EVMs are 'electronic victory machines' for Congress: BJPOctober 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday blamed the electronic voting machines (EVMs) for its defeat in state elections, saying the EVMs had become "electronic victory machines" for the Congress. "The electronic voting machines are electronic victory machines for the Congress," Naqvi told reporters here.
Promising the moon, BJP seeks chance to rule HaryanaSeptember 29th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) election manifesto for Harayana assembly polls that was released Tuesday has promises for all sections of the society, while the party urged the voters to offer it an opportunity to rule the state. "Haryana has seen governments of all parties.
BJP banking on youth power in Haryana electionsSeptember 22nd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is contesting on its own all the 90 seats in the Haryana assembly elections next month, is banking on youth energy by fielding many young candidates. The average age of the BJP candidates contesting in the Haryana assembly elections is 45 years.
12 lakh new voters registered in HaryanaSeptember 5th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Between the general elections in April-May and now, the Election Commission of India has registered 12 lakh new voters in Haryana, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Navin Chawla said Saturday. He was speaking to reporters after the full commission met with Haryana government officials on the preparations for the Oct 13 assembly polls.
Elections in Maharashtra, Haryana, Arunachal on Oct 13 (Second Lead)August 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The three Congress-ruled states of Haryana, Maharashtra and Arunachal Pradesh will elect new assemblies Oct 13 in the first popularity test after the April-May Lok Sabha elections. The Election Commission said the results of the single-phase balloting will be known Oct 22.
BJP breaks alliance with INLD in HaryanaAugust 24th, 2009 Indo-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE
CHANDIGARH - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday announced that it had decided to break its alliance with the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) in Haryana and would go it alone in the assembly elections in the state. "We have broken our tie-up with INLD and would go for the forthcoming assembly polls alone," Vijay Goel, BJP general secretary in charge of the party's Haryana affairs, told reporters here.
BJP all set to sever its ties with INLD in HaryanaAugust 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to sever its ties with the Om Praksh Chautala led Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) in Haryana on Monday. According to sources, the BJP Haryana Unit President Krishan Pal Gurjar is expected to make a formal announcement on the issue.
Poll panel allows petitioners to show EVM's tamperbilityAugust 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Monday met petitioners who have filed cases in courts across the country challenging the efficacy of electronic voting machines (EVMs) and agreed to offer machines so they could demonstrate their claims of tamperability. We met the Election Commission and demanded it offer us EVMs to demonstrate that these can be tampered with.
PMK to show Election Commission how EVMs can be tamperedAugust 12th, 2009 CHENNAI - The Madras High Court Wednesday permitted political party PMK to demonstrate to election commission officials how the electronic voting machine (EVM) can be manipulated. Hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by PMK's G.K.
EVMs can be manipulated, claim expertsAugust 2nd, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - An electronic experts group Saturday challenged the poll panel's claim that the electronic voting machines (EVM) are tamper proof, and said the voting devices can be tampered with in many ways. Claiming that there are loopholes in the EVMs, the expert team here demonstrated how the machines can be tampered through a prototype EVM they have developed.
EVMs foolproof, no plan to scrap them, says poll panelJuly 17th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Election Commission of India (ECI) has no plans to scrap the electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the country, Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi said here Friday.
EVMs are tamper-proof, says poll panelJuly 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Sunday asserted the electronic voting machines being used to conduct the polls in the country were tamper-proof and reliable, as it replied to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani's apprehensions on the gadgets.
CPI (M) joins BJP's demand for reverting to Ballot paper systemJuly 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury on Sunday supported Bharatiya Janata Party concerns over the unreliability of the Electronic Voting Machines, (EVMs). Yechury told reporters in the national capital on Sunday that if the need be, the country should revert back to ballot paper, so that the records could be maintained.
Voting machines 'manipulated' in Orissa polls, claims AzadJune 18th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Congress general secretary in charge of the party's affairs in Orissa Ghulam Nabi Azad Thursday alleged "manipulation" of electronic voting machines (EVMs) had led to the party's defeat in the assembly and parliamentary elections in the state. "EVMs were manipulated during the poll which resulted in defeat of many Congress candidates," Azad said in a press conference here.
Trader shot at, robbed of Rs 2.5 million in DelhiJune 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A trader was shot at and robbed of Rs. 2.5 million by four assailants in the capital, police said Friday.
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