SIR

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…
Hyderabad

Replied to SIR notice in Hyderabad? What happens next

Hyderabad: In the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Hyderabad, many electors are responding to their notices by submitting relevant documents. However, many are in a dilemma about what will happen after…
Telangana

SIR: Telangana activists demand written notice for document gaps

Hyderabad: Members of civil society organisations and social activists in Telangana have urged election officials to bring greater transparency to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. In a representation submitted…
Hyderabad

Samantha to Saina: List of Hyderabad VIPs who got SIR notices

Hyderabad: In the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Telangana, many prominent personalities, including former Indian badminton player Saina Nehwal, actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu, and former Indian batter VVS…
Mumbai

Maharashtra: 30 pc voters face deletion in minority-dense seats

Mumbai: At least three in every 10 voters in 38 constituencies with a higher Muslim population in Maharashtra are likely to be deleted, with their names excluded from the draft electoral roll…
India

ECI defers SIR in Tripura due to Sep 28 Village Committee polls

Agartala: Responding to the demand of various political parties, including the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Election Commission of India (ECI) has revised the schedule of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision…