New Delhi, February 16 Using its powers under electoral law, the Election Commission has suspended seven officials in West Bengal with immediate effect for serious misconduct, dereliction of duty, and misuse of statutory powers related to the Systematic Voters' Registration (SV) campaign.All...
chief secretary
deputation
dereliction of duty
disciplinary proceedings
election commission of india
electoral law
electoralregistrationofficers
misconduct
nandini chakravarty
state government employees
sv campaign
systematic voters' registration
trinamool congress
voters' list revision
west bengal elections
New Delhi, February 15 The Election Commission has asked the West Bengal chief secretary to comply with its directions by February 17, including paying enhanced remuneration to booth-level officers (BLOs) and filing FIRs against officials who wilfully violated norms during the ongoing Systematic...
assembly elections
assistant electoralregistrationofficers
booth-level officers
chief secretary
election commission of india
electoralregistrationofficerselectoralregistrationofficers (eros)
electoral rolls revision
firs
government compliance
nirvachan sadan
remuneration
systematic area verification
west bengal elections
Kolkata, February 14 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) sent a fresh communication to the West Bengal government on Saturday, seeking clarification regarding the inclusion of several Group-C state government employees in the list of 8,505 Group-B officers submitted by the state for...
assistant electoralregistrationofficers
communication
deployment
election commission of india
electoralregistrationofficerselectoral rolls
group-b officers
group-c employees
micro-observers
officer status
sir (special intensive revision)
state government
voter revision
voters' list
west bengal
Kolkata, February 14 The Election Commission has set February 17 as the deadline for the West Bengal government to register FIRs against four officers over the alleged inclusion of "ghost" voters in the electoral rolls in two districts, an official said on Saturday.The commission had earlier...
assistant electoralregistrationofficers
district election officers
election commission of india
electoralregistrationofficerselectoral rolls
electors
fake voters
firs
ghost voters
purba medinipur district
south 24 parganas district
special intensive revision
voter list revision
voter registration
west bengal elections
Kolkata, February 14 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) should directly initiate disciplinary action against errant electoral officers at various levels accused of deliberate irregularities during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, instead of repeatedly advising...
assistant electoralregistrationofficers
cec (chief election commissioner)
cooch behar district
disciplinary action
district magistrates
east burdwan district
east midnapore district
election commission of india
electoralofficerselectoralregistrationofficers
fir (first information report)
jalpaiguri district
malda district
north 24 parganas district
south 24 parganas district
special intensive revision
west bengal election
Kolkata, February 13 Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Friday directed that all records related to the Systematic Area Verification (SAV) of electoral rolls be preserved for five years and warned of strict disciplinary action against officials found responsible for errors or...
assistant electoralregistrationofficers
chief election commissioner
cooch behar district
data preservation
disciplinary action
district magistrates
document verification
election commission of india
election integrity
electoralregistrationofficerselectoral rolls
jalpaiguri district
malda district
record retention
systematic area verification
west bengal elections
Kolkata, February 13 A row has erupted in West Bengal ahead of the closure of the SIR exercise, following reports that unauthorized forms are being circulated to include "unmapped voters" who failed to submit required documents during enumeration.Allegations have surfaced that such forms were...
booth level officers
district election officers
election commission of india
electoralregistrationofficerselectoral rolls
enumerator forms
magrahat
mohanpur gram panchayat
murshidabad district
sir exercise
south 24 parganas district
special intensive revision
unmapped voters
voter certification
voter registration
west bengal elections