Election Commission
- India
SC to begin hearing pleas challenging EC’s decision to conduct pan-India SIR on Tuesday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to commence hearing pleas challenging the Election Commission’s decision to conduct pan-India Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls on Tuesday. A bench of Justices…
- India
Bengal woman, daughter critical after suicide bid over SIR form fear
Kolkata: A 27-year-old woman in West Bengal’s Hooghly district allegedly attempted suicide along with her minor daughter, reportedly out of fear after not receiving a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) enumeration form, her…
- Chennai
Ensure no eligible voter is left out during SIR, TN CM Stalin announces helpline
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday called upon his party men to ensure none among the eligible voters are missed out during the ongoing SIR in the state.…
- India
SIR a bid to institutionalise ‘vote theft’: Rahul Gandhi
Pachmarhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Sunday alleged that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is an attempt to cover up “vote theft” and institutionalise…
- Elections
Phase 1 of Bihar assembly election: No repoll recommended, says EC
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Friday said no repoll has been recommended for the over 45,000 polling stations in 121 seats that went to polls in the first phase of the…
- India
Rush of first time voters could overwhelm poll authorities: Bombay HC
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday said if every individual began submitting voter enrolment applications immediately upon turning 18, it would overwhelm the authorities with verification work and “open the floodgates”.…
- India
‘Vote chori’ system evolved by PM, EC; will be deployed in Bihar too: Rahul
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday claimed that a “systematic vote chori” method, evolved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Election Commission to “kill Indian democracy”, will be deployed…
- India
SIR: Over 70 lakh forms distributed on first day of enumeration process in West Bengal
Kolkata: As part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, more than 70 lakh enumeration forms were distributed by over 80,000 booth-level officers (BLOs) on the first…
- India
LDF urges EC to review decision on SIR in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram: The ruling LDF on Sunday urged the Election Commission of India to review its decision to implement the Special Intensive Revision of the voters’ list in Kerala, calling the current criteria…
- World
17 new political parties apply for registration at Nepal’s Election Commission
Kathmandu: Seventeen new political parties have applied for registration at the Election Commission (EC) to contest Nepal’s March 5 general elections, according to an official. Of these, seven parties applied to the…
- Kerala
EC ready to implement SIR; Kerala CM calls all-party meeting to oppose it
Thiruvananthapuram: As the Election Commission of India gears up to implement SIR of voter lists in Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday said the Cabinet has decided to convene an all-party…
- India
All-party meet on SIR aimed at ‘safeguarding democracy’, all parties should join: Stalin
Tenkasi: The all-party meet over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is an attempt to “safeguard democracy” and all parties should attend it, setting aside political differences, Chief Minister M…
- India
SIR to begin in Puducherry UT from Nov 4
Puducherry: Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Puducherry union territory will begin on November 4 and the election department has devised a plan to carryout this exercise, an official has…
- India
SIR plan a threat to democracy, says Kerala CM Vijayan
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday strongly criticised the Election Commission of India’s decision to carry out a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list in Kerala and other…
- India
Will file case against EC once in power: Uddhav Thackeray
Mumbai: Amid controversy over the vote theft and irregularities in electoral rolls, Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray on Monday announced that after the change in the government at the Centre, a…