EC Clarifies Rules as Bihar Voter Roll Drive Starts Today
Hindustan Times Patna
|June 29, 2025
The Election Commission made crucial clarifications — with some rules eased — regarding its controversial "special intensive" voter verification drive in Bihar, allowing residents to submit forms based on self-declaration without documentary proof at the draft stage, as it sought to navigate massive logistical challenges and quell criticism that the exercise could lead to mass disenfranchisement.
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With new tax, cigs to cost more from Feb 1
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Restoring trust in the State, the Chhattisgarh experience
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CM announces panel to identify, honour '48 Kharsawan martyrs
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January 02, 2026
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TAIWAN VOWS TO DEFEND ITSELF AFTER CHINA DRILLS, XI SPEECH
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January 02, 2026
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Why phasing out fossil fuels remains a challenge
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January 02, 2026
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Kriti steps into NY with 20th Hindi film
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January 02, 2026
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Managing wealth and assets in the New Year
The third ashram of life, vanaprastha or retirement, is a good time to practise active detachment and consolidate assets
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January 02, 2026
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