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Kolkata, March 31 – A convoy of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate was attacked on Tuesday, allegedly by workers of the Trinamool Congress in Kesharibari, a constituency within the Cooch Behar Dakshin Assembly in West Bengal.It is alleged that a vehicle within the BJP candidate's convoy...

The Election Commission has released the third supplementary voter list under the SIR process in West Bengal. This announcement was made late last night. While the exact number of voters included or excluded has not been disclosed.This publication marks another step in the ongoing revision of...

Kolkata, March 28 Union Home Minister Amit Shah defended the Election Commission's large-scale transfer of IAS and IPS officers in West Bengal on Saturday, alleging that many officials in the state were functioning as "cadres" of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and were unable to work...

In West Bengal, after reviewing the names of voters who were undergoing a special revision process (SIR), the first supplementary list of disputed voters may be released today. The final electoral roll, which was released on February 28 after intensive revision, contained over sixty lakh names...

New Delhi, March 15 Supplementary voter lists in West Bengal will be issued as judicial officers adjudicate cases of doubtful voters flagged in the SIR exercise, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said on Sunday.After the special intensive revision of the voters' list concluded in West...

The Supreme Court today directed the West Bengal government and the Election Commission to provide all logistical support to judicial officers involved in the ongoing special intensive revision of electoral rolls in the state. A three-judge bench, comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices...

New Delhi, March 10 In a new set of directions, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the setting up of independent appellate tribunals, headed by former high court judges, to hear appeals against exclusions from voter lists during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West...

Kolkata, March 10 Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar faced protests from a group of people who raised "go back" slogans and showed black flags to him during his visit to the Dakshineswar Kali Temple near here on Tuesday morning.A similar protest over alleged arbitrary deletions in the...

Kolkata, March 7 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday alleged that voter deletions in the post-SIR electoral rolls were aimed at dividing the state.Addressing a gathering during her demonstration against the alleged arbitrary deletions from the electoral roll in the state...

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...

Kolkata, March 1 Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee announced on Sunday that party supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will stage a protest in Kolkata on March 6 to protest against the alleged deletion of names from the final voter list in West Bengal...

Kolkata, February 28 – As the final voter list for West Bengal, prepared as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, was published on Saturday, official statistics revealed that the maximum number of cases currently under judicial review are concentrated in three districts...

New Delhi, February 28 The names of more than 60 lakh voters who were identified as "doubtful" during the special intensive revision exercise in West Bengal have been submitted to judicial officers for adjudication, officials said on Saturday.These names can now only be included through a...

Kolkata, February 27 The Election Commission (EC) began publishing the post-SIR electoral rolls in West Bengal in phases on Saturday, as officials put up hard copies of the list in some districts such as Bankura.As of the last reports received, the list was yet to be made available online on...

Kolkata, February 28 The Election Commission is set to release West Bengal's electoral rolls after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process on Saturday, marking a crucial stage in the voter list overhaul ahead of the 2026 assembly elections.According to officials, all 7.08 crore names that...

Kolkata, February 24 Union minister Sukanta Majumdar on Tuesday alleged that a high-level meeting convened in West Bengal to further the SIR process, as mandated by the Supreme Court, was attended by unauthorized individuals, including former chief secretary Manoj Pant.The BJP leader demanded...

Kolkata, February 24 – As the Supreme Court allowed judges from the High Courts of Jharkhand and Orissa to participate in the adjudication of voter claims and objections arising from the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, the development drew mixed...

Kolkata, February 23 Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul held an internal coordination meeting with the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal and senior administrative and police officials on Monday regarding the work assigned to judicial officers, officials said.The Chief...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 21 As the ECI released the revised electoral roll after the SIR process in Kerala, two districts — Malappuram and Kannur — recorded an increase in the number of voters.According to the data, the fresh electoral roll has 26,953,644 voters, compared to 27,850,855...

The Supreme Court has cautioned the Director General of Police of West Bengal regarding violence and political interference during the SIR process. The Court made it clear that if the DGP does not take initiative to address objectionable remarks made by political leaders, strict action will be...