electoral rolls

Kolkata, March 6 – The Trinamool Congress on Friday announced a three-member delegation that will meet the full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) in Kolkata on Monday.The delegation includes Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra from the Krishnanagar constituency in Nadia district, Rajya...

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...

Kochi, March 6 Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar called on all political parties on Friday to ensure that the upcoming Assembly elections in Kerala remain a model, not only for the country but also for the world.Kumar, along with Election Commissioners Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Dr...

Bhubaneswar, March 6 – The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Odisha, R.S. Gopalan, on Friday, launched a citizen awareness initiative on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls and appealed to voters in the state, especially those in urban areas, to verify their details in the...

Kolkata, March 6 Trinamool Congress national General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee appealed to people to "boycott the BJP" in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections, alleging that the party was targeting voters through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.Banerjee made...

Kolkata, March 6 Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Friday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of holding a sit-in in the heart of the city to protect infiltrators belonging to the minority community and labeling her as "anti-Hindu."Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a...

Kolkata, March 6 A significant backlog in the disposal of "under adjudication" cases in West Bengal's post-SIR electoral rolls has raised concerns about whether a large number of electors would be disenfranchised due to the limited time available for scrutiny before the upcoming assembly...

Kolkata, March 6 TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee sparked a political controversy on Friday after saying he would have "cut off the finger" of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar if the latter had not been holding the constitutional post, alleging that the election panel chief had behaved "very...

Guwahati, March 6 Four opposition parties in Assam, led by the Congress, announced on Friday that they would campaign jointly for the upcoming assembly elections, effectively sealing their alliance.They said they are also in talks with other parties, including the Raijor Dal led by Akhil...

The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is scheduled to begin in April 2026 in Jammu and Kashmir, to update voter lists. Speaking to DD News Chief Electoral Officer Sanjeev Verma, he stated that this crucial process ensures accuracy by facilitating the addition, deletion, or...

Kolkata, March 6 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee began a protest sit-in here on Friday to protest alleged arbitrary deletions from the post-SIR electoral rolls, escalating the TMC's confrontation with the Election Commission ahead of the state assembly polls.Launching the protest at...

Kochi, March 6 Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar called on all political parties on Friday to ensure that the upcoming Assembly elections in Kerala remain a model not only for the country but also for the world, EC officials said.Kumar, along with Election Commissioners Dr Sukhbir...

Kochi, March 6 – The Election Commission held a crucial meeting with recognized national and state political parties here on Friday as part of preparations for the upcoming elections in Kerala. Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar assured that the poll process would remain free, fair, and...

Kolkata, March 6 Ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will begin a sit-in here on Friday to protest against alleged arbitrary deletions in the post-SIR electoral rolls in the state.The protest comes just two days before the planned visit of the full bench...

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...

New Delhi, March 5 The Congress on Thursday demanded that the assembly elections in West Bengal should not be announced until all cases currently under adjudication as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls are disposed of.The opposition party made the demand after a...

Kolkata, March 5 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will return to one of her most familiar political arenas – the streets – on Friday, beginning a protest at Kolkata's Metro Channel against what the TMC alleges are "arbitrary deletions" in the state's revised electoral rolls following...

Kolkata, March 5 On the death anniversary of Binapani Devi, the former head of Matua Mahasangha in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Centre and the ECI over the "deliberate exclusion" of Matua voters from the electoral rolls.Matuas are...

Kolkata, March 5 The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of West Bengal’s voter list has created a major challenge for the Trinamool Congress (TMC), particularly in areas with a Muslim-majority population and the crucial 24 Parganas districts, ahead of the assembly elections. The ruling party is...

Kolkata, March 4 The Left parties launched a night-long protest in front of the West Bengal CEO's office here on Wednesday, demanding transparency in the post-SIR electoral rolls in the state.A procession, led by Left Front chairman Biman Bose, was taken out from the Tea Board headquarters to...