On SC nudge, EC revises norms to store ‘symbol loading units’ | India News – Times of India

Complying with a Supreme Court order, Election Commission has directed all state chief electoral officers (CEOs) to follow the new protocols on handling and storing ‘symbol loading units’ (SLUs). The Supreme Court had mandated the sealing of the machines, securing them in containers, and storing them in strongrooms alongside electronic voting machines (EVMs) for a…

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India Inc has to deal with 1,536 Acts, 69,233 compliances: Study | India News – Times of India

BENGALURU: Despite attempts to improve the ease of doing business, India Inc still has to deal with numerous laws and compliances.A research paper released by TeamLease RegTech, a regulatory compliance management firm, finds there are 1,536 Acts and rules, 69,233 compliances, and 6,618 annual filings to comply with. However, each company may not have to…

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‘Allowed Prajwal to escape’: Amit Shah attacks Congress over delayed action on ‘obscene videos’ case | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday accused the Congress government in Karnataka of deliberately delaying action against suspended JD-S leader Prajwal Revanna in the obscene video case until after the voting in Vokkaliga-dominated areas concluded.“You did not initiate any action till the elections in the Vokkaliga belt were over. You did politics…

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‘Unusual & worrying’: Opposition questions ECI over delay in release of final voter turnout figures | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Hours after the Election Commission released the final voter turnout of first two phases of Lok Sabha polls on Tuesday, the opposition leaders questioned the dealy in the publishing of final figures.The leaders further raised suspicion over non-disclosure of actual number of votes polled in each constituency.According to ECI, voter turnout for the…

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