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  Election Commission opposes public release of polling station footage, citing voter privacy

  India | June 21, 2025 16:32 IST

  To prevent potential misuse and misinformation, EC has instructed state poll officials to dispose of video recordings—such as CCTV footage and webcast content—after the mandated 45-day period, unless an election petition is filed.

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  Delhi Elections 2025: Restaurants offer special discounts and deals to voters on poll day

  Lifestyle | February 05, 2025 12:29 IST

  Get rewarded for voting in the Delhi Elections 2025! Restaurants in Delhi are offering special discounts and deals to voters on poll day. Check here to find out which restaurants are participating.

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  Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Kapil Sibal urges Election Commission to publish poll-related data

  India | May 23, 2024 14:45 IST

  Kapil Sibal's statement comes after EC yesterday filed an affidavit in SC saying disclosure of voter turnout data based on Form 17C (records of votes polled in each polling station) will cause confusion among voters as it will also include postal ballot counts.

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  AAP shares new video of presiding officer 'tampering' with ballot papers in Chandigarh Mayoral Polls

  India | February 06, 2024 11:27 IST

  A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra expressed annoyance after watching the video of the electoral proceedings and said that, prima facie, the returning officer was defacing the ballot papers.

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  Elon Musk says only verified users will be able to vote in X polls

  Technology | September 03, 2023 19:14 IST

  Currently, anyone can vote in Twitter polls, even if they are not a verified user. This has led to concerns that bots could be used to skew the results of polls or create the illusion of public support for a particular viewpoint.

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  Know how to conduct Polls in Google Meet: Quick and easy

  July 25, 2023 15:07 IST

  The Polls feature on Google Meet aims to make virtual interactions more interactive and inclusive that enables hosts and moderators to gather feedback and keep participants engaged seamlessly and efficiently.

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  WhatsApp may limit polls to only 1 choice on the Android beta

  March 17, 2023 18:45 IST

  Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp might limit the poll choice to only 1 on the Android Beta version to make poll results clearer and more accurate.

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  WhatsApp Copying Telegram- Set to launch 'Poll' Feature for Group Chats

  Technology | March 07, 2022 18:25 IST

  It is reported that WhatsApp is working on introducing the Telegram's Poll feature in their application. The new feature will be first made available on iOS devices and later will be introduced to Android devices and desktops.

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  Goa Elections: Congress promises law protecting land rights of locals ahead of polls

  Elections | December 05, 2021 13:38 IST

  Chidamdaram is the Congress' senior election observer for the Goa Assembly polls due early next year.

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  Gilgit-Baltistan assembly election concludes amid tight security; counting begins

  World | November 15, 2020 21:06 IST

  Voters donning face masks cast their ballots on Sunday in Gilgit-Baltistan in northern Pakistan amidst tight security in the third legislative assembly election, believed to be the most hotly contested polls the region has ever seen.

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  Polling for 151 urban bodies in Chhattisgarh tomorrow

  Elections | December 20, 2019 23:47 IST

  Polling will be held from 8 am to 5 pm, he added. Over 10,000 candidates are in the fray, while the number of eligible voters is 40,05,353, including 20,00,303 women and 443 third gender persons.

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  DMK to fight local body polls with allies

  Politics | November 11, 2019 18:27 IST

  The DMK President M.K. Stalin on Monday said the party will fight the local body elections in alliance with other parties. He said he is eagerly waiting for the elections

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  Socialists win Spain polls amid far right surge

  World | November 11, 2019 14:42 IST

  The election on Sunday was necessitated after the PSOE fell short of a majority and was unable to form a coalition after the last polls which were held in April.

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  SL polls: Women told to remove face covering before voting

  World | November 07, 2019 11:33 IST

  Speaking to Daily Mirror on Wednesday, EC Director-General Saman Sri Ratnayake said what was required was for a woman prove her identity inside the polling centre when she was given a ballot paper.  

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  Republicans suffer setbacks in US state polls

  World | November 06, 2019 13:46 IST

  Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin lost re-election very narrowly on Tuesday by less than half-a-per cent or about 5,100 votes, but the loss is significant because Trump had won Kentucky in the 2016 presidential election with a 30 per cent lead.

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  Abhishek Banerjee sets target of over 250 seats for TMC in 2021 poll

  India | August 28, 2019 19:18 IST

  Abhishek, who heads the youth wing of the TMC and is nephew of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, said the BJP's thinking of winning Bengal has no basis. "In the next assembly poll in 2021, we should fight to win 250 plus seats in the state. The BJP thinks it can win Bengal. But they are wrong.

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  Counting of votes in Vellore Lok Sabha seat on Friday

  India | August 08, 2019 16:16 IST

  Of the 28 candidates who contested the polls held on August 5, the main contest is between A.C. Shanmugam of the AIADMK and D.M. Kathir Anand of the DMK. 

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  Nitish advocates for "court ruling or dialogue" on BJP's polls promise of scrapping Article 370

  India | June 10, 2019 19:51 IST

  Bihar CM Nitish Kumar Monday refrained from making a direct comment on what his party would do if the BJP-led central government goes ahead with its poll promise of scrapping Article 370, which gives special autonomous status to Jammu and Kashmir.  

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  SC asks EC to decide on pleas for re-scheduling voting time from 7 am to 5 pm during Ramadan

  May 02, 2019 11:34 IST

  The general election is currently being held in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha.

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  Lok Sabha polls: Rahul Gandhi asks people to 'vote wisely for the soul of India'

  April 11, 2019 10:18 IST

  "You vote today for the soul of India. For her future. Vote wisely," Rahul Gandhi wrote on Twitter.