Kolkata, February 17 – The office of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) announced on Tuesday that the Election Commission of India (ECI) had decided to suspend three micro-observers involved in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state, due to allegations of...
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New Delhi, February 17 The West Bengal chief secretary has sent a compliance letter to the Election Commission (EC), which had asked her to follow certain directions issued by it, including action against certain officials and payment of enhanced remuneration to booth-level officers (BLOs).EC...
Ahmedabad, February 17 The total number of voters in Gujarat now stands at 4.40 crore, according to the final electoral rolls published on Tuesday by the Election Commission (EC) following the nearly three-and-a-half-month Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, officials said.The final...
Muzaffarnagar (UP), February 16 A man was arrested on Monday for allegedly misbehaving with a woman booth-level officer (BLO) and assaulting her son in a village in the Shamli district, police said.The incident took place in Chatela village, under the Jhinjhana police station limits...
New Delhi, February 16 The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a plea filed by a man challenging the "logical discrepancy" category in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi...
Kolkata, February 16 A booth-level officer (BLO) was seriously injured after allegedly being attacked by a man during the ongoing SIR exercise in West Bengal's Nadia district, a police officer said.BLO Ali Saheb was attacked when he went to a village in the Kaliganj area on Sunday to verify...
Hyderabad, February 15 AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has alleged that the BJP-led central government is attempting to "deprive citizens of their rights" through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.Addressing a public meeting organized as part of the AIMIM's 68th Revival...
Kolkata, February 14 – The hearing phase on claims and objections to the draft voter list in West Bengal concluded on Saturday evening, with an additional 4.98 lakh names identified as eligible for deletion from the final voter list.These 4.98 lakh voters are those who did not attend the...
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Kolkata, February 14 Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has said that the Supreme Court's recent order on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) did not address the grievances raised by the West Bengal government, contending that "specific directions" from the top judiciary were required to...
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Kolkata, February 14 – In a gruesome incident in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, a 36-year-old man was allegedly murdered, his body dismembered, and dumped in a canal after he was called to submit documents related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls...
Surat, February 12 Two Congress leaders from Surat have filed a petition in the Gujarat High Court challenging the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state, alleging widespread violations of rules and the "arbitrary deletion" of voters' names.The petition, filed...
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Senior BJP leader and West Bengal observer, Bhupender Yadav, has demanded that the West Bengal government remove all obstacles hindering the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. Speaking at a press conference in Kolkata today, Bhupender Yadav cited a Supreme Court directive stating that any...
New Delhi, February 11 The final voter rolls for Goa, as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list, will be published on February 21 instead of February 14, the Election Commission (EC) said on Wednesday.In a letter to the state chief electoral officer, the EC...
Kolkata, February 9 The ruling TMC on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court's order on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, saying it delivered a "sharp rebuke" to the Election Commission's "arbitrary approach."The apex court made it clear to the states that it will not allow...
Kolkata, February 9 The West Bengal Congress held a demonstration in central Kolkata on Monday, alleging that the Election Commission was attempting to remove the names of legitimate voters from the electoral rolls through the SIR (Special Intensive Revision).The rally, led by state Congress...
Kolkata, February 9 TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee shared a poem on social media on Monday, criticizing the alleged harassment of people during the ongoing SIR exercise in West Bengal.Titled 'Ami Aswikar Kori' (I Refuse), the poem posted on Banerjee's official social media handles expresses dissent...
Kolkata, February 9 The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has received thousands of applications for domicile certificates in the past one-and-a-half months, an unprecedented surge linked to the Election Commission's ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, officials said...
Kolkata, February 9 The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has received more than 18,600 applications for domicile certificates in the past one-and-a-half months, an unprecedented surge linked to the Election Commission's ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, officials...