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The Election Commission has declined an RTI request for the name and version of its ECINET software, citing commercial confidence, and says no new software was bought for the SIR. Separately, officials expect five to six lakh more deletions in Telangana after a duplicate-flagging tool runs.
Prateek Rawat4 min
A cleanliness drive at Mandleshwar in Khargone district found 343 voter ID cards with Indore addresses along the Narmada on Sunday. Revenue officials seized them and police are investigating. The Congress alleges vote theft and wants an FIR; how the cards got there is not known.
Amita Sahani4 min
Rahul Gandhi has invited students, farmers, workers, women, youth and traders to a march and rally at Ramlila Maidan on 1 November. In Patna, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge demanded an end to the revision of electoral rolls, ballot papers and annulment of two years of assembly polls.
Reyaansh Agarawal4 min
The opposition INDIA bloc will hold a symbolic 'public impeachment' of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar at Hotel Ashok in Delhi on 30 October, and a 'Dilli Chalo' march to Ramlila Maidan on 1 November. Both are aimed at the revision of electoral rolls.
Reyaansh Agarawal4 min
In his Vijayadashami address in Nagpur, the RSS chief warned that agitations aimed at toppling governments solve nothing, citing Bangladesh, Nepal, France and Albania. Congress replied that it wants fair elections, not regime change.
Prateek Rawat5 min
A Delhi magistrate extended the judicial custody of Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das to Wednesday, rejected their sureties and said their conduct showed no respect for law. Police had sought five days. The party calls the hearing a farce and will appeal.
Prateek Rawat5 min
