sir (special intensive revision)

Kolkata, March 7 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said that the women's wing of the ruling Trinamool Congress will stage protests in the streets over the increase in LPG prices.The prices of domestic LPG and commercial cylinders were increased by a steep Rs 60 and Rs...

Kolkata, March 6: The 200 judicial officers from the neighboring states of Jharkhand and Odisha will arrive in West Bengal by Saturday and begin their work on March 9, as part of the Election Commission of India's (ECI) ongoing exercise to adjudicate voter documents identified under the "logical...

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...

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...

Kolkata, March 3 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accused Trinamool Congress leaders and a West Bengal Minister on Tuesday of making baseless allegations against the State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal.The BJP also claimed that the Trinamool Congress's decision to...

Kolkata, March 2 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Election Commission over deletions in the post-SIR electoral rolls, alleging a "nexus" between the poll panel and the BJP to disenfranchise genuine voters and help the saffron party in the...

Kolkata, March 2 – The full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI), led by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, is likely to visit West Bengal on March 9 to review the post-Special Intensive Revision (SIR) situation in the state ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections...

Kolkata, March 1 – The name of Richa Ghosh, a member of the Indian women's cricket team that won the World Cup, has been listed as 'under review' in the final voter rolls of West Bengal.This came to light after the state's final voter list was published following the Special Intensive Revision...

Kolkata, March 1 The Trinamool Congress on Sunday claimed that the name of Richa Ghosh, a member of the Indian women's cricket team that won the World Cup, has been placed in the "under adjudication" category in the voter list released on February 28, accusing the Election Commission of...

Kolkata, March 1 – The Trinamool Congress protested in Hasnabad, North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, over the "deliberate" removal of names from the final voter list, police said on Sunday.On Saturday night, Trinamool Congress' local leaders and activists set tires on fire on the road...

Kolkata, Feb 28 – Around 63.66 lakh names, nearly 8.3 per cent of the electorate, have been deleted in West Bengal since the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) began in November last year, bringing down the total number of voters in the state to over 7.04 crore ahead of the assembly elections due...

Kolkata, February 26 – Political tensions continue to simmer in West Bengal amid the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, as the final voter list is set to be published on February 28, in line with Supreme Court directives.West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agarwal...

Puducherry, February 25 – Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said on Wednesday that the country is proud of Puducherry for its peaceful elections and also for the high percentage of voter participation in previous elections.Addressing reporters after holding meetings with the leaders of...

The National Round Table Conference of the Election Commission of India and State Election Commissioners concluded in New Delhi with the unanimous adoption of the National Declaration 2026. The declaration stated that the preparation of accurate electoral rolls is the foundation of democracy...

Kolkata, February 24 Judicial activities were disrupted on Tuesday, as at least six courts across West Bengal received bomb threats, throwing security personnel into a state of alert and prompting evacuation and search operations in court premises, officials said.The city sessions court and...

Kolkata, February 24 Judicial work was disrupted on Tuesday as several courts in West Bengal received bomb threats, causing security personnel to be in a state of alert and prompting search operations and evacuations on the premises, officials said.The city sessions court, the CJM (Bankshall)...

New Delhi/Gandhinagar, February 23 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) appointed Sandip Sagale as the new Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Gujarat on Monday.He will assume responsibilities from the current CEO, Hareet Shukla, upon formally taking office.Sagale, a 2007-batch officer of...

Chennai, February 23 The Election Commission released the final electoral roll for Tamil Nadu on Monday, and 97.37 lakh names of voters were deleted under various categories.The state now has 5.67 crore voters, Chief Electoral Officer Archana Patnaik, who released the final electoral roll...

Kolkata, February 21 Dissident CPI(M) leader Pratikur Rahman, who resigned from the party on February 16, joined West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress on Saturday, prompting the Marxist organization to expel him.He defected to the TMC in the presence of Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee...

Kolkata, February 20 – A fresh round of dispute between the Election Commission of India and the West Bengal government seems to be brewing over the real definition of suspension of electoral officers found guilty of violating the ECI-set guidelines for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision...