special intensive revision (sir)

Lucknow, February 25 Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Wednesday that notices were being issued to voters on a large scale during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and described the exercise as the BJP's "vote suppression" (depriving someone of the right to vote) after...

February 25, New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India has modified its earlier order regarding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal.The Chief Justice of India stated that, in continuation of the order dated February 24, 2026, it is further clarified and directed that all documents...

New Delhi, February 24 The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the deployment of West Bengal civil judges, in addition to 250 district judges, and the requisitioning of judicial officers from Jharkhand and Odisha to handle the 80 lakh claims and objections related to deletion from the electoral...

Kolkata, February 24 Both the Trinamool Congress and the BJP hailed the Supreme Court's order on Tuesday, allowing the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court to deploy judicial officers from neighboring Jharkhand and Odisha to deal with claims and objections in the ongoing Special Intensive...

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...

New Delhi, February 24 – The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed judicial officers from the neighboring High Courts of Jharkhand and Orissa to be deputed to West Bengal to expedite the resolution of voter claims and objections arising from the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral...

Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar stated today that the accurate electoral rolls are the foundation of any democracy. He made these remarks while addressing the National Round Table Conference of the Election Commission of India and State Election Commissioners in New Delhi.Speaking...

Kolkata, February 23 – The West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) demanded the release of error-free voter lists before the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal on Monday.WBPCC President Subhankar Sarkar also announced a 24-hour sit-in protest in front of the West Bengal Chief...

Chandigarh, February 23 Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann announced the launch of the 'Meri Rasoi' scheme on Monday, under which the Punjab government will provide free food kits to 40 lakh families registered under the National Food Security Act, starting in April.This will be in addition to the...

New Delhi, February 23 The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Lucknow district election officer to examine and take remedial action on the grievances of 91 residents of Akbar Nagar in the state capital, who were allegedly excluded from the Uttar Pradesh electoral rolls following the demolition...

Kolkata, February 22 Judicial officers appointed to adjudicate claims and objections arising from the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound West Bengal will be required to accept only the 13 identity documents specified by the Election Commission of India...

Kolkata, February 22 Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul has constituted a committee to oversee interim arrangements for transferring urgent matters to alternative courts following the engagement of judicial officers for work related to the SIR exercise in West Bengal.On February 20...

Kolkata, February 22 – The full-fledged judicial adjudication of claims and objections arising from the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the election-bound state of West Bengal will begin on Monday, and the process will commence with the involvement of 150 session...

Kolkata, February 22 – As the deadline for the completion of the scrutiny phase of voter documents submitted during the hearing on claims and objections to the draft voter list in West Bengal has ended, uncertainty remains regarding the number of voter documents classified as "logical...

Sri Vijaya Puram, February 21 The Andaman and Nicobar Islands saw the removal of 5,269 names from the draft electoral roll, as the final list of voters was published after the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) on Saturday, officials said.The final electoral roll released by...

Kolkata, February 21 – Trinamool Congress All India General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday pointed out multiple violations of norms by officials involved in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in West Bengal."We have come to notice that EROs are no longer able to monitor the...

Kolkata, February 21 – Pratikur Rahman, a state committee member of the CPI(M) in West Bengal and considered one of the party’s prominent young leaders, joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday. The CPI(M) leadership subsequently expelled him from the party.Rahman was formally inducted...

Kolkata, February 21 The Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court ordered on Saturday the cancellation of leave for all judicial officers posted in different courts of West Bengal until March 9, to ensure compliance with the directions passed by the Supreme Court for the completion of the...

Kolkata, February 21 Senior 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 joined the TMC in the presence of Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee, against...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 21 The ECI released the final electoral roll for Kerala on Saturday after the SIR exercise, with around nine lakh names removed from the list.The total number of voters in the state now stands at over 2.69 crore.The Election Commission of India also shared a...