Election Commission
- India
Bengal SIR: OBC certificates issued after 2010 invalid for hearings, says ECI
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has clarified that Other Backward Class (OBC) certificates issued by the West Bengal government after 2010 — earlier scrapped by the Calcutta High Court —…
- India
Bengal CEO dismisses allegations against EC officials over SIR process
Kolkata: The office of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Wednesday dismissed allegations made in police complaints against poll officials in connection with the ongoing SIR exercise, describing them as…
- India
Assam draft rolls show 10.56L voter names deleted ahead of polls
Guwahati: The names of 10.56 lakh voters have been deleted after the Special Revision of electoral rolls in Assam, where assembly polls would be in less than six months. According to the…
- World
WB SIR row: Banerjee seeks count of Bangladeshis, Rohingyas deleted
Kolkata: TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday said that the Election Commission must come out with the number of illegal Bangladeshis and Rohingyas out of the 58.20 lakh names deleted after the…
- Elections
Election Commission completes roll revision in 13 states, plans Phase-2
New Delhi: Battling “vote chori” allegations levelled by the opposition Congress, the Election Commission held special intensive revision of electoral rolls in 13 states and Union territories and a ‘special revision’ in…
- Kerala
Electoral roll observers appointed for SIR in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala CEO Rathan U Kelkar said on Wednesday that four electoral roll observers have been appointed for all 14 districts of the state to ensure a smooth and transparent special intensive…
- Telangana
Telangana to become role model in SIR, says CEC Gyanesh Kumar
Hyderabad: Chief Election Commissioner of India, Gyanesh Kumar, said on Sunday that Telangana would soon become a role model for the entire country in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral…
- India
SIR in Bengal: 45K voters deleted from Mamata’s assembly seat
Kolkata: The TMC leadership has decided to instruct its booth-level agents to carry out fresh, door-to-door scrutiny of deleted voters’ names in Bhabanipur, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s assembly constituency, after…
- India
Pan India SIR: Over 1 crore voters missing from draft rolls, West Bengal tops list
New Delhi: As many as 12.32 crore electors have found their names in the draft electoral rolls of three states and two Union territories published on Tuesday as part of the ongoing…
- Kolkata
200 BLOs demo against voter deletion in West Bengal
Kolkata: Around 200 members of a forum of booth-level officers (BLOs) held a demonstration outside the West Bengal CEO’s office here on Tuesday, protesting against the alleged deletion of thousands of genuine…
- Kolkata
Election Commissioner to release West Bengal voter list on Dec 16
Kolkata: The Election Commission is set to publish the draft electoral rolls for West Bengal on Tuesday following the completion of the statewide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) ahead of the 2026 assembly…
- Telangana
Congress should vacate power in Telangana if it doubts EC: Bandi Sanjay
Hyderabad: Slamming Congress over its ‘vote chori’ allegations, Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Monday said the party should set the precedent by vacating power in Telangana and Karnataka as governments in…
- India
EC extends SIR timeline in six states, Union territories
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Thursday extended the timeline for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in six states and Union territories following requests from the respective chief electoral officers.…
- Politics
Rahul Gandhi challenges Amit Shah to debate on ‘Vote Chori’
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday challenged Home Minister Amit Shah to debate with him on his three press conferences in which the Congress leader…
- India
BJP turning EC into tool for vote chori: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that the BJP is turning the Election Commission into a “tool” for “vote chori”. Sharing a clip of his speech during a discussion…