Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and NDA’s nominee, Venkaiah Naidu have cast their vote to elect India’s 15th vice-president. Parliamentarians started voting on Saturday and the polling has begun at 10am. The results will be announced by Saturday evening. With numbers in favor, the ruling NDA’s candidate Venkaiah Naidu is likely to[Read More…]
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Cabinet clears EC proposal to buy VVPAT-enabled EVMs
Following the Opposition’s protest over alleged EVM tampering,the Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the Election Commission (EC) proposal to buy new Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT)-enabled EVM machines. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced that the Centre will allot Rs 3174 crores for 16 lakh odd machines to BEL ECIL,[Read More…]
‘Honour of vote above daughter’s honour’, says veteran leader Sharad Yadav
In another sexist comment from politicians, Sharad Yadav, a senior leader of Bihar’s ruling party feels a ‘vote’ has more importance than a daughter’s honor. Yadav made this point on the importance of honesty in voting at an event in Patna on Tuesday. “People need to be educated about the[Read More…]