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Karnataka: SIR Interrogated

A report, The SIR Investigation Report—A Narrative of Betrayal and Tears was released by the Anti-SIR Alliance and the Citizens’ Vote Protection Committee today; the report documents the (mal) implementation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka

Rudra exit poll: 30 of 48 seats for MVA in Maharashtra, Mahayuti below 15

As per the said exit-poll, Shiv Sena (UBT) will be winning the most seats at 14, followed by Congress with 12 seats, and both the NCP-SP and BJP getting 8 seats each; DB Live, a digital channel of the Deshbandhu newspaper, predicts 28-30 seats for MVA

Hasty exit poll conducted during the seventh phase of voting in Bengal

National News Channels gave major seats share to NDA whereas Bengal’s local channel predicts victory of India bloc in Bengal with 22-24 seats

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India’s Sixth Phase of elections marked by missing voters and discrimination: Independent Election Observers (IEO)

Interim report of the Citizens Watch process in the national Capital city

Former Justice KM Joseph: ECI doing the greatest disservice to the constitution and the founding fathers by not taking action against those seeking vote...

In his speech, Justice Joseph speaks on the importance of a free media and an impartial ECI to maintain the values enshrined in our Preamble and the Constitution

Bihar: RJD’s petition booth capturing and rigging at Munger dismissed by SC

The Supreme Court has directed RJD to take the matter up with the Patna High Court after RJD’s Anita Kumari filed her petition claiming that Bihar’s Munger has witnessed bogus voting, booth capturing, and prevention of backward castes from voting.

What Nehru Flagged as ‘Most Dangerous’ Modi Now Invokes for Votes

Nehru also flagged Syama Prasad’s statements that communalism and separatism were not the real problems of India as much as poverty and unemployment were.

Haryana Police body complains to Election Commissioner over votes stolen from them

HPS alleges that senior officials asked policemen deployed in election duty to handover their Form 12 with details and Unstamped Ballot Papers. Form 12 is a formal application for election duty staff to cast their votes through postal ballot.

MHA grants citizenship to applicants from West Bengal, Haryana, Uttarakhand; number of those granted citizenship not revealed

This is the second time since notification of CAA rules that citizenship have been granted to people; development comes as West Bengal goes to polling on June 1, 2024

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Karnataka: SIR Interrogated

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