Evm Hackathon

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal, lacerated by the ruling BJP over his presence at a "hackathon" in which a so-called cyber expert made a series of unsubstantiated claims, agreed today that much of what was said "sounds like science fiction" but insisted that it was the job of the media or investigators to verify the allegations.

The Election Commission on Monday dismissed the claims made by a London-based hacker, who said he can hack the electronic voting machines used in India. The controversial, unsubstantiated claims of the hacker - made during a so-called hackathon this evening - comes amid a renewed focus on EVMs by the united opposition, which has formed a committee ...

The AAP, which had said it would organise an EVM-hacking challenge parallel to the Election Commission's (EC's) one today, said it will hold the exercise later, and has invited two government agencies which provide Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to the EC to take part in.

The Sharad Pawar-led NCP on Saturday said the Election Commission's EVM challenge was an "eyewash" because of last-minute change in procedure for the selection of EVMs and non-supply of sought information.

The Communist Party of India raised doubts about the Election Commission's "deplorable" move of not allowing it to witness today's EVM challenge and said that thepoll watchdog's approach of secrecy was against spirit of its invitation letter seeking cooperation from political parties over the matter.

Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party and the Left will try to prove that electronic voting machines (EVMs) can be rigged as the Election Commission gets ready to host its EVM challenge in Delhi this morning. On Friday evening, the Uttarakhand High Court rejected a plea which called for a stay on the EVM challenge claiming the Election Commissi...

Neither of the two parties that had volunteered to hack electronic voting machines or EVMs attempted their mission today. Instead, they chose to watch a nearly four-hour long demo by the Election Commission. "NCP, CPM did not participate in EVM challenge," said Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi. Declaring the Election Commission's EVM challen...

Coming to the defence of the Election Commission that has been the target of attacks from political parties over its voting machines, the Uttarakhand High Court on Friday barred political parties and others from criticising the use of these machines, or EVMs, in the five state assembly elections till pending election petitions are decided.

The EVM challenge of the Election Commission where political parties will try to prove in Delhi that voting machines can be rigged will take place as scheduled on Saturday, with the Uttarakhand High Court on Friday evening rejecting a plea asking for a stay on the hackathon.

The Election Commission has organised more than 10 vote machines that were recently used in elections in Uttar Pradesh for tomorrow's hackathon, where political parties will try to prove in Delhi that the machines can be rigged.

Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will hold an EVM or Electronic Voting Machine hackathon on the same day as the Election Commission's challenge for parties to prove allegations of tampering.

In its search for a hackathon that meets its standards, Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party has dispatched its engineer-lawmaker Saurabh Bharadwaj to Botswana, the south African country that had invited hackers to crack the electronic voting machines, or EVMs, earlier this month.

Only Left party CPI(M) and Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party will participate in the Election Commission's challenge to hack an electronic voting machine or EVM next week. Lalu Yadav's RJD made a last-minute dash to confirm participation, but its application was rejected by the poll panel as it reached 39 minutes after the 5 pm deadline on ...

Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party is the only party which has shown interest in taking part in the EVM hacking challenge organised by the poll panel on June 3, an Election Commission (EC) spokesperson said in New Delhi.

Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi today underscored that the commission has not received any "credible evidence of tampering" in the Electronic Voting Machines. Last week, the commission had held an all party meeting ahead of its hackathon challenge that begins on June 3.

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal, lacerated by the ruling BJP over his presence at a "hackathon" in which a so-called cyber expert made a series of unsubstantiated claims, agreed today that much of what was said "sounds like science fiction" but insisted that it was the job of the media or investigators to verify the allegations.

The Election Commission on Monday dismissed the claims made by a London-based hacker, who said he can hack the electronic voting machines used in India. The controversial, unsubstantiated claims of the hacker - made during a so-called hackathon this evening - comes amid a renewed focus on EVMs by the united opposition, which has formed a committee ...

The AAP, which had said it would organise an EVM-hacking challenge parallel to the Election Commission's (EC's) one today, said it will hold the exercise later, and has invited two government agencies which provide Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to the EC to take part in.

The Sharad Pawar-led NCP on Saturday said the Election Commission's EVM challenge was an "eyewash" because of last-minute change in procedure for the selection of EVMs and non-supply of sought information.

The Communist Party of India raised doubts about the Election Commission's "deplorable" move of not allowing it to witness today's EVM challenge and said that thepoll watchdog's approach of secrecy was against spirit of its invitation letter seeking cooperation from political parties over the matter.

Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party and the Left will try to prove that electronic voting machines (EVMs) can be rigged as the Election Commission gets ready to host its EVM challenge in Delhi this morning. On Friday evening, the Uttarakhand High Court rejected a plea which called for a stay on the EVM challenge claiming the Election Commissi...

Neither of the two parties that had volunteered to hack electronic voting machines or EVMs attempted their mission today. Instead, they chose to watch a nearly four-hour long demo by the Election Commission. "NCP, CPM did not participate in EVM challenge," said Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi. Declaring the Election Commission's EVM challen...

Coming to the defence of the Election Commission that has been the target of attacks from political parties over its voting machines, the Uttarakhand High Court on Friday barred political parties and others from criticising the use of these machines, or EVMs, in the five state assembly elections till pending election petitions are decided.

The EVM challenge of the Election Commission where political parties will try to prove in Delhi that voting machines can be rigged will take place as scheduled on Saturday, with the Uttarakhand High Court on Friday evening rejecting a plea asking for a stay on the hackathon.

The Election Commission has organised more than 10 vote machines that were recently used in elections in Uttar Pradesh for tomorrow's hackathon, where political parties will try to prove in Delhi that the machines can be rigged.

Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will hold an EVM or Electronic Voting Machine hackathon on the same day as the Election Commission's challenge for parties to prove allegations of tampering.

In its search for a hackathon that meets its standards, Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party has dispatched its engineer-lawmaker Saurabh Bharadwaj to Botswana, the south African country that had invited hackers to crack the electronic voting machines, or EVMs, earlier this month.

Only Left party CPI(M) and Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party will participate in the Election Commission's challenge to hack an electronic voting machine or EVM next week. Lalu Yadav's RJD made a last-minute dash to confirm participation, but its application was rejected by the poll panel as it reached 39 minutes after the 5 pm deadline on ...

Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party is the only party which has shown interest in taking part in the EVM hacking challenge organised by the poll panel on June 3, an Election Commission (EC) spokesperson said in New Delhi.

Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi today underscored that the commission has not received any "credible evidence of tampering" in the Electronic Voting Machines. Last week, the commission had held an all party meeting ahead of its hackathon challenge that begins on June 3.