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Kolkata, February 26 – The final voter list in West Bengal, which will be published on February 28, will include names under two additional categories: "under adjudication" and "deleted", in addition to those listed as genuine voters of the state.This means that the names in the final voter...

Kolkata, February 26 The Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court held a meeting with the Chief Electoral Officer and top state officials on Thursday to review the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise of electoral rolls in West Bengal, in which judicial officers have been assigned...

Kolkata, February 26 – According to an initial estimate by the Election Commission of India (ECI), approximately 2,500 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) would be needed if the Bengal Assembly elections are held in a single phase.The proposal for a single-phase election had...

Kolkata, February 26 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to send one central observer to each of the 294 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal to oversee the pre-poll nomination phase.Sources from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, said that all the...

Kolkata, February 24 Activists from the Trinamool Congress and the BJP clashed outside the CEO's office in Kolkata on Tuesday evening after TMC activists allegedly showed shoes to Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, and raised "go back" slogans.The BJP alleged...

Kolkata, February 24 Union minister Sukanta Majumdar on Tuesday alleged that a high-level meeting convened in West Bengal to further the SIR process, as mandated by the Supreme Court, was attended by unauthorized individuals, including former chief secretary Manoj Pant.The BJP leader demanded...

Kolkata, February 24 – Amidst the crucial Assembly elections in West Bengal, scheduled later this year, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed the state police administration to complete the process of identifying sensitive areas in the state at the earliest, and if possible, by the...

Kolkata, February 23 Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul held an internal coordination meeting with the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal and senior administrative and police officials on Monday regarding the work assigned to judicial officers, officials said.The Chief...

Kolkata, February 23 Judicial officers appointed to adjudicate voter identification documents flagged under the "logical discrepancy" category by the Election Commission of India (ECI) will submit daily progress reports to the Calcutta High Court on the status of the adjudication process.The...

New Delhi/Gandhinagar, February 23 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) appointed Sandip Sagale as the new Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Gujarat on Monday.He will assume responsibilities from the current CEO, Hareet Shukla, upon formally taking office.Sagale, a 2007-batch officer of...

Kolkata, February 23 Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul held an internal coordination meeting with the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal and senior administrative and police officials on Monday regarding the work assigned to judicial officers, officials said.The Chief...

Chennai, February 23 Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer Archana Patnaik released the final voter list here on Monday, and 97.37 lakh names were removed from the list under various categories.The state now has 5.67 crore voters, she said.Addressing a press conference, Patnaik stated that...

Preparations for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls have largely been completed by Mizoram election officials, as the Election Commission of India (ECI) expects the SIR to begin in 22 states and Union Territories, including Mizoram, starting in April. Officials from the...

Kolkata, February 22 Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul has constituted a committee to oversee interim arrangements for transferring urgent matters to alternative courts following the engagement of judicial officers for work related to the SIR exercise in West Bengal.On February 20...

In Kerala, the final electoral roll has been published as part of the Systematic Area Verification (SAV) process. With the publication of the final voter list, the Special Intensive Revision process in the state has been completed. The final voter list includes a total of 26,953,644 voters...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 21 – The final electoral roll for Kerala was published on Saturday evening, following the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), with a total electorate strength of 26,953,644.In the first phase of the SIR exercise, 2.78 crore forms were distributed...

A comprehensive SVEEP (Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation) event was organized in the Ramban district to educate citizens about their voting rights and responsibilities. The program was jointly conducted by the office of the Chief Electoral Officer, J&K, and the Ramban...

Kolkata, February 18 – The announcement by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, stating that the seven Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) who had been suspended by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on charges of dereliction of duty would be utilized in state...

Ahmedabad, February 17 The total number of voters in Gujarat now stands at 4.40 crore, according to the final electoral rolls published on Tuesday by the Election Commission (EC) following the nearly three-and-a-half-month Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, officials said.The final...

Kolkata, February 17 – The seven Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs), who had been suspended by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday on charges of dereliction of duty related to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, will not lose their jobs...