Telangana Congress leaders called to Delhi on October 12
Telangana Congress requests leaders to report to New Delhi for October 12 rally demanding scrapping SIR and CEC resignation.
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Sensitive polling booth data being collected to ensure free and fair elections: Vizianagaram Collector Ramsundar Reddy
The election will be held for Nellimarla, Rajam Nagara Panchayats, 27 Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituencies and Mandala Parishad Territorial constituencies
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Nedurumalli Ram Kumar vows to gift Venkatagiri municipality to Jagan
Party activists from all 36 wards of the town reached Mr. Ram Kumar’s residence, expressing support in favour of the municipal chairperson candidate Boligarla Deevena.
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Delhi protest: Stopped at police barricades, daily-wage workers lose day’s earnings
As Delhi turned into a fortress ahead of the protest demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation, mostly only people with government ID cards were allowed to proceed towards Central Delhi
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Ensure landslide victory for Sarvotham Reddy in Graduates’ MLC election, Bhatti Vikramarka to Congress cadres
Congress aims for a landslide win in Graduates’ MLC election as Bhatti Vikramarka mobilizes cadres in Khammam for voter registration and welfare outreach.
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ABVP victory in Odisha student union polls stern response to anti-national forces: Amit Shah
In the October 15 elections, the RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) secured victories in eight of 13 state universities and in several colleges across the State
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BJP wrests Assam’s Nagaon Lok Sabha seat after seven years
The party made inroads into areas dominated by Muslims, who, according to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, account for 62% of the constituency’s voters
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Kala Venkata Rao’s daughter in law in Vizianagaram Zilla Parishad chairperson’s race
She is likely to contest either from Garividi or Gurla Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituency (ZPTC), which is the first step to get the chairperson’s post in the election
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Byelection outcome a ‘temporary victory for politics of betrayal’, says Stalin
He says the votes polled by the parties that contested against the ruling TVK shows that it has been rejected by a majority of voters
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West Bengal SIR: Supreme Court mulls having tribunals first hear deleted voters seeking re-inclusion
The Court suggested lakhs of voters seeking inclusion in the West Bengal electoral roll should be heard first, while appeals for exclusion are taken up last
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Special voter registration camps in colleges and house-to-house verification campaign
The Voter Registration Officers have set up the camps for disposal of notices/claims and objections and enrolment of all eligible electors
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Haryana CEO launches three-day drive to clear pending SIR notices
As part of the drive, 57,339 pending hearing cases were disposed on October 7 and 8, reducing the number of cases awaiting hearings to 2,85,834 of the total notices generated in the State
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ECINet was designed to centralise all deletions, additions from BJP headquarters: Congress
Jairam Ramesh shared a screenshot of a media report which quoted a security researcher as saying that he warned the ECI and the country's cyber-security agency, CERT-In, about flaws in the Commission's voter-services website and its ECINet app in July
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No political party can do politics in Bihar without JD(U), says Sanjay Jha
Mr. Jha asserted that the 2025 Bihar assembly election was contested on the face of Nitish and his leadership.
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Odisha govt. forms panel to study SEBC political backwardness
The decision assumes significance as both panchayat and urban local body polls are scheduled to be held next year
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Police personnel urged to prepare action plan for upcoming local body elections
Addressing the election preparedness meeting, officials assess the law and order situation, pending cases, arrests, crimes against women and girls, social media, political, and SC/ST atrocities cases
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Telangana SIR: BLOs being forced to accept Form-7s without signature of applicants
In a fresh instance, the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) of Goshamahal constituency spoke up against bulk submission of Form-7s and warned the political parties of action if BLOs are pressured into accepting such forms
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Why the Election Commission refused Rahul Gandhi’s request to meet
The Election Commission of India has responded to the INDIA bloc’s protest in Delhi, saying the Opposition’s request for a meeting outside the Commission’s headquarters was unusual and could not be accepted under established procedures.
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SP decides not a field a third candidate for the Rajya Sabha election
The focus is on the Assembly election, Akhilesh Yadav says, with the party preparing to contest all the Assembly seats
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Rahul calls SIR ‘treason’ as INDIA unites against ECI; MPs detained
Rahul leads sit-in at Akashvani Bhawan after protest march to ECI headquarters stopped; LoP says PM Modi “stole votes to hijack the country”; Opposition leaders demand CEC’s removal, scrapping of SIR and restoration of deleted voters in rolls
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Prakash Raj flags attempts to divide country into those with voting rights and, those without votes
He also pointed out how the BJP government brought in two legislations to amend the way in which the Chief Election Commissioner was chosen
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About 76% voter turnout in Nagaon Lok Sabha bypoll
Election officials said the figure is expected to increase as voters who entered polling stations before 5 p.m. were allowed to exercise their franchise
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Video clip of Dharapuram TVK candidate saying she ‘spent ₹31 crore’ on poll submitted to ECI
In the video, it is unclear whether P. Sathyabama was referring to the 2026 Assembly election or the subsequent bypoll
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21 sets of nominations filed for West Graduates’ Constituency poll on last day; BJP’s show of strength; In all 18 candidates, filed 36 sets
As many as 21 sets of nomination papers were filed on Tuesday, the last day for filing nomination papers for the election to Karnataka West Graduates’ Constituency of Karnataka Legislative Council, taking the total number of nomination papers filed so far to 36 by 18 candidates
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