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- India
Abhishek Banerjee hails SC order on voter list as democratic victory
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday, March 10, said the intervention of the Supreme Court in the SIR exercise was a “victory for democracy and the people of…
- 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
SC to hear Mamata Banerjee’s plea against Bengal SIR tomorrow
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday the plea filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and several Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders challenging the ongoing Special Intensive…
- India
CEC Gyanesh Kumar faces ‘go back’ slogans, shown black flags in Kolkata
Kolkata: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar faced “go back” slogans and was shown black flags on Monday, March 9, when he visited the revered Kalighat temple in south Kolkata. Police personnel present…
- 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…
- India
Over 70L forms for including names, 2.6L for deletion: UP SIR in a nutshell
Lucknow: Over 70.69 lakh Form 6 claims for inclusion in the electoral rolls and 2.68 lakh objections via Form 7, seeking deletion of names, were received in Uttar Pradesh between January 6…
- Kolkata
Voter roll deletions: Mamata continues sit-in, spends night At Kolkata protest site
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee continued her protest against alleged arbitrary deletions in the post-SIR electoral rolls for the second consecutive day on Saturday, after she spent the night at…
- India
TMC leader asks CEC for daily release of supplementary voter lists
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress general secretary and party’s Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee, on late Friday, March 6, evening, shot a letter to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar demanding daily publication of…
- India
Mamata begins sit-in protest against voter roll deletions in Bengal
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday, March 6, began a sit-in here to protest against the alleged arbitrary deletions from the post-SIR electoral rolls, escalating the Trinamool Congress’s confrontation…
- India
Centre pushing Matuas into uncertainty over citizenship: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday, March 5, alleged that the BJP-led government at the Centre was pushing members of the Matua community into “uncertainty and confusion” in the…
- 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…
- Hyderabad
Masjid network key to community mobilisation for SIR: Hyderabad civil society
Hyderabad: Calling for coordinated community action to face the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, speakers at a round table workshop in Hyderabad on Wednesday, March 4, said the masjid-level network…
- 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…
- News
TMC, Left, Cong strike rare chord on voter list row ahead of Bengal polls
Kolkata: In the run-up to the West Bengal assembly elections, an unlikely political convergence is taking shape in the state with the ruling TMC and the opposition CPI(M) and Congress raising similar…
- India
Bengal SIR: 200 additional judicial officers to join adjudication exercise
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday evening informed that 200 additional judicial officers — 100 each from neighbouring Jharkhand and Odisha — will join the ongoing judicial adjudication process…