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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...

Kolkata, April 2 Police arrested at least 17 people on Thursday, including a poll candidate, for their alleged involvement in the gherao of seven judicial officials in Malda district, West Bengal, over the deletion of names from the electoral rolls, a senior officer said.Maulana Shahjahan Ali...

Kolkata, April 2 The BJP accused the ruling Trinamool Congress on Thursday of inciting a mob to surround and prevent access to seven judicial officers involved in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Malda district over the removal of names from the voter list.Security...

Kolkata, April 2 – A fresh protest has started in Malda since Thursday morning, this time in the Mangalbari area of the old Malda block. The protesters stated that many of their names have been removed from the voter list despite having valid documents.After being opened for a few hours at...

Kolkata, April 1 – The judicial adjudication process has been completed for over 78 per cent of the cases referred for adjudication after being classified under the “logical discrepancy” category, with the process yet to be completed for another 13 lakh cases.The figures stood as of Tuesday...

Kolkata, March 31 The BJP on Tuesday alleged that the convoy of its candidate in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district was attacked by Trinamool Congress supporters, a charge denied by the ruling party.The TMC claimed that the attack was a result of the simmering anger among locals over the...

Kolkata, March 31 – Based on the average daily deletion rates of voter names during the ongoing judicial review of voters classified under the “logical discrepancy” category, the Election Commission of India (ECI) estimates that the final deletion figure at the end of the process will be...

Kolkata, March 28 – The third supplementary list for judicial adjudication cases in West Bengal was released on Saturday at approximately 10:15 p.m.The list is available on the websites of the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal...

Kolkata, March 25 The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Wednesday evening that of the 60 lakh cases classified under the "logical discrepancy" category, the judicial adjudication process has been completed for 32 lakh cases by the judicial officer appointed for the process, as of...

Kolkata, March 24 – The first supplementary list for judicial adjudication of voters classified under the "logical discrepancy category" was published exactly at midnight after a day-long wait.The list was first published online on the main website of the Election Commission of India (ECI) at...

The Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, has stated that the Election Commission (ECI) will publish the first supplementary voter list under the Systematic Voters' Registration (SIR) process today. This list will include the names of voters whose documents have been fully...

New Delhi, March 19 AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal voiced his support for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday, stating that she is fighting to protect democracy and accusing the BJP of using the Election Commission (EC) to win the upcoming state assembly elections.The former...

Kolkata, March 19 – Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul is scheduled to chair a crucial meeting on Thursday regarding the publication of the first supplementary list of voters referred for judicial adjudication, which falls under the “logical discrepancy” category.The first...

Puducherry, March 15 Puducherry CEO P Jawahar on Sunday appealed to all political parties in the union territory to abide by the Model Code of Conduct (MCC), which has come into immediate effect, following the announcement of dates for the Assembly elections.The elections for the 30 Assembly...

Kolkata, March 15 The Ramakrishna Sarada Mission has issued a public notice clarifying that it has no branch in Minakha and has distanced itself from claims by a monk who allegedly presented himself as the president of a 'Minakha Ramakrishna Sarada Mission' in North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, on...

Kolkata, March 15 – The Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, clarified on Sunday about the possibility of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership asking him to contest from two Assembly constituencies simultaneously in the upcoming state elections...

Kolkata, March 11 – The Supreme Court has ordered the formation of a tribunal to hear appeals from those whose names were removed from the voter list following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. However, Aam Janata Unnayan Party chairman Humayun Kabir said on Wednesday that he is not...

Kolkata, March 10 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Tuesday, called off her indefinite sit-in protest against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, which began in the afternoon of February 6, at Esplanade in Kolkata.Announcing the withdrawal of the protest on...

Kolkata, March 10 TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said on Tuesday that the Supreme Court's intervention in the SIR exercise was a "victory for democracy and the people of Bengal", while launching a sharp attack on the Election Commission and the BJP over the alleged deletion of...

Kolkata, March 10 – A Booth Level Officer (BLO) in Kakdwip, West Bengal, approached the state administration on Tuesday after receiving threats from a voter in his area following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, in which his name was removed from the voter list.BLO Manindranath...