The Election Commission has deployed over 25 lakh officials in preparation for the upcoming state assembly elections, with the aim of conducting violence-free and inducement-free elections in 5 states and union territories. The personnel deployed include nearly 15 lakh polling personnel, 8.5...
Kolkata, March 15 With the Election Commission announcing the assembly poll schedule on Sunday, stating that elections in West Bengal will be held on April 23 and 29, the fate of over 60 lakh "under adjudication" electors, whose voting eligibility is currently under judicial scrutiny, hangs in...
Kolkata, March 3 A dispute erupted between Manoj Agarwal, the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal, and a state civil service officers' organization over the nearly 60.06 lakh entries marked as "under adjudication" in the post-SIR electoral rolls published on February 28.These 60.06 lakh...
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civil service officers
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judicial officers
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microobservers
revision exercise
roll observers
west bengal civil service (executive) officers' association
west bengal electoral rolls
Kolkata, February 26 A heated exchange of words erupted between Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra and Electoral Roll Observer C S Murugan over allegations related to the role of micro-observers in revising electoral rolls.The controversy began on February 18 when Moitra, in a post on X...
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india elections
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microobservers
political controversy
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social media
supreme court of india
tamil nadu
tea board
trinamool congress
voter list deletion
whatsapp groups
Kolkata, February 18 – Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee shared WhatsApp chats on Wednesday, allegedly showing the Election Commission of India's ("ECI") "complete disregard" for the Supreme Court's orders.In a post on his X handle, Banerjee shared purported WhatsApp chats...
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special intensive revision
trinamool congress
west bengal electoral rolls
whatsapp
zamindars
Kolkata, February 18 In a scathing attack on the Election Commission, senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that poll officials were continuing to flout Supreme Court directives by issuing instructions to their subordinates via WhatsApp during the Systematic Area Verification...
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c murugan (special roll observer)
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microobservers
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roll observers
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supreme court directives
systematic area verification
tmc (all india trinamool congress)
west bengal elections
whatsapp communication
Kolkata, February 18 Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday accused the Election Commission of flouting Supreme Court directives, alleging that poll officials were continuing to issue instructions to their subordinates via WhatsApp during the Systematic Area Verification (SAV) exercise...
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election integrity
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microobservers
political patronage
roll observers
supreme court directives
systematic area verification
transparency in elections
west bengal elections
whatsapp communication
zamindari
Kolkata, February 17 – The office of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) announced on Tuesday that the Election Commission of India (ECI) had decided to suspend three micro-observers involved in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state, due to allegations of...
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bengal grameen bikash bank
central excise inspector
departmental inquiry
election commission of india
electoral roll
electoral roll microobservers (ermo)
government officials
mamata banerjee
microobservers
special intensive revision (sir)
state government
suspension of officials
uco bank
west bengal elections