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    India's CEO Leads International Electoral Observation Mission

    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...
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    ECI Grants Initial Clearance for New Political Party

    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...
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    Mental Stress Leads to Two Deaths After Voter Roll Publication

    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...
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    Left Parties to March, Demanding Accurate Voter List in Bengal

    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...
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    CM Banerjee's Bhabanipur: Legal Review Threatens Constituency Numbers

    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...
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    West Bengal Transfers Senior Officers, Voter List Published

    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...
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    Bengal Voter List Finalized After Deletions; Judicial Review Ongoing

    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...
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    Gujarat Assembly Debates SIR Concerns, Speaker Allows Limited Discussion

    Gandhinagar, February 28 – On Saturday, MLAs from the Congress and AAP in Gujarat raised concerns in the Gujarat assembly regarding alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, including the deletion of voter names.During a discussion on a bill authorizing...
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    ECI Focuses on Voter Registration and Inclusive Polling in Tamil Nadu

    Chennai, February 28 Tamil Nadu has approximately 1.18 crore young voters, and 3,060 assistant electoral registration officers were deployed to register young people, the ECI said.The Election Commission stated this in a report it shared with the media, following a comprehensive review of...
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    ECI Praises Tamil Nadu’s Electoral Roll Revision, Eyes Bihar Model

    Chennai, February 27 – The recently concluded electoral roll revision in Tamil Nadu, which has been hailed as a model for the country and a great success, was praised by CEC Gyanesh Kumar on Friday. He said that the state's political parties have suggested holding Assembly elections in a single...
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    Supreme Court Sets Timeline for West Bengal Voter Roll Verification

    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...
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    West Bengal: Police Seek Report on Heckling of Suvendu Adhikari

    Kolkata, February 25 – The office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, on Wednesday sought a detailed and comprehensive report from Kolkata Police Commissioner, Supratim Sarkar, regarding the incident involving the heckling of the Leader of the Opposition in...
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    Supreme Court Sets New Deadline for West Bengal Electoral Roll Verification

    New Delhi, February 25 – The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed electoral authorities in West Bengal to ensure that all pending verification documents are submitted by 5 p.m. on February 26 to the judicial officers overseeing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.A bench...
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    Shoes Thrown at Bengal LoP During Kolkata Protest

    Kolkata, February 24 – Members of the Adhikar Raksha Committee, a representative body for Booth Level Officers (BLOs), were accused of throwing shoes at the Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari, and veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, after he arrived at the office...
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    Calcutta High Court Judges Called in to Expedite Electoral Roll Revision

    Kolkata, February 24 Both the Trinamool Congress and the BJP hailed the Supreme Court's order on Tuesday, allowing the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court to deploy judicial officers from neighboring Jharkhand and Odisha to deal with claims and objections in the ongoing Special Intensive...
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    SC Approves High Court Deputies to Expedite West Bengal Voter Roll Review

    New Delhi, February 24 – The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed judicial officers from the neighboring High Courts of Jharkhand and Orissa to be deputed to West Bengal to expedite the resolution of voter claims and objections arising from the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral...
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    Bengal Judicial Officers Seek Enhanced Security During Voter Review

    Kolkata, February 24 – As the process of judicial review of voter documents identified under the "logical discrepancy" category in West Bengal, which is heading towards elections, began, the judicial officers appointed in four districts near the India-Bangladesh border have sought special...
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    West Bengal SIR Revision: Judicial Adjudication Requires ECI Documents

    Kolkata, February 22 Judicial officers appointed to adjudicate claims and objections arising from the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound West Bengal will be required to accept only the 13 identity documents specified by the Election Commission of India...
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    Calcutta High Court Addresses SIR Delays, Judicial Officer Appointments

    Kolkata, February 22 – As the deadline for the completion of the scrutiny phase of voter documents submitted during the hearing on claims and objections to the draft voter list in West Bengal has ended, uncertainty remains regarding the number of voter documents classified as "logical...
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    Allegations of Institutional Breakdown in Bengal SIR Process

    Kolkata, February 21 – Trinamool Congress All India General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday pointed out multiple violations of norms by officials involved in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in West Bengal."We have come to notice that EROs are no longer able to monitor the...
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