SIR Finds Foreign Nationals Account for Less Than 0.012% of Bihar’s Voters
Ground reporting across three districts suggests that many of those disqualified were Nepali women married to Indian men. Published by: […]
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Bihar: 36 Key Election Officials Have Overstayed Their Terms Because of SIR
These officials continue to hold their posts for longer than the mandatory three-year-long limit because of their involvement in the
Not Just Pawan Khera: JD(U) Leader Nihora Prasad Yadav Also Had Two EPIC Numbers From Two Booths
Yadav’s registration from one of these two booths was struck off from the Election Commission of India’s draft electorate rolls
Bihar SIR: Without Clear Instructions, BLOs Used Arbitrary Methods to Delete Voters
An analysis of 200 booths, along with interviews with 17 BLOs and 100 individuals – either voters who were removed or family members of those who were – reveal that highly inconsistent procedures were followed for these deletions.
On the Ground in Bihar: How a Booth-by-Booth Check Revealed What the Election Commission Missed
In five constituencies, 1,50,000 voters are clustered around just 1200-1,300 households, an analysis of the draft electorate rolls revealed. We investigated 14 such cases in four constituencies – some with hundreds registered to a single address.
Pawan Hans Sale: Cayman Firm in Winning Bid Flayed By NCLT for Failure to Pay, Show Funding Plan
The privatisation of Pawan Hans Limited – the Indian government-owned helicopter operator – is shrouded in mystery. The entity that has acquired a controlling stake in Pawan Hans is Star9 Mobility Private Limited, a consortium led by a Dubai-based company about which little information is available. Indian regulators had imposed sanctions on this company, which appears not to have satisfied the eligibility criteria.
How a Change in Shipping Policy Will Cripple India’s Largest State-Owned Port
The biggest-ever change in India’s shipping policy, undertaken by the Modi government, is expected to endow huge benefits to a small clutch of international and domestic shipping companies.
Modi Government’s Rs 500-Crore Bonanza to the Adani Group
The government has quietly tweaked rules relating to special economic zones – and the new rules specifically favour the Adani Group. The government recently took a decision to quietly tweak the rules relating to special economic zones (SEZs) which has enabled a company in the Adani Group to reap a bonanza of around Rs 500 crore.