west bengal elections

Kolkata, April 7 – The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Gyanesh Kumar, will hold a virtual meeting with all Election Commission of India (ECI)-appointed poll observers for West Bengal on Wednesday to discuss the current polling booth infrastructure in the state for the upcoming two-phase...

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...

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...

New Delhi, April 7 The BJP on Tuesday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of "spreading fear" among voters and alleged that the ruling TMC is obstructing free and fair elections in the state.Addressing a press conference here, senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad countered...

In West Bengal, the Election Commission has released the complete list of voters under judicial review as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) for the electoral roll. For the first time, details have been published at the district level, clearly indicating whether voters are eligible or...

Kolkata, April 7 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged on Tuesday that the names of people belonging to specific communities were removed from the voter rolls in the state after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.Addressing a rally in Chakdaha, Nadia district, Banerjee...

Kolkata, April 6 Malda's Additional District Magistrate (Law and Order), Shaikh Ansar Ahamad, received two show cause notices regarding allegations of unauthorized remarks made during the ongoing SIR exercise and a security lapse during the gherao of judicial officers in Kaliachak on March 31...

New Delhi, April 6 Election Commission officials on Monday dismissed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's claim that 200 vehicles carrying CRPF personnel from BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh were sent to the election-bound West Bengal.They said the Election Commission's (EC) objective is to ensure...

Kolkata, April 6 – Kolkata Police sent a notice to Trinamool Congress MLA Ratna Chatterjee on Monday evening, requesting her to appear for questioning. This followed an incident of vandalism at a local office of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Behala (Paschim) Assembly constituency in...

New Delhi, April 6 The Supreme Court on Monday directed the 88-year-old grandson of the legendary artist Nandalal Bose to approach the Appellate Tribunal after his name was removed from the voters' list during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, which is...

New Delhi, April 6 The Supreme Court on Monday said that around 60 lakh claims and objections of those removed from voter lists in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound West Bengal will be decided during the day, observing that central forces will remain...

Kolkata, April 6 – Senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Vibhu Goel was appointed as an Additional Chief Electoral Officer (ACEO) for West Bengal on Monday, specifically to coordinate with the judges heading the 19 Appellate Tribunals set up to settle cases where voter names have...

Kolkata, April 6 Thousands of people whose names were removed from the electoral rolls queued up across West Bengal since Monday morning to present their cases before judicial officers, as tribunals for the adjudication of appeals began functioning in the state.Monday is the last day for...

New Delhi, April 6 Observing that central forces will remain deployed considering recent incidents, the Supreme Court on Monday said that around 60 lakh claims and objections of those removed from voter lists in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound West...

Kolkata, April 6 The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal appointed IAS officer Vibhu Goel as the additional CEO with immediate effect, entrusting him with crucial coordination responsibilities related to the SIR exercise, according to an official order.Goel will serve in his new role...

Kolkata, April 6 To ensure peaceful polling in West Bengal, the Election Commission has decided to deploy 3,000 armed police personnel from other states, primarily from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Madhya Pradesh, to supplement the already substantial presence of central forces for the first phase...

Rampur (UP), April 6 Senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday criticized the Congress and the Left, saying that those who are embracing each other in Delhi are busy "oppressing" each other in the politically sensitive state of Kerala.Addressing a BJP Foundation Day programme here, Naqvi...

Kolkata, April 6 – The Kolkata police have registered an FIR against a female member of the Trinamool Congress-backed Booth Level Officer (BLO) Rights Protection Committee for staging a protest outside the office of the State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), officials said on Monday.A senior...

Kolkata, April 5 The TMC on Sunday accused the BJP of being involved in the unrest in West Bengal's Malda district, where several judicial officers involved in scrutinizing unregistered voters were recently surrounded, and charged Prime Minister Narendra Modi with spreading false information...