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- Hyderabad
40-year-old Hyderabad man hangs himself over SIR stress
Hyderabad: A 40-year-old cab driver in Hyderabad died by suicide on the early hours of Sunday, June 28, allegedly due to fear of losing his name from the electoral rolls amid the…
- India
Ex-The Telegraph editor’s passport renewal stalled after SIR deletion
Kolkata: Former editor of The Telegraph, R Rajagopal, finds himself in a “state of civic uncertainty”. His passport renewal has been put on hold after his name was found missing from Bengal’s Special…
- Telangana
SIR in Telangana: Over 1 crore forms distributed in three days
Hyderabad: A total of 10,275,000 enumeration forms were distributed during the door-to-door survey between June 25 and June 27 as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 2026 in Telangana. The survey…
- Telangana
Villagers on Telangana-Maharashtra border boycott SIR forms
Hyderabad: Residents of several villages in Kumaram Bheem Asifabad district on Friday, June 26, rejected enumeration forms being distributed as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Telangana, demanding…
- Hyderabad
Telangana Congress appoints coordinators for SIR monitoring
Hyderabad: The Telangana Congress on Thursday, June 25, appointed former MLCs, former MLAs, corporation chairpersons, and senior leaders to monitor the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in all 118 Assembly…
- India
SIR completes one year: Nearly 6 crore names deleted so far
New Delhi: The Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, which has so far led to the deletion of nearly six crore voters and triggered acrimony between the Opposition and the Election Commission,…
- Hyderabad
Forms missing, holiday break: Hyderabad’s SIR off to rocky start
Hyderabad: The first day of Telangana’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls exposed a sharp divide between the state capital and the rest of the state on Thursday, June 25. While Booth…
- Hyderabad
Interview: Telangana CEO answers key questions on SIR 2026
Hyderabad: Sometime in the next few weeks, there will be a knock on your door. The person standing outside will be a Booth Level Officer (BLO), one of thousands deployed across Telangana as…
- Telangana
BLOs to knock on every door as SIR 2026 begins in Telangana
Hyderabad: Telangana woke up on Thursday, June 25, to the start of one of the most significant electoral exercises in recent years. The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 2026 of electoral rolls officially…
- Hyderabad
SIR: GHMC poll officer holds sensitisation meet on voter forms
Hyderabad: The District Election Officer (DEO) and Commissioner of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) RV Karnan on Wednesday, June 24, held a review meeting with over 500 election officials to ensure smooth…
- Telangana
BRS seeks deletion of duplicate votes during SIR in Telangana
Hyderabad: Members of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Wednesday, June 24, submitted a representation to Telangana’s Chief Electoral Officer C Sudharsan Reddy calling for the strict implementation of “One Person One…
- Hyderabad
Congress, Left, organise protest rally against SIR in Telangana
Hyderabad: Congress, Left parties and Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS) on Tuesday, June 23, took out a rally protesting what they described as “undemocratic and vote-theft” activities allegedly being carried out through the…
- Telangana
Saudi Telugu assn urges NRI voting rights protection during SIR
Hyderabad: President of the Saudi Arabia Telugu Association (SATA) Srinivas Macha on Tuesday, June 23, urged the governments of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to protect the voting rights of Non-Resident Indians (NRIs)…
- Telangana
Telangana SIR: House-to-house enumeration to start from June 25
Hyderabad: House-to-house enumeration process under the SIR of electoral rolls would be taken up in Telangana from June 25 to July 24, a top official said on Saturday, June 20. Addressing a…
- Telangana
Telangana SIR: Congress to appoint supervisors to resolve issues
Hyderabad: The Telangana Congress on Sunday, June 14, said that it will appoint one supervisor for every 10 booths and one coordinator for each Assembly constituency to resolve SIR-related issues. The party…