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    Bengal Electoral Roll Dispute: Elderly Man Challenges Listing

    Kolkata, March 4 A 104-year-old man has complained of being listed in the "under adjudication" category in the final electoral rolls issued by the Election Commission following the SIR exercise in West Bengal on February 28, officials said on Wednesday.Sheikh Ibrahim, a resident of Jamalpur...
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    Election Day in Nepal: A New Era Begins After Youth Uprising

    Kathmandu, March 4 Voting will take place on Thursday for the general elections, the first to be held after a Gen Z youth-led protest ousted the K P Sharma Oli-led government in Nepal last year.More than 18.9 million eligible Nepalese voters will exercise their franchise to elect 275 members...
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    Bengal Man Dies After Finding Name in Voter Adjudication List

    Kolkata, March 4 – A man in the Magrahat area of West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district committed suicide after he found his name listed under the “adjudication” category in the final electoral rolls of West Bengal following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, police said on...
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    Mental Stress Leads to Two Deaths After Voter Roll Publication

    Kolkata, March 4 Two people died allegedly by suicide in the districts of West Bengal's Jalpaiguri and South 24 Parganas, due to "mental stress" following the publication of the final list after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, officials said.Rafiq Ali Gazi (44) was...
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    Family Mourns Kolkata Momo Seller's Death Amidst Voter Dispute

    Kolkata, March 3 – A man selling momos died by suicide on Tuesday, allegedly after his name was removed from the electoral rolls of West Bengal following a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.The deceased, identified as Gouranga De, a resident of ward number 11 in Jalpaiguri town, is...
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    Nepal's General Election: Key Dates and Voter Details

    Kathmandu, March 2 Political parties and candidates in Nepal concluded their electioneering activities at midnight on Monday, as the silence period began for the general elections scheduled for March 5.With the start of the silence period, no one is allowed to campaign for or against any...
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    Dispute Over Pending Voter Rolls: Officers Challenge CEO's Assessment

    Kolkata, March 2 – The West Bengal Civil Service (Executive) Officers’ Association refuted remarks made by West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal, who attributed the marking of certain names as “under adjudication” in the final electoral rolls, published after the Special...
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    Amit Shah Announces Measures for West Bengal, Addresses Refugee Concerns

    Kolkata, March 2 – Union Home Minister Amit Shah assured on Monday that not a single Hindu refugee, taking shelter in West Bengal from a neighboring country due to religious persecution, will be deported."The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union Government is in place at the Centre. Not a single...
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    International Conference on Voter Registration Planned in Jharkhand

    Ranchi, March 2 Jharkhand Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) K Ravi Kumar said on Monday that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls will begin in the state in April.He added that the exercise will be completed in a single phase."According to directions received from the Election...
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    Meetings Held to Coordinate Security and Voter Adjudication in West Bengal

    Kolkata, March 2 Amid the publication of the final voter list in West Bengal, excluding those whose names have been referred for judicial adjudication as per the direction of the Supreme Court, the Election Commission of India (ECI) will be conducting crucial meetings on Monday and Tuesday to...
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    Bengal Voter Roll Purge: Civil Society Raises Concerns Over SIR Exercise

    Kolkata, March 1 A civil society platform with TMC leanings on Sunday alleged a "sinister conspiracy" to remove 1.25 crore names from West Bengal's electoral rolls and accused the EC of carrying out a "planned purge" under the guise of the SIR exercise.The organization, Desh Bachao Ganmancha...
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    Voter Registration Applications Remain Low in West Bengal's SIR Process

    Kolkata, March 1 – As the final list of voters in West Bengal, as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state, was published, it showed that there had been no new voter registrations in as many as 99 Assembly constituencies during the entire SIR exercise, from the beginning...
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    BJP's 'Paribartan Yatra' Aims to Mobilize Voters in West Bengal

    Kolkata, March 1 The BJP will launch the 'Paribartan Yatra' across West Bengal on Sunday in an attempt to intensify opposition against the TMC and test its grassroots machinery ahead of the upcoming assembly elections.The program will begin a day after the publication of revised electoral...
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    SIR Exercise Reveals Concentration of 'Under Adjudication' Cases in Bangladesh Border Regions

    Kolkata, February 28 – As the final voter list for West Bengal, prepared as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, was published on Saturday, official statistics revealed that the maximum number of cases currently under judicial review are concentrated in three districts...
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    SIR Exercise Results: States See Significant Voter Reduction

    New Delhi, February 28 The combined electoral rolls of eight states and three Union territories have shrunk by nearly 3.13 crore following the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise on Saturday.Now, except Uttar Pradesh, the final electoral rolls of West Bengal, Tamil...
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    Systematic Area Verification Reduces West Bengal Voter Rolls, Focus Remains on Murshidabad and Malda

    Kolkata, February 28 The districts of Murshidabad and Malda, which have a Muslim-majority population, have the highest number of voters whose documents have not yet been verified, according to the final electoral rolls issued by the Election Commission following the Systematic Area Verification...
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    60 Lakh Names Under Review: How Demographic Shifts Could Decide West Bengal’s Polls

    Kolkata, February 28 The publication of West Bengal’s post-SIR electoral rolls has not only pruned 63.66 lakh names from the electorate, but it has also redrawn the state’s demographic and political landscape ahead of the 2026 assembly elections, reshaping voter profiles across districts, border...
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    EC Confirms Amartya Sen's SIR Listing as 'Non-Resident Indian'

    Kolkata, February 28 Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen's name appears on the post-SIR electoral rolls for West Bengal, and his status has been listed as 'Non-Resident Indian', a senior Election Commission official said on Saturday.This development follows a controversy after the election...
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    West Bengal Election Commission Updates Voter Rolls After Revision Exercise

    Kolkata, February 28 Over 63 lakh names were deleted from the pre-SIR electoral rolls in West Bengal, resulting in the revised total electorate of a little over 7.04 crore, Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal said on Saturday.The voter count exceeded 7.66 crore in the state before the...
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    Cooch Behar Enclave Dwellers Protest ‘Under Adjudication’ Voting Status

    Kolkata, February 28 Disappointment gripped the newly-minted citizens of India, residents of the former enclaves of the Cooch Behar district, after an overwhelming majority allegedly found themselves in the ‘under adjudication’ category following the publication of the post-SIR electoral rolls...
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