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Today in Politics: An update on SIR revision from the EC and an appeal by Bihar Chief Electoral Officer

July 13, 2025 10:22 am

The qualifying date mentioned in the letter indicates that while the nationwide exercise may start soon, a final timeline for the rest of the country is yet to be decided — though the aim is to include everyone who turns 18 years of age by January 1, 2026.

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Over 2,900 senior citizens and people with disabilities apply for home voting in Delhi

January 14, 2025 3:37 pm

Senior citizens aged 85 years and above and people with 40% benchmark disabilities can apply till January 15 for home voting during the Delhi Assembly elections.

Voters can check length of queues at polling booths, says Punjab CEO

May 26, 2024 8:52 am

By entering booth number, the voters will receive real-time information on how many people are standing in the queue at that booth

Propaganda posters, banners and advertisements have been removed from government properties

CEO: 1.6 lakh political posters, banners removed from govt properties, 58.6K from pvt sites

March 28, 2024 9:12 am

Cash worth Rs 1.16 crore has been seized so far by 756 flying squads operating in the state for monitoring and control of election expenditure, Bharathi stated during a press briefing Wednesday.

Gujarat Chief Electoral Officer P Bharathi: 'The gender ratio in 18-19 voter group in Gujarat is very low, at 660. Young female voters are not getting enrolled'

August 21, 2022 10:50 am

"As per draft electoral rolls published on August 12, there are 4.83 crore eligible voters. This includes 2.5 crore male and 2.33 crore female voters," said P Bharathi.

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Maharashtra gets new chief electoral officer

July 12, 2019 2:04 pm

Singh was on central deputation as the development commissioner of the Santa Cruz Electronics Export Processing Zone, SEZ Mumbai, from July 2017, and has only recently been repatriated to the state cadre.

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Surendra Kumar new Chief Electoral Officer of Odisha

February 01, 2018 4:38 pm

Kumar, a 1993 batch IAS officer is currently serving as the principal secretary in ST and SC Welfare Department with additional charge as the Principal Secretary of Information & Public Relations (I&PR) Department of Odisha government.

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Poll process in Nagaland will not be hampered: CEO

January 30, 2018 10:28 pm

The decision was taken at a meeting called by the Core Committee of Nagaland Tribal Organisations and Civil Societies (CCNTOCS), and attended by representatives of the 11 parties including the BJP, Congress, JD(U) and 7 Naga Nationalist Political Groups (NNPGs).