New Delhi, April 11 The combined voter list of nine states and three Union territories has been reduced by 10.2 per cent following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise carried out by the Election Commission, with over 60 lakh deceased voters removed, according to data shared by the poll...
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New Delhi, April 10 – The final voter rolls for Uttar Pradesh were announced on Friday, following the 2026 Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, which fixed the total number of voters at 133,984,792 (approximately 13.39 crore).The final voter list for Uttar Pradesh, announced by the...
Thiruvananthapuram, April 9 Kerala CEO Rathan U Kelkar said on Thursday that the voting pattern indicates that the target of 90 per cent turnout can be achieved.Chief Electoral Officer Kelkar appealed to all voters to come and exercise their right."If the current trend continues, by the time...
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New Delhi, April 7 A Trinamool Congress delegation will meet the Election Commission on Wednesday and raise the issue of people being "deprived of their right to vote" due to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, the party said here and slammed the deletion of around 27 lakh...
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Kolkata, April 7 The Election Commission's disclosure on Tuesday that around 91 lakh names had been deleted from West Bengal's electoral rolls after the Special Intensive Revision triggered a political uproar, with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accusing the BJP of targeting Matuas and...
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New Delhi, April 7 A Trinamool Congress delegation will meet the Election Commission on Wednesday and raise the issue of people being "deprived of their voting rights" due to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, the party said.TMC's Rajya Sabha leader Derek O'Brien said they...
Kolkata, April 7 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched a scathing attack on the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday over the special intensive revision (SIR) in West Bengal, accusing the Commission of targeting not only ordinary citizens but also members of various...
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Mathura (UP), April 6 Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa said on Monday that the final electoral roll under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise will be published on April 10, with the Election Commission committed to ensuring an accurate and error-free list.Rinwa...
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Kolkata, April 5 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that the entire country was shocked by the recent incident at Kaliachak in the Malda district of West Bengal, where seven judicial officers were taken hostage by criminals.“The entire country saw and was shocked by the way in which...
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Chandigarh, April 4 – Punjab Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Anindita Mitra said on Saturday that the state is fully prepared for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with all preparatory activities progressing in a structured and time-bound manner.Highlighting the progress...
Mumbai, April 4 Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi leader Prakash Ambedkar on Saturday claimed that the names of as many as 2.9 crore voters could be deleted in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Maharashtra's electoral rolls.He further claimed that such a large-scale deletion of names could directly...
New Delhi, April 2 The Election Commission handed over the investigation into the gherao of judicial officers adjudicating cases of Special Intensive Revision in West Bengal's Malda to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday.A spokesperson for the poll authority said an NIA team...
Mumbai, April 2 A delegation from the Maharashtra Congress met Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) S Chockalingam on Thursday and demanded that the upcoming Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state be carried out in a fair and transparent manner.The State Congress president...
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Mumbai, April 2 The Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) on Thursday said that since no elections are scheduled in the state for the next few years, the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) should have a timeline of 1.5 to 2 years to ensure accuracy.A delegation led by MPCC president...
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New Delhi, April 1 The Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday that approximately 4.7 million out of the 6 million objections in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal have been addressed by March 31.A bench...
New Delhi, April 1 Key cases listed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday:* The Supreme Court will hear petitions related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal.* The Supreme Court will hear a plea to mandate the public disclosure of the ultimate beneficial...
Kolkata, March 28 The process of establishing tribunals to hear appeals from voters whose names were missing from the electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal has not yet been finalized, a senior official said on Saturday."The Supreme Court has...
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Important cases listed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, March 24:* The Supreme Court will hear petitions challenging the validity of the Waqf Amendment Act, 2025.* The Supreme Court will hear a petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate against the West Bengal government and others...
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Amaravati, March 18 Andhra Pradesh CEO Vivek Yadav held a training program for deputy district election officers on the upcoming Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll at the Secretariat on Wednesday."The Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh, conducted a training program...
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Kolkata, March 18 A TMC delegation met West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal and raised questions regarding alleged discrepancies in the post-SIR electoral rolls and the "delay" in the publication of supplementary lists.The delegation, which included TMC MPs Mahua Moitra and...