special intensive revision (sir)

Kolkata, March 29 Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday accused the BJP and Humayun Kabir's Aam Janata Unnayan Party of seeking votes in the name of religion while ignoring basic issues such as livelihood and food.Addressing a rally in support of the TMC candidate in the Naoda Assembly...

Alappuzha (Kerala), March 28 CPI(M) state secretary M V Govindan on Saturday alleged that the Congress has failed to fulfill its promise to build houses for the victims of the 2024 Wayanad landslide.Speaking to reporters here, Govindan said the Congress had promised to build 130 houses for the...

Kolkata, March 28 – Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should explain why West Bengal is the only state in the entire country where the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise has faced so many difficulties, leading the Supreme Court to ultimately order judicial adjudication, Union Home Minister...

Kolkata, March 28 Communal polarization in West Bengal is intensifying ahead of the 2026 assembly elections, moving beyond campaign rhetoric into sustained mobilization at the grassroots level, with the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise emerging as a key flashpoint in the state's...

Kolkata, March 27 The retired judge of the Calcutta High Court and chairperson of the West Bengal Waqf Board, Shahidullah Munshi, claimed that his name has been deleted after a judicial review of the electoral rolls, and he has decided to approach an appellate tribunal.This exclusion came to...

On Wednesday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched a strong attack on the BJP, the Centre, and the Election Commission, accusing them of undermining democracy through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and warning that the next step could be attempts to strip people of...

New Delhi, March 24 The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked litigants, including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, to approach the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court with their grievances related to the ongoing special intensive revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal.Referring to the...

Kolkata, March 23 The supplementary list of voters under the "under adjudication" category of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in West Bengal, scheduled to be published on Monday evening, was not released until 10.15 pm.West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 23 The CPI (M) in Kerala on Monday criticized the Election Commission's decision not to consider voter list inclusion applications submitted after March 15, saying this amounts to an "infringement of the constitutional right to vote."The ruling party also urged the EC...

Agartala, March 21 Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Saturday that preliminary work for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has begun in the state.Speaking to reporters after attending a workshop conducted by the BJP, Saha said there is no need for people to panic...

Kolkata, March 20 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday issued a notification announcing the constitution of 19 appellate tribunals to hear objections on decisions taken by judicial officers during ongoing adjudications of cases classified under the “logical discrepancy” category...

Kolkata, March 19 The Left Front announced its second list of 32 candidates for the West Bengal assembly elections on Thursday, with CPI's Shanti Giri from Nandigram and CPI(M)'s Dr Pulin Behari Baskey from Nayagram among the key nominees.During the announcement of the candidate list, CPI(M)...

Kolkata, March 16 – The judicial review process has been completed for almost one-third of the cases referred under the "logical discrepancy" category during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal said on Monday...

New Delhi, March 16 Notices seeking a motion to remove Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, raising issues ranging from the appointment process to his public attacks on Rahul Gandhi and instances of alleged vote manipulation in recent elections, were submitted in both Houses of...

Kolkata, March 15 – Following the Election Commission's announcement that the Assembly elections in West Bengal would be held in two phases, the Trinamool Congress expressed confidence that it would win more than 250 seats in the state.Speaking to the media after the notification for the...

Guwahati, March 15 – Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched a sharp attack on the Congress on Sunday, accusing it of turning Assam into a "safe haven for infiltrators" during its years in power, while asserting that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government is determined to free the state from...

Kolkata, March 15 As West Bengal heads into another high-stakes assembly election following the EC's announcement of the poll schedule, the ruling TMC needs to navigate a complex political terrain shaped by incumbency, welfare-driven support, organizational muscle, and a polarized opposition...

Kolkata, March 14 – Two Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested at the India-Bangladesh international border in the North 24 Parganas district for allegedly entering the country illegally, a senior district police officer said on Saturday.According to police, the two individuals were...

New Delhi, March 13 Opposition MPs have submitted notices in both Houses of Parliament seeking a motion to remove Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, sources said on Friday.As many as 130 Lok Sabha MPs and 63 Rajya Sabha MPs have signed the notice, a source said.The signatories...

Kolkata, March 12 Following the publication of post-SIR electoral rolls in West Bengal on February 28, Election Commission officials discussed the modalities for publishing supplementary voter lists with Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul on Thursday."The discussion today focused on...