Election Commission
- India
Second Bengal supplementary voter list likely by March 27–28: EC
Kolkata: The second supplementary list under the SIR of electoral rolls in West Bengal is likely to be published by March 27-28, a senior Election Commission official said. Around 36 lakh voter…
- India
TMC urges EC to remove Bhabanipur returning officer
Kolkata: The TMC has demanded that the poll panel remove Surajit Roy as the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency’s returning officer, alleging he has close links with BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, who is locked…
- India
EC tightens vigil in Bengal ahead of polls
Kolkata: Senior police officials began visiting police stations across West Bengal from Sunday, March 22, as the Election Commission stepped up monitoring of poll preparedness and security arrangements in the poll-bound state.…
- India
EC to announce assembly poll dates on Sunday evening
New Delhi: The Election Commission will announce the dates for the Assembly polls on the evening of Sunday, March 15. Polls are due in West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam and Puducherry.…
- India
CEC to review Bengal poll preparedness, hold press conference today
Kolkata: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar is scheduled to hold a series of meetings with senior officials and police officers in West Bengal on Tuesday, March 11, to review preparedness for the…
- India
ECI full bench arrives in Kolkata for two-day visit with packed schedule
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI)’s full bench, led by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, arrived in Kolkata from New Delhi late on Sunday evening with a packed schedule for…
- World
Rapper Balendra Shah wins Nepal elections by a landslide victory
Kathmandu: Months after Gen Z youth stormed the streets of Nepal, effectively toppling the KP Oli-led government, the country held its general elections on Thursday, March 5. And on Saturday, March 7,…
- World
Nepal elections: RSP leading in 23 seats as per initial results
Kathmandu: Rastriya Swotantra Party is leading in 23 seats, while Nepali Congress and CPN-UML are leading in three each as per the preliminary election results. Vote counting started late on Thursday, March…
- Hyderabad
SIR in Hyderabad: Non-tech-savvy BLOs may pose challenge during exercise
Hyderabad: Hyderabad and all other districts of Telangana are going to see Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in April, and Booth Level Officers (BLOs) are going to play a crucial role in the…
- India
104-yr-old put under adjudication category in electoral rolls, triggers row
Kolkata: 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 special intensive revision (SIR) exercise in…
- India
Two die by suicide after publication of post-SIR voter rolls in Bengal
Kolkata: Two persons died allegedly by suicide in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri and South 24 Parganas districts, due to “mental stress” following the publication of the final list after the Special Intensive Revision…
- Telangana
CM Revanth Reddy appears before Nampally court in seven cases
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy appeared before the Nampally Public Representatives Court on Saturday, February 28, in connection with seven cases registered during the previous government’s tenure. The court took…
- India
EC begins phased release of Post-SIR rolls in West Bengal
Kolkata: The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday, February 28, started publishing the post-SIR electoral rolls in West Bengal in phases, as officials put up hard copies of the list in some districts…
- India
Bengal braces for post-SIR rolls on Saturday
Kolkata: When West Bengal’s post-SIR electoral rolls are published on Saturday, February 28, it will not only update a list of over seven crore voters, but also reflect months of political confrontation,…
- India
SIR in Tamil Nadu: Final electoral roll published, nearly 1 cr voters deleted
Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s final electoral roll has been officially published on Monday, February 23, following an extensive Special Intensive Revision (SIR) undertaken in compliance with directions from the Election Commission of India…