special intensive revision (sir)

Jaipur, April 11 Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday criticized Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, calling him a "fake religious leader," who demands "certificates from others but has none of his own."Addressing a press conference here, Yadav alleged widespread...

Lucknow, April 11 More than 2.04 crore voters have been removed from the electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. The deletions are primarily concentrated in urban areas, with a significant proportion involving female voters.According to data...

Lucknow, April 10 Uttar Pradesh BJP president and Union Minister Pankaj Chaudhary responded to Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday, stating that his allegations regarding irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls are "completely baseless" and an...

New Delhi, April 10 The combined electoral rolls of nine states and three Union territories have shrunk by nearly 6.08 crore following the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise on Friday.Now, with the final electoral roll of Uttar Pradesh released, the second phase of the...

Lucknow, April 10 The Congress on Friday termed the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) conducted in Uttar Pradesh as "illegal", saying it constitutes a "betrayal of democracy and a violation of the public's voting rights".The Congress' reaction came after Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer...

Lucknow, April 10 – Uttar Pradesh’s electorate has increased by over 84 lakh, reaching 13.39 crore, according to the final voter list released on Friday.Addressing a press conference at the Lok Bhawan Media Centre here, Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa stated that the...

Lucknow, April 10 Uttar Pradesh's electorate increased by over 84 lakh to 13.39 crore after the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), according to the final voter list published on Friday.Addressing a press conference at the Lok Bhawan Media Centre here, Uttar Pradesh's Chief...

New Delhi, April 10 The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a fresh plea along with existing ones challenging the Election Commission's freezing of electoral rolls ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal on April 13.The election panel has finalized and frozen the electoral...

New Delhi, April 9 The National Investigation Agency (NIA) registered 12 cases on Wednesday to investigate the siege of judicial officers, who were deputed for work related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Malda, West Bengal.The move came following a directive...

New Delhi, April 8 The National Investigation Agency (NIA) registered 12 cases on Wednesday to investigate the siege of judicial officers, who were deputed for work related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Malda, West Bengal.The move came following a directive...

Kolkata, April 8 "At times, I feel like starting to practice law again," West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday, targeting the BJP and the election panel over large-scale deletions of names from voter rolls under the SIR, while asserting that the TMC would move court over...

New Delhi, April 7 A Trinamool Congress delegation will meet the Election Commission on Wednesday amid the ongoing controversies surrounding the SIR exercise in West Bengal.Party leaders will also raise the issue of the alleged links between several middle-level officials appointed following...

Kolkata/New Delhi, April 7 – Strongly condemning the alleged attack on judicial officers in Malda district, West Bengal, the Calcutta High Court Bar Association passed a resolution on Tuesday suspending one of its members and calling for strict action against those involved.In a resolution...

Kolkata, April 7 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged on Tuesday that the names of people belonging to specific communities were removed from the voter rolls in the state after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.Addressing a rally in Chakdaha, Nadia district, Banerjee...

New Delhi, April 6 Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan on Monday rejected separate notices from the opposition to move a motion for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar from his post.The opposition had submitted notices to the Lok Sabha...

Kolkata, April 6 Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee urged people on Monday not to vote for the Congress, claiming it would only strengthen the BJP.Addressing a rally in Jalangi in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, the TMC national general secretary alleged that the Congress has a nexus with...

Kolkata, April 6 Thousands of people whose names were removed from the electoral rolls queued up across West Bengal since Monday morning to present their cases before judicial officers, as tribunals for the adjudication of appeals began functioning in the state.Monday is the last day for...

Kolkata, April 5 Congress candidate Mohtab Sheikh, whose name had been placed in the "adjudication cases" column of the final electoral roll on February 28, was a happy man on Sunday evening after a tribunal ordered that his name be reinstated.A relieved Sheikh told reporters, "Justice has...

In Cooch Behar, on April 5, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the BJP's campaign against lawlessness in West Bengal, focusing on the incident in Malda where judicial officers were held hostage. He accused the TMC of "sponsored lawlessness" and portrayed the assembly elections as a battle...

In Cooch Behar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday highlighted the Malda incident involving judicial officers as a reflection of the TMC's alleged lawlessness in West Bengal, framing it as a contest between the TMC's alleged "rampant corruption" and the BJP's "commitment to good governance"...