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Kolkata, April 11 – Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday criticised the BJP for proposing to implement a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in West Bengal, claiming that the saffron camp seeks to deprive people of their rights.Addressing an election rally in Keshiary, West Midnapore...

Chakdaha/Bongaon, April 7 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that the names of people belonging to the Matua and minority communities have been deleted from the post-SIR voter rolls in the state.Addressing a rally in Chakdaha in the Nadia district, Banerjee said that...

Kolkata, April 6 – The Kolkata police have registered an FIR against a female member of the Trinamool Congress-backed Booth Level Officer (BLO) Rights Protection Committee for staging a protest outside the office of the State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), officials said on Monday.A senior...

In New Delhi, the Supreme Court strongly criticized the West Bengal administration for its handling of the recent events, particularly the "deplorable" gherao and attack on seven judicial officers in Malda district during the electoral rolls revision process. The court directed a CBI or NIA...

Today, the BJP accused the West Bengal government, led by the Trinamool Congress, of promoting lawlessness in the state. Speaking at a press conference in New Delhi, BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia alleged that yesterday, seven judicial officers who were performing their duties in the SIR process...

New Delhi, April 2 The Supreme Court on Thursday strongly criticized the West Bengal administration for their alleged inaction regarding the "deplorable" siege and attack on seven judicial officers in Malda district during the SIR (Summary Inquiry Report) process and ordered an independent...

Kolkata, April 2 Seven judicial officers involved in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) were rescued after protesters surrounded them for several hours in Malda district of West Bengal over the deletion of names from the electoral rolls, officials said on Thursday.Security forces used batons...

New Delhi, April 1 Nineteen appellate tribunals, headed by former chief justices and high court judges, will decide on the pleas of those excluded from the voter list during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in poll-bound West Bengal, the Supreme Court said on...

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...