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In a significant retreat amid mounting institutional friction and political scrutiny, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has removed a contentious Special Intensive Revision (SIR) declaration from its online voter registration portal, ECINET. The digital modification—inserted directly into statutory Form 6 used for new voter enrollment—was dropped for states where …

The Delhi High Court dismissed the bail pleas of former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Umar Khalid and activist Sharjeel Imam in connection with the alleged “larger conspiracy” behind the 2020 northeast Delhi communal riots. A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M. Singh and Justice Dinesh Bhatt rejected their appeals …

In a massive counter-terrorism victory, security forces in Jammu and Kashmir gunned down a top Pakistani commander of the Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in an overnight gunfight in Budgam district. Identified by the Indian Army as Mohammad Asif alias Hashim Moosa, the terrorist had carried a cash bounty of …

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar faces one of the sharpest political and institutional storms to hit Nirvachan Sadan in decades. A united opposition front led by the INDIA bloc has mounted a coordinated, two-pronged offensive against the head of the Election Commission of India (ECI), taking the battle from …

A fierce political face-off erupted in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly as Leader of Opposition (LoP) Sunil Sharma strongly condemned the ruling National Conference (NC) over its newly passed statehood resolution. Addressing reporters and party functionaries at the BJP headquarters in Srinagar, Sharma made it clear that while the …

In an extraordinary show of institutional empathy and child-centric jurisprudence, the Delhi High Court ordered that an emotional, handwritten-style message penned by a trial court judge be officially printed and delivered to a 10-year-old child sexual assault survivor alongside her statutory compensation. While handing down a sentence of natural life …

In an unconventional push to enforce compliance and tackle the massive pile-up of unpaid traffic fines across the country, the Supreme Court of India suggested that authorities explore linking outstanding e-challans directly to vehicle owners’ electricity bills. Observing that issuing digital fines accomplishes little if violators simply ignore them, the …

A major political storm has erupted in the national capital as Delhi Police registered a non-cognisable report (NCR) against Delhi Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Parvesh Verma after a viral video captured him slapping a 22-year-old youth during an on-site road inspection in West Delhi’s Tilak Nagar. The legal report …

A major political row has erupted over Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar after former Kerala Chief Secretary Jiji Thomson claimed that Kumar had urged him to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate. Citing the disclosure, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok …

In a bid to address concerns surrounding internal friction and data oversight, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has ordered an expert review of its digital voter-management platform, ECINet. Following an exhaustive full-commission meeting at Nirvachan Sadan chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar alongside Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu …