SIR
- India
Kolkata Port voter drop raises uncertainty for TMC stronghold
Kolkata: A sharp decline in the number of voters following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has injected an element of uncertainty into the Kolkata Port Assembly constituency, considered a…
- India
SC applauds high voter turnout, lack of violence in West Bengal elections
New Delhi: While hearing cases regarding West Bengal’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls, the Supreme Court on Friday, April 24, lauded the 92 per cent voter turnout and lack of…
- India
SC declines relief to 65 Bengal election duty officers whose names were deleted in SIR
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, April 24, refused to entertain pleas filed by several individuals from West Bengal, including 65 persons on election duty, against the deletion of their names…
- India
Assembly polls: Voting begins in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu
Voting began on Thursday in 152 constituencies in the first phase of the West Bengal assembly elections, amid unprecedented security arrangements and a high-stakes battle that could shape the direction of the…
- Telangana
SIR mapping in Telangana likely to be completed by April end
Hyderabad: The mapping of voters for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Telangana is likely to be completed by the end of April. On Monday, April 20, Chief Electoral Officer…
- India
We can’t have fishing inquiry, says SC on allegation of addition of voters in WB
New Delhi: “We can’t have a fishing inquiry,” the Supreme Court said on Monday, April 20, after it was mentioned that five to seven lakhs voters have allegedly been added by the…
- Hate Crime
March hate crime tracker: Ramnavami, Holi, Eid month marked by 58 incidents
Hyderabad: As Ramzan drew to a close and Ramnavami processions filled the streets, hate crimes surged across India, targeting Dalits, Christians and Muslims in incidents that ranged from vigilante killings to police…
- India
SC seeks Calcutta HC report on Bengal voter tribunals not functioning properly
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, April 20, said it will seek a report from the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court on the functioning of appellate tribunals set up to…
- India
Group of intellectuals, lawyers, social activists demand immediate end to SIR
New Delhi: A group of intellectuals, lawyers, students and social activists have demanded the immediate termination of the Special Intensive Review (SIR) of the electoral rolls, which they said is “against citizens’…
- India
Bengal SIR: Six residents file ‘suicide petition’ with President Murmu
Kolkata: Six residents of Arambagh in West Bengal’s Hooghly district have filed a suicide petition with President Droupadi Murmu after their names were removed from the state’s electoral rolls post Special Intensive…
- India
SC refuses to entertain plea against deletion of names from Bengal voter list
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, April 13, declined to entertain a plea by a group of 13 people seeking its intervention in the deletion of their names from the voter…
- India
Bengal’s 65-seat faultline: How SIR deletions could decide who forms govt
Kolkata: West Bengal’s 2026 election may be decided not by the arithmetic of 294 seats that dominate campaign speeches, but by around 65-70 constituencies where victory and defeat are separated by little…
- India
SIR country’s biggest scam in recent times: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday, April 12, alleged that the BJP bribes voters before elections, and called the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls the “country’s biggest…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: BLO reluctant to perform SIR mapping over unpaid remuneration
Hyderabad: A purported audio recording of a Booth-Level Officer (BLO) refusing to carry out the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) mapping exercise of voter rolls in Hyderabad has gone viral on social media, with…
- Kolkata
Suvendu’s firm grip, ‘skewed’ SIR deletions likely deciders in Nandigram
Kolkata: Shifting loyalties, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) strengthened organisational control and allegations of skewed Special Intensive Revision (SIR) voter deletions seem to have added extra layers of intrigue to Nandigram, making the…