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Kolkata, March 27 – The office of the District Election Office (DEO), Howrah, along with the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal, has intensified its voter awareness outreach through the Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) cyclothon, urging citizens to...

Mumbai, March 25 Maharashtra NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar on Wednesday alleged a "premeditated" attempt by senior leaders Praful Patel and Sunil Tatkare to seize control of the NCP after the sudden death of Ajit Pawar by giving sweeping powers to its working president.Speaking to reporters here...

Mumbai, March 25 NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar alleged on Wednesday that NCP leaders Praful Patel and Sunil Tatkare wrote to the ECI falsely claiming changes to the party constitution as part of a "premeditated plan" to vest sweeping powers in its working president Patel.Maharashtra Deputy Chief...

Kochi, March 24 The LDF on Tuesday alleged that Congress leader V D Satheesan submitted a false affidavit regarding his assets and income, along with his nomination papers, on Monday.A representative of CPI leader E T Taison Master, who is contesting against Satheesan from the Paravoor...

Kolkata, March 23 The supplementary list of voters under the "under adjudication" category of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in West Bengal, scheduled to be published on Monday evening, was not released until 10.15 pm.West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal...

New Delhi, March 22 The notices moved by opposition MPs in Parliament seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar have accused him of “acting under the thumb of the executive”, besides blaming him for “mass disenfranchisement” through the SIR exercise, and raising questions...

Chandigarh, March 17 – Sanjay Bhatia of the BJP and Karamvir Singh Boudh of the Congress have been declared elected to the two Rajya Sabha seats in closely contested elections, amid allegations of violations of vote secrecy.Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini congratulated both leaders in...

Chandigarh, March 17 – Sanjay Bhatia of the BJP and Karamvir Singh Boudh of the Congress have been declared elected to the two Rajya Sabha seats in closely watched elections, despite allegations of violations of vote secrecy.Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini congratulated both leaders...

Chandigarh, March 17 – Sanjay Bhatia of the BJP and Karamvir Singh Boudh of the Congress have been declared elected to two Rajya Sabha seats, officials said.Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini congratulated both leaders in a late-night press conference.Counting of votes, which was...

Kolkata, March 9 – A controversy erupted at a meeting between a delegation from West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress and the full bench of the Election Commission, headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, on Monday. According to a source from the election panel, a minister...

Kolkata, March 7 – It will take at least another month, if not more, to complete the ongoing judicial review of voter documents classified under the ‘logical discrepancy’ category under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, according to estimates from the office of the Chief...

Kolkata, March 6 – Around 7.5 lakh cases of judicial review of voter documents classified under the "logical discrepancy" category have been completed by Friday evening, informed the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal."A total of 200 more judicial officers from...

Kolkata, March 6 In a dramatic return to street politics that defined her rise, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday launched a protest in central Kolkata against large-scale deletions in the state's voter rolls following the SIR exercise, escalating the TMC's confrontation with...

Mumbai, March 5 A five-member delegation from Maharashtra, led by the state's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) S Chockalingam, will travel to Colombia from March 6 to 10 as international observers for the elections to the Republic of Colombia, officials said on Thursday.The Colombian...

Kolkata, March 4 Humayun Kabir, the suspended Trinamool Congress legislator from the Bharatpur Assembly constituency in the minority-dominated Murshidabad district of West Bengal, said on Wednesday evening that he had received communication from the Election Commission of India (ECI) granting...

Kolkata, March 4 Two people died allegedly by suicide in the districts of West Bengal's Jalpaiguri and South 24 Parganas, due to "mental stress" following the publication of the final list after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, officials said.Rafiq Ali Gazi (44) was...

Kolkata, March 3 CPI(M) West Bengal state secretary Mohammed Salim said that the Left parties will organize a march to the office of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Wednesday, demanding the publication of an accurate voter list before the upcoming assembly elections.Citing...

Kolkata, March 3. More names are likely to be removed from the electoral roll of the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency in West Bengal, represented by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, at the end of the ongoing judicial review of voter documents, sources said.According to statistics available from...

Kolkata, February 28 – Ahead of the state Assembly elections, the West Bengal government carried out another round of reshuffle in the police administration on Saturday, transferring several senior officers to key positions.According to a notification issued by the state government, the Deputy...

Kolkata, February 28 – The final voter list in West Bengal, prepared as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR), was published on Saturday, with a total of 61,78,245 voters being deleted.This figure is likely to increase further, as the identity documents of approximately 60 lakh...