From walking up to 10 kms to crossing rivers and spending nights in Naxal-hit areas, the poll officers will have to go past numerous hurdles and face life-threatening challenges to do their duty, but none of them is complaining.
Celebrating Independence Day the Bollywood way.
Rediff.com takes a look at the great moments on Twitter in 2015, from single Tweets that captured our imagination to hashtags that sparked global conversations.
The notice was isued on a novelist's plea who accused the makers of the movie of plagiarising certain portions from his Hindi book Farishta.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
The United States has reacted cautiously to the statement made by the Pope Francis on freedom of speech, who had said such rights entail limits and that other people's religion could not be insulted or mocked.
Charlie Hebdo thanked 'millions' of supporters 'who are really on our side, who sincerely and deeply "are Charlie",' an invocation of the 'I am Charlie' slogan that went viral the world over after murderers killed 17 people in Paris last week.
An Indian-origin shopkeeper from a village in south-west England has decided to sell the latest edition of French satirical magazine 'Charlie Hebdo' despite fears of repercussions.
There are as many as seven movie releases, and they all look good.
Bangistan has unconventional music but it doesn't impress, says Aelina Kapoor.
Expressing concern over the rupee reaching an all-time low, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said the currency is likely to plunge further as a share of the US financial stimulus package given to India during the sub-prime crisis in 2008-09 may be withdrawn by the Federal Reserve.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly box office verdict.
There are 12 actresses, who are among Bollywood's busiest, working on multiple films simultaneously. Just who are they?
French President Francois Hollande confirmed that the incident at a factory was a "pure terrorist attack.".
'I was tempted to cast Madhuri Dixit in P Se PM Tak because her comic timing is very good,' director Kundan Shah says.
'It all runs on sugar-coated lies. If I like something, I will want to believe it.'
'While censorship of any sort is anathema to the creative spirit, political correctness has become more and more the norm rather than the exception,' notes Uttaran Das Gupta.
Sukanya Verma glances at the changing faces of women bonding in Hindi movies.
'The producer will wear these gold ornaments, but they will not part with Rs 30,000 or Rs 50,000 to pay the writer.'
Parasite's razor-sharp characterisations ensure that the picture is thoroughly entertaining though it falls short of greatness, declares Sreehari Nair.
'I suggest Rahul Bajaj come out in the open and give us his own white paper on the perceived sense of fear that he thinks haunts corporate India,' says Dr Sudhir Bisht.
Sunil Grover is good but its Pankaj Tripathi who stands out with his bang on comic timing.
A Durga Puja pandal in New Delhi turns literature into art.
While critics and protestors have multifarious arguments to offer, the defence of CAA has been uni-dimensional and uni-focussed as has been the case with most policies of the Modi government and the political positions of his party. But to be drawn into an issue that has assumed more than local and national dimensions, Rajini has knowingly or otherwise, taken the plunge and in favour of the BJP -- or, so it has come to be seen, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
The hits and misses of the week.
The iconic Eiffel Power in Paris turned off its lights for five minutes on Thursday night to pay a sombre tribute to 12 people killed in the attack on the officers of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo.
Some of the best photographs, clicked across the globe in January.
Increasingly isolated on the global stage, the World Cup has so far helped Vladimir Putin send a defiant message to his opponents that Russia is succeeding despite Western efforts to hold it back.
Nikita Puri lists the best shows and films to watch online as you ace social distancing.
There is nothing new in the film and it is the effort the actors put in that helps the film from sinking totally.
In the political satire, Lollypop Since 1947, Deepak Dobriyal will play an aam aadmi who becomes a mighty political force.
Rajinikanth gave a realistic portrayal in his 2016 release Kabali.
'No one knows whether exposure to the Nobel process would be to her liking, or would benefit her symbolic position above the fray,' says Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
The two battle it out in the controversial but lucrative fairness cream market, spark a fresh bout of aggression in the war between the brands
Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas on Monday tendered apology after Janata Dal-United leader Shoaib Iqbal threatened to withdraw support to the AAP in Delhi over the former's remarks on Muharram.
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