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Newly-appointed Chief Election Commissioner Om Prakash Rawat advocated for this proposal in an interview last year.

While February 18 has been finalised for Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland will be holding their round of elections on February 27 simultaneously.

In 2010, Rawat was bestowed with the Prime Minister’s Award during his tenure as the principal secretary (SC/ST Welfare Department) in Madhya Pradesh, for excellence in Public Administration for the group initiative “Recognition of Forest Rights.”

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley disclosed details of the electoral bond scheme. Analysts are not convinced.

Both unaccounted money and violence have undermined Indian democracy for years, and it's time something is done about it.

Training sessions, programmes and seminars will make the students aware.

Half of our population is below the age of 25, so we need a more representative democracy.

It was a landmark 2013 Supreme Court judgement, which paved the way for the introduction of None of the Above (NOTA) option in electronic voting machines.

Every person inside the counting hall is required by law to maintain, and aid to maintaining, the secrecy of voting.

A state with some of the remotest polling booths in the country, Himachal Pradesh has a number of Newtons who put duty before comfort and safety.