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- India
ECI sharing differing views reflects pure democracy: BJP
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday, September 23, said that reports about three election commissioners sharing differing views during official deliberations show it is functioning in a democratic manner,…
- India
Form 6 changes illegal, differences within EC serious: Ex-CEC
New Delhi: Changes to the statutory voter registration Form 6 are “absolutely wrong and illegal”, former chief election commissioner O P Rawat said on Wednesday, September 23, while describing revelations of differences…
- India
Sack CEC Gyanesh, arrest him; stop SIR immediately: Oppn
New Delhi: Expansive red flags raised by two Election Commissioners within the poll panel over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters’ list triggered a massive political storm on Wednesday, September 23,…
- India
ECI commissioners flag SIR, voter form changes; poll body denies rift
Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi have formally recorded at least 14 objections over the past 10 months against decisions taken under Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, according to…
- Hyderabad
4.93 lakh SIR notices lapse as voters skip hearing in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: As many as 4.93 lakh hearing notices issued to voters in Hyderabad district during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls have lapsed after voters failed to respond within the…
- Telangana
Telangana SIR: CEO holds meeting with state poll officials
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) C. Sudharsan Reddy on Monday, September 21, held a video conference with the Commissioner, GHMC and District Election Officer, Hyderabad, all District Election Officers (DEOs), Electoral…
- India
Congress calls SIR a ‘method of disenfranchising Indians’
New Delhi: The Election Commission’s SIR exercise is a “Method Of Disenfranchising Indians” and has turned into a “Frankenstein monster”, the Congress said on Monday, September 21, amid outrage over 33.13 lakh…
- Delhi
LK Advani, Election Commissioner Sandhu get SIR notices
Former deputy prime minister LK Advani, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, former vice-president Jagdeep Dhankhar and Election Commissioner SS Sandhu are among the many prominent figures in the list of voters who…
- Delhi
Delhi SIR: ‘Unmapped’ EAM Jaishankar and his wife on notice list
New Delhi: A day after the Delhi draft electoral rolls under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) were published, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and his wife figure in the list of electors…
- India
‘Shah Instigated Removal’ of voters: Congress slams ongoing SIR
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday, September 20, flagged the issue of large-scale deletions during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls being carried out by the Election Commission, alleging that…
- Opinions
Constitutional cost of disenfranchisement: Appraising SIR
In constitutional democracies, universal adult suffrage is neither a statutory concession nor an administrative privilege; it is the foundational bedrock of popular sovereignty. When electoral roll sanitisation transitions from an inclusive audit…
- Hyderabad
Telangana CEO inspects SIR hearing process in Uppal, Habsiguda
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) C Sudharshan Reddy on Friday, September 18, inspected the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing and document uploading process in Hyderabad’s Uppal and Habsiguda. During the visit,…
- Hate Crime
SC hears plea against woman’s ‘illegal’ detention, deportation
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday, September 17, issued notice to the Centre while hearing a plea filed by Sahin Akhtar, who alleged his mother was illegally deported to Bangladesh despite…
- Telangana
Telangana SIR: Adult family members can submit documents for voters
Hyderabad: Adult family members can now submit documents and information on behalf of voters who receive notices during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Telangana. Telangana Chief Electoral…
- Hyderabad
SIR: 9 months after by-poll, Jubilee Hills lost 1.79 lakh names
Hyderabad: Of the 1,79,510 electors on course to come off Jubilee Hills’ draft roll in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), as many as 1,48,859 were recorded under a single category: shifted, meaning…