special intensive revision (sir)

Thiruvananthapuram, February 21 – The final electoral roll for Kerala was published on Saturday evening, following the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), with a total electorate strength of 26,953,644.In the first phase of the SIR exercise, 2.78 crore forms were distributed...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 21 The ECI released the final electoral roll in Kerala on Saturday after the SIR exercise, with the total number of voters in the state standing over 2.69 crore.The Election Commission of India (ECI) shared a link – http://electoralsearch.eci.gov.in – that enables...

New Delhi, February 21 Union Minister Kiren Rijiju described the Supreme Court's order for the deployment of judicial officers to assist in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in West Bengal as a "very significant directive" and stated that the Mamata Banerjee...

Kolkata, February 21 – The Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, Sujoy Paul, will chair a crucial meeting on Saturday to finalize the plan for appointing serving and retired judicial officers to oversee the adjudication of claims and objections arising from the ongoing Special Intensive...

Key cases listed in the Supreme Court on Friday, February 20:* The Supreme Court will hear petitions challenging the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal.* The Supreme Court will also hear a petition related to the Chhattisgarh liquor...

New Delhi, February 19 The training of polling officials has already been completed for a special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Delhi, which is likely to begin from April, officials said on Thursday.The Election Commission has asked 22 states and Union territories to complete...

New Delhi, February 19 The Election Commission on Thursday asked 22 states and Union Territories, including Delhi, to complete preparatory work related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) at the earliest, as the exercise is "expected to begin from April".Once the exercise is completed, all...

New Delhi, February 19 – Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva welcomed the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to initiate the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the national capital on Thursday, stating that the exercise would help identify and remove illegal...

Lucknow, February 18 Alleging that a large number of names of their supporters are being deleted, Samajwadi Party leaders on Wednesday submitted a written complaint to the Uttar Pradesh chief electoral officer, alleging large-scale irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the...

Kolkata, February 18 – Police have arrested a man suspected to be of Bangladeshi origin for allegedly residing in India for several years using forged identity documents, officials said on Wednesday. The arrest was made in the Dinhata area in the Cooch Behar district of north Bengal.The...

Gandhinagar, February 17 – The political parties in Gujarat strongly reacted on Tuesday following the release of the state's final voter list. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) defended the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), while the Congress raised concerns about transparency and procedural...

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...

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...

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...