SIR
- India
SIR rollout in remaining states soon: CEC Gyanesh Kumar
New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Saturday, January 24, said the special intensive revision (SIR) of voters’ lists in the remaining states will be rolled out soon as he described…
- India
SIR in Bengal done in hurry, says Nobel laureate Amartya Sen
Kolkata: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has voiced deep unease over the SIR process in West Bengal, warning that the exercise is being conducted with “undue haste” and may jeopardise democratic participation, particularly…
- India
3 to 4 people dying by suicide in Bengal everyday due to SIR: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday, January 23, claimed that three to four people are dying by suicide everyday in the state, due to anxiety over the ongoing SIR…
- India
Bengal SIR: ECI directs micro-observers, SROs on document authentication
Kolkata: Amid reports of unlisted identity documents being accepted as authentic ones during the hearing sessions on the claims and objections to the draft voters’ list in West Bengal, the Election Commission…
- India
SIR fair, just and reasonable: ECI to SC
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Thursday, January 22, termed the decision to undertake Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls “fair, just and reasonable”, and urged the Supreme Court to reject…
- India
CEC says pure voters’ list key to strengthen democracy
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of opposition parties questioning the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Wednesday, January 21, asserted that a “pure” voters’ list is…
- India
Mamata asks DMs to strictly follow SC’s directives on SIR
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has asked district magistrates to strictly adhere to the Supreme Court’s instructions on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, stressing that people must…
- India
Bengal SIR: EC steps up scrutiny in border districts, adds 12 SROs
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Tuesday, January 20, appointed 12 more Special Electoral Roll Observers (SROs) for West Bengal to review the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) in the…
- India
Gujarat SIR: Minority voters removed from voter list, declared ‘dead’
Ahmedabad: Several Muslim voters in the Jamalpur Assembly of Gujarat’s Ahmedabad were reportedly removed and declared dead in the electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state, sparking allegations…
- India
SIR: Openly display names of people on ‘discrepancies’ list, SC tells EC
The Supreme Court on Monday, January 19, directed the Election Commission (EC) to display the names of those on the “logical discrepancies” list at gram panchayat bhavans, block offices of talukas and…
- India
BLO hospitalised, TMC blames ‘constant SIR workload’
Kolkata: A Booth Level Officer (BLO) in South 24 Parganas district involved in Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has been hospitalised for a brain stroke, an official said on Sunday.…
- India
Bengal SIR: ECI sets target of seven lakh hearings per day
Kolkata: With less than a month left for both completion of the hearings on claims and objections to the draft voters’ list in West Bengal as well as the publication of the…
- India
Political murder: BJP blames Opposition for role in BLO suicides during SIR
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Saturday, January 17, held press conferences targeting the Indian National Congress, Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), refuting claims that the Booth…
- Hyderabad
Be among people, Owaisi tells AIMIM corporators after Maharashtra win
Hyderabad: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president, Asaduddin Owaisi, instructed the party’s Maharashtra corporators to remain among the people and work diligently in their respective wards, a day after the party…
- India
Bengal SIR: ECI seeks daily report from EROs on document verification progress
Kolkata: Amid controversies over the identity-proof document verification during SIR, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed the Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and the District Magistrates (DMs), who are also the…