, Ambasamudram, Viralimalai, and Karur Assembly constituencies until July 31, 2026, because, though the elected representatives of these constituencies had resigned, their victories had been challenged by way of election petitions before the…

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ECI asks both factions of TMC to submit responses on organisational elections

July 6, 2026 admin

Members of Rebel Trinamool Faction led by Ritabrata Banerjee, address the media after meeting the Election Commission in New Delhi on July 02, 2026. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap The Election Commission of India (ECI) has written to both factions of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), led by Mamata Banerjee and Ritabrata Banerjee, respectively, seeking…

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Telangana HC asks ECI to consider Urdu forms in SIR exercise

June 29, 2026 admin

Booth Level Officers (BLOs) distribute enumeration forms during a house visit as part of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls at Banjara Hills in Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G. Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy of the Telangana High Court on Monday asked the Election Commission of India to consider a petitioner’s request to provide…

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Lows of the land: On Meenakshi Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha nomination

June 11, 2026 admin

The rejection of Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination for the Rajya Sabha election from Madhya Pradesh raises questions of institutional integrity and procedural fairness, going beyond the fate of a single candidate. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the matter on Friday. Meanwhile, all three BJP candidates have been declared elected unopposed, raising further…

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Senior IPS officer Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal appointed Head of the Tamil Nadu Police

May 29, 2026 admin

The Tamil Nadu government has written to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to relieve Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal from the BSF, according to official sources. The Tamil Nadu government on Friday appointed senior IPS officer Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal as the Director-General of Police and Head of the Police Force. The 1994-Batch IPS officer is serving as…

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Rajya Sabha defections, constitutional questions

May 26, 2026 admin

The recent developments within the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), appear to have dealt a decisive blow to its representation in the Rajya Sabha. On April 24, 2026, seven out of its 10 sitting Members of Parliament, publicly announced that over two-thirds of the party’s MPs had decided to merge with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),…

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Karnataka: Biennial polls to 7 Council seats from Assembly on June 18

May 26, 2026 admin

According to an announcement by the Election Commission of India, the notification regarding the biennial polls will be issued on June 1. | Photo Credit: File photo The biennial elections to seven council seats in Karnataka from the MLAs’ quota will be held on June 18. According to an announcement in this regard by the…

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Around 83% of candidates lost their deposit in Tamil Nadu polls, says ECI

May 13, 2026 admin

Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam supporters burst crackers and distribute sweets in Tiruchi, celebrating the swearing-in of party president C. Joseph Vijay as Chief Minister on May 10, 2026. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Around 83% of candidates in Tamil Nadu lost their deposit in the recently concluded Assembly polls, followed by West Bengal, where 78% lost…

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EC publishes Index Cards for Assembly polls

May 9, 2026 admin

Logo of Election Commission of India in New Delhi. File The Election Commission of India on Friday published Index Cards and the Statistical Reports for the Assembly elections of four States and Union Territories where elections were concluded recently. According to data made available in the public domain through the EC website and the ECINET…

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