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Kolkata, March 28 The process of establishing tribunals to hear appeals from voters whose names were missing from the electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal has not yet been finalized, a senior official said on Saturday."The Supreme Court has...

Kolkata, March 26 Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee accused the BJP government at the Centre on Thursday of conspiring against the country's genuine citizens by deleting their names from the electoral rolls under the pretext of the SIR exercise.He was canvassing for TMC candidate...

Naxalbari, March 25 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed that eight lakh names have been deleted from the first supplementary list of 27 lakh voters whose voting eligibility was being adjudicated as part of the SIR exercise.Addressing an election rally in Naxalbari...

Naxalbari, March 25 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed that eight lakh names have been deleted from the first supplementary list of 27 lakh electors whose voting eligibility was being adjudicated as part of the SIR exercise.Addressing an election rally at Naxalbari...

Naxalbari, March 25 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed that eight lakh names have been deleted from the first supplementary list of 27 lakh voters whose voting eligibility was being assessed as part of the SIR exercise.Addressing an election rally in Naxalbari in...

Kolkata, March 22 TMC Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose said that the anti-incumbency in West Bengal, which was localized, has largely been obscured by the fallout of the SIR exercise, giving the party a distinct advantage over the BJP in the upcoming assembly elections.The...

Kolkata, March 10 – A Booth Level Officer (BLO) in Kakdwip, West Bengal, approached the state administration on Tuesday after receiving threats from a voter in his area following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, in which his name was removed from the voter list.BLO Manindranath...

Kolkata, March 9 The ruling TMC in West Bengal on Monday alleged that its concerns regarding the SIR exercise were not heard during the pre-poll consultation meeting with the full bench of the Election Commission.Speaking to reporters after the meeting, state minister Chandrima Bhattacharya...

Kolkata, March 7 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee continued her protest against alleged arbitrary deletions in the post-SIR electoral rolls on Saturday, for the second consecutive day, after she spent the night at the protest site here.Banerjee had begun the demonstration at Metro...

Kolkata, March 5 – A Booth Level Officer (BLO) and an elderly person died in West Bengal on Thursday. The deceased's family members alleged that they died due to the heavy workload and panic caused by the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise and the voter list in the state.According to...

Kolkata, March 3 – A man selling momos died by suicide on Tuesday, allegedly after his name was removed from the electoral rolls of West Bengal following a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.The deceased, identified as Gouranga De, a resident of ward number 11 in Jalpaiguri town, is...

Kolkata, March 2 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday criticised the Election Commission over the deletion of names from the final electoral rolls of the state following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, and asserted that she would win from the Bhabanipur Assembly...

Garbeta (WB), March 1 Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan alleged on Sunday that the TMC's objections to the omission of names during the SIR exercise stem from its fear that the voter base of "infiltrators" would not be useful in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections.Addressing a rally...

Kanpur (UP), March 1 Apparently upset over being denied leave for his daughter's wedding, a 50-year-old Booth Level Officer (BLO) on Special Intensive Revision duty allegedly died by suicide inside a government primary school in Fatehpur district, Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Sunday.The...

New Delhi, February 25 The Supreme Court on Wednesday clarified that Class 10 admit cards accompanied by a pass certificate can be produced as supplementary documentation for identity verification in the ongoing SIR exercise in West Bengal.A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and...

Kolkata, February 22 Alleging that her West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee had approached the Supreme Court to stall the SIR exercise to prevent the identification of infiltrators, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday claimed that the people of the state have made up their minds to...

Kolkata, February 22 Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul has constituted a committee to oversee interim arrangements for transferring urgent matters to alternative courts following the engagement of judicial officers for work related to the SIR exercise in West Bengal.On February 20...

Jaipur, February 21 Rajasthan has finalized its electoral rolls with over 5.15 crore voters following the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, officials said on Saturday.According to an official release, the final electoral roll, published on February 21, comprises...

Kolkata, February 21 A high-level meeting on the SIR exercise began at the Calcutta High Court on Saturday afternoon, in accordance with the SC's directives, officials said.The meeting, presided over by HC Chief Justice Sujoy Paul, aims to establish a framework for judicial oversight as...

New Delhi, February 18 – Union Minister Giriraj Singh launched a sharp attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday, accusing her of acting arbitrarily and appeasing a particular community for political gains."Mamata Banerjee herself is acting like a Tughlaq. She is not...