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Election Commission releases list of 65 lakh voters deleted from Bihar draft rolls
By Chennaivision on August 19, 2025

The Election Commission of India has uploaded the list of 65 lakh voters, whose names were removed from the Bihar draft electoral roll published on August 1 after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. The list of voters whose names were included in the Bihar voter list till 2025, but are not included in the draft roll have been uploaded… Continue reading "Election Commission releases list of 65 lakh voters deleted from Bihar draft rolls"
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PM Modi meets NDA’s Vice President candidate CP Radhakrishnan
By Chennaivision on August 19, 2025

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the NDA’s candidate for the Vice Presidential post, CP Radhakrishnan, in Delhi. In a post on X, Prime Minister Modi said, “Met Thiru CP Radhakrishnan Ji. Conveyed my best wishes on his being the NDA’s Vice Presidential nominee. His long years of public service and experience across domains will greatly enrich our nation. May he… Continue reading "PM Modi meets NDA’s Vice President candidate CP Radhakrishnan"
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BJP names Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan as NDA’s Vice Presidential candidate
By Chennaivision on August 18, 2025

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday announced Maharashtra Governor and BJP leader CP Radhakrishnan as the National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) candidate for the post of Vice President. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday announced Maharashtra Governor and BJP leader CP Radhakrishnan as the National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) candidate for the post of Vice President. According to sources, Radhakrishnan… Continue reading "BJP names Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan as NDA’s Vice Presidential candidate"
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Produce evidence or withdraw remarks: CEC Gyanesh Kumar
By Chennaivision on August 18, 2025

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday called the Opposition’s allegations of “vote theft” during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and discrepancies in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar’s electoral rolls false and baseless, saying that the public is being misled and the Constitution undermined through these charges, even as it again called upon Congress leader Rahul Gandhi… Continue reading "Produce evidence or withdraw remarks: CEC Gyanesh Kumar"
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Centre proposes reducing GST slabs from 4 to 2, may retain 5%, 18%
By Chennaivision on August 16, 2025

Goods and Services Tax (GST) be retained – 5 per cent and 18 percent – as per sources. Under this proposal, 90 per cent of the items in the 28 per cent will be moved to the 18 per cent slab, while 99 per cent of the items in the 12 per cent slab will be moved to the five… Continue reading "Centre proposes reducing GST slabs from 4 to 2, may retain 5%, 18%"
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PM Modi delivers 103-minute Independence Day speech
By Chennaivision on August 16, 2025

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday delivered his – and by any Prime Minister in history – longest Independence Day speech to date, as he addressed the nation for a remarkable 103 minutes (1 hour 43 minutes) from the ramparts of the Red Fort. The Prime Minister began his speech at 7.34am and concluded it at 9.17am. His public address… Continue reading "PM Modi delivers 103-minute Independence Day speech"
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Bihar SIR process voter-friendly: Supreme Court says 11 documents better than 7
By Chennaivision on August 14, 2025

The Supreme Court on Wednesday described Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls as “voter-friendly,” highlighting its expansion of acceptable identity documents and rejecting concerns about Aadhaar exclusion. “They are expanding the number of documents of identity. We understand your exclusionary arguments maybe with respect to Aadhaar, but the expansion of documents followed by SIR is in fact voter-friendly… Continue reading "Bihar SIR process voter-friendly: Supreme Court says 11 documents better than 7"
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PM Modi likely to visit U.S. for UNGA session next month
By Chennaivision on August 14, 2025

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to address the annual high-level session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in September, news agency PTI reported on Wednesday, citing a provisional list of speakers issued by the UN. US President Donald Trump is set to address the session, his first in his second term holding the post. PM Modi’s expected visit… Continue reading "PM Modi likely to visit U.S. for UNGA session next month"
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Lok Sabha Speaker sets in motion the process to remove Allahabad High Court Justice Yashwant Varma
By Chennaivision on August 13, 2025

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla announced Tuesday that he has accepted a resolution signed by 146 MPs across parties seeking the removal of Justice Yashwant Varma of the Allahabad High Court — who is facing allegations of “corruption” following the recovery of half-burnt wads of currency notes at his official residence — and set up a three-member committee to probe… Continue reading "Lok Sabha Speaker sets in motion the process to remove Allahabad High Court Justice Yashwant Varma"
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Aadhaar not proof of citizenship’: SC agrees with EC
By Chennaivision on August 13, 2025

The Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing petitions against the Election Commission’s (EC) special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar, with Justice Surya Kant stating that Aadhaar cannot be treated as proof of citizenship. The Supreme Court observed that the inclusion and exclusion of citizens and non-citizens from the electoral rolls falls within the remit of the… Continue reading "Aadhaar not proof of citizenship’: SC agrees with EC"

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