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West Bengal CM reaches SC ahead of hearing on pleas against SIR
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday, February 4, reached the Supreme Court ahead of a crucial hearing on the petitions challenging the Election Commission’s ongoing Special Intensive Revision…
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SC to hear Mamata Banerjee’s plea against Bengal SIR process today
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Wednesday a batch of petitions challenging the validity of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls being carried out in West…
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Bengal SIR: EROs need clearances from SROs before uploading final voters’ list
Kolkata: The electoral registration officers (EROs) engaged in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal will need to obtain final clearance from the special roll observers (SROs) before uploading the…
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SIR in Bengal done in hurry, says Nobel laureate Amartya Sen
Kolkata: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has voiced deep unease over the SIR process in West Bengal, warning that the exercise is being conducted with “undue haste” and may jeopardise democratic participation, particularly…
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Bengal SIR: ECI directs micro-observers, SROs on document authentication
Kolkata: Amid reports of unlisted identity documents being accepted as authentic ones during the hearing sessions on the claims and objections to the draft voters’ list in West Bengal, the Election Commission…
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Bengal SIR: EC steps up scrutiny in border districts, adds 12 SROs
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Tuesday, January 20, appointed 12 more Special Electoral Roll Observers (SROs) for West Bengal to review the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) in the…
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Bengal SIR: ECI sets target of seven lakh hearings per day
Kolkata: With less than a month left for both completion of the hearings on claims and objections to the draft voters’ list in West Bengal as well as the publication of the…
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Bengal SIR: ECI seeks daily report from EROs on document verification progress
Kolkata: Amid controversies over the identity-proof document verification during SIR, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed the Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and the District Magistrates (DMs), who are also the…
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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…
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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.…
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Bengal SIR hearing: ECI relaxes rules for migrant workers, students
Kolkata: Physical presence for hearing sessions will not be mandatory for migrant workers from West Bengal who are currently residing in other states for their livelihoods and students from the state studying…
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Bengal SIR: CEO office finds 14 voters holding Bangladeshi passports
Amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has received information about 14 voters who are holding Indian EPIC cards and Bangladeshi…
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Bengal SIR: ECI gets 1,90,463 applications for inclusion of new names
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has provided statistical details of applications for additions and deletions of names in the voters’ list, submitted during the hearing sessions on claims and objections…
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Attack on observer’s vehicle: EC writes to Bengal DGP, seeks action taken report
Kolkata: The EC flagged serious security lapses during the visit of an ERO to Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing camps in West Bengal, and sought a detailed action taken report from the…
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SIR in Bengal: ECI announces hearing relaxations for four categories of voters
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Thursday evening, had announced special relaxations for four categories of voters as regards to identity proof-related formalities to be followed at the ongoing hearing…
