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- India
Rajasthan BLO threatens suicide over order to delete 470 minority voters
A Booth Level Officer (BLO) from Rajasthan’s Hawa Mahal Assembly constituency has threatened to commit suicide after he was allegedly pressured to delete the names of 470 Muslim voters from his booth. A…
- India
Bengal’s EC sends informal orders via WhatsApp, confirming TMC allegation: Report
The claims that the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) allegedly sends instructions through informal messages on WhatsApp to state officials, changing the rules by which the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of…
- India
Bengal: Govt office vandalised in Uttar Dinajpur during SIR protest
Kolkata: A government office was vandalised in West Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur district on Thursday, January 15, allegedly during protests over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, police said. Since early…
- India
AAP claims 4.5 crore names removed from UP voter list; wants SC to take cognisance
Lucknow: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday, January 14, claimed that over 4.5 crore names have been removed from Uttar Pradesh’s voter list in a month, as it alleged that the…
- India
AI-driven digitisation errors causing hardship: Mamata’s fifth letter to CEC
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Chief Election Commission (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar again on Monday, January 12, claiming that AI-driven digitisation errors in the 2002 electoral rolls were causing widespread…
- India
SIR in Bengal: SC seeks EC’s reply on irregularities claims
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, January 12, sought a response from the Election Commission of India (ECI) on fresh interim pleas of Trinamool Congress MPs alleging arbitrariness and procedural irregularities…
- India
Bengal SIR: ECI cautions micro-observers of disciplinary action
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India has cautioned the micro-observers in West Bengal of strong disciplinary action in case of any deliberate deviation from the ECI-prescribed standard operating procedure (SOP) for them.…
- India
Goa: Ex-Navy chief Arun Prakash asked to confirm identity under SIR
The Election Commission of India has issued a notice to former chief of naval staff Admiral Arun Prakash, asking him to attend a meeting to establish his identity as part of the…
- India
SIR in Bengal: BLO found hanging, family blames work pressure
Kolkata: A 47-year-old booth-level officer (BLO) was found hanging inside a primary school in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, with his family alleging that excessive Special Intensive Revision (SIR) work pressure led him…
- India
UP SIR manipulated due to pressure from BJP, claims Akhilesh
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday, January 10, alleged manipulation in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the Uttar Pradesh electoral roll due to pressure from the ruling BJP and…
- India
Election Commission appoints 4 more SROs for SIR in West Bengal
The Election Commission appointed four more special roll observers (SROs) for West Bengal to strengthen supervision of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state. Those named as…
- India
SIR in UP: EC launches ‘Book-a-Call with BLO’ facility
Lucknow: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has launched a “Book-a-Call with BLO” facility to make voter services more accessible during the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Uttar…
- Hyderabad
Voters can contact BLOs through ‘Book a Call’ service: Telangana CEO
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sudarshan Reddy has directed all district collectors and election officers to publicise the phone numbers of Booth Level Officers (BLO) on the Election Commission of India…
- India
Mamata obstructed probe, says ED, as Bengal CM storms raid sites
In an unprecedented move, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stormed into the residence of Prateek Jain, the director of political consultancy firm I-PAC, and took away key evidences as the Enforcement…
- India
Man hangs to death, family alleges mental stress from SIR notice
Kolkata: A sexagenarian man was found hanging at his home in Uttar Dinajpur district on Thursday, January 8, with his family claiming that he was under severe mental stress after receiving a…