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Jammu, March 25 The Jammu and Kashmir State Election Commission (SEC) announced on Thursday the annual revision of the panchayat electoral roll, with April 1 this year as the qualifying date.According to the rules, the electoral roll will be prepared in accordance with the provisions of the...

In Jammu and Kashmir, the State Election Commission has announced the annual revision of the Panchayat Electoral Roll, with April 1, 2026, as the qualifying date. An Akashvani Jammu correspondent reports that, according to Sub-Rule 4 of Rule 4 of the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Rules, 1996...

New Delhi, March 24 The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked litigants, including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, to approach the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court with their grievances related to the ongoing special intensive revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal.Referring to the...

Kolkata, March 13 The first supplementary electoral rolls, following the EC's publication of the final voter list in the SIR exercise on February 28, are expected to be released before the end of next week, poll panel sources said on Friday.The list will cover some of the nearly 60 lakh voters...

Bhubaneswar, March 10 Ahead of launching the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Odisha on April 1, the Election Commission of India organized a four-day state-level training program for election officials on Tuesday.The SIR is a comprehensive voter list revision designed to...

New Delhi, March 10 In a new set of directions, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the setting up of independent appellate tribunals, headed by former high court judges, to hear appeals against exclusions from voter lists during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West...

New Delhi, March 10 – The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the constitution of Appellate Tribunals, comprising former High Court Chief Justices and judges, to hear appeals against exclusions from the electoral rolls during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in poll-bound West...

New Delhi, March 10 – The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday a petition filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and several Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders challenging the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state, which is heading towards...

New Delhi, March 9 The Supreme Court agreed to consider on Tuesday a fresh plea filed by some individuals whose names have been deleted from the electoral rolls by the Election Commission during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya...

Lucknow, March 7 Over 70.69 lakh Form 6 applications for inclusion in the electoral rolls and 2.68 lakh objections via Form 7, seeking deletion of names, were received in Uttar Pradesh between January 6 and March 6 as part of the 2026 Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, Chief Electoral...

Lucknow, March 7 Over 70.69 lakh Form 6 applications for inclusion in the electoral rolls and 2.68 lakh objections via Form 7, seeking deletion of names, were received in Uttar Pradesh between January 6 and March 6 as part of the 2026 Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, Chief Electoral...

Kolkata, March 6 The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday alleged a lack of transparency in the publication of electoral rolls for the 2026 West Bengal assembly elections, and urged the Election Commission to ensure compliance with the directions of the Supreme Court.In a letter to the Chief...

New Delhi, March 5 – The West Bengal Congress unit urged the Election Commission on Thursday to announce the state Assembly election schedule only after all pending cases related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the state's electoral rolls are resolved.The state Congress submitted a...

Kolkata, Feb 28 – Around 63.66 lakh names, nearly 8.3 per cent of the electorate, have been deleted in West Bengal since the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) began in November last year, bringing down the total number of voters in the state to over 7.04 crore ahead of the assembly elections due...

New Delhi, February 27 The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain the West Bengal government's objection to the training module issued by the Election Commission for judicial officers deployed in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state.A bench of Chief...

New Delhi, February 27 The Supreme Court said on Friday that it is aware of its judicial officers and they will not be "influenced by anything," after the West Bengal government submitted that the Election Commission had issued a training module for judicial officers deployed in the Special...

Kolkata, February 26 – Political tensions continue to simmer in West Bengal amid the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, as the final voter list is set to be published on February 28, in line with Supreme Court directives.West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agarwal...

Kolkata, February 25 Approximately 200 judicial officers from Jharkhand and Odisha are likely to arrive in West Bengal soon for the ongoing SIR exercise, special rolls observer of the Election Commission, Subrata Gupta, said on Thursday.Gupta said the poll panel will shortly be informed about...

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...

New Delhi, February 26 Electoral authorities in West Bengal have been directed to ensure that all pending verification documents related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls are submitted to the designated judicial officers by 5 p.m. on Thursday.The direction was issued...