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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has claimed that a centralised software programme was being used to systematically delete names from voter lists in Karnataka. He also alleged that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar was protecting those committing “vote theft”.

Gandhi has alleged that the Congress’ analysis of the Aland Assembly constituency in Karnataka showed that voter IDs were deleted with the help of fake login IDs and phone numbers from outside the state. While it was unclear how many voters were removed from the electoral rolls, 6,018 applications had been filed by entities impersonating other voters, the Opposition leader claimed.

In response, the Election Commission said that the allegations made by Gandhi were “incorrect and baseless”. The commission said that “no deletion of any vote can be done online by any member of the public, as misconceived by [Gandhi]”. Read more.

FIRs filed against psephologist Sanjay Kumar but claims about voter roll errors remain unaddressed

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has given Adani Group a clean chit in relation to the allegation by United States-based Hindenburg Research that the conglomerate had routed funds through three entities to hide related-party transactions. The markets regulator said that allegations against the Gautam Adani-owned conglomerate could not be established.

The Adani Group had been facing an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Board of India since Hindenburg Research alleged in January 2023 that the conglomerate was pulling off the “largest con in corporate history”. Read on.

A Delhi court has quashed a lower court’s order restraining four journalists from publishing allegedly defamatory material about industrialist Gautam Adani’s Adani Enterprises. The bench observed the civil judge should have heard the journalists before directing them to take down the content.

On September 6, Special Civil Judge Anuj Kumar Singh of the Rohini Courts had temporarily restrained journalists Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Ravi Nair, Abir Dasgupta, Ayaskant Das and Ayush Joshi, and the websites paranjoy.in, adaniwatch.org and adanifiles.com.au from publishing allegedly defamatory reports about the flagship company of the Adani Group.

The order was passed on Thursday on an appeal filed by Nair, Dasgupta, Das and Joshi. Earlier in the day, another judge of the court reserved its judgement on a plea filed by Thakurta against the gag order. Read on.

The Delhi Police has arrested nearly 30 African refugees in the past week and sent them to a detention centre in the city. Ankit Chauhan, the deputy commissioner of police in South Delhi, said that the refugees were “illegally overstaying their visas and passports” and were arrested under “routine exercise”.

However, human rights activists have alleged that the police seem to be “going after” African refugees, as has been the case with the detention of Rohingya refugees in recent months. Read on.

As India cracks down on refugees, it is betraying its long commitment to international solidarity

Several politicians in Jammu and Kashmir have claimed that they were placed under house arrest on Thursday. Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti claimed this was done to prevent them from visiting Sopore in North Kashmir to offer condolences to the family of separatist leader and former Hurriyat chairperson Abdul Gani Bhat, who died on Wednesday.

On Wednesday, Kashmir’s chief cleric and Hurriyat Conference chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said that he too had been put under house arrest after Bhat’s death. Mufti said the action laid bare the “harsh and undemocratic reality” in the Union Territory. Read on.

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