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Congress to protest against Bengal SIR today
New Delhi: The West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) will hold a protest in the city on Friday as part of its ongoing agitation against Special Intensive Revision (SIR), ahead of the…
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Bengal SIR: Electoral authorities to submit pending documents by today
New Delhi: Electoral authorities in West Bengal have been directed to ensure that all pending verification documents linked to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls are submitted to the designated…
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Bengal SIR: Judicial adjudication of ‘logical discrepancy’ cases begins today
Kolkata: The adjudication of voters’ documents identified under the “logical discrepancy” category by the judicial officers, as directed by the Supreme Court last week, will start from Monday. The process is expected…
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Bengal SIR: Judicial scrutiny to start from Monday
Kolkata: The full-fledged judicial adjudication of claims and objections arising from the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound West Bengal will start from Monday, and the process will…
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Bengal SIR: Scrutiny deadline ends in four days
Kolkata: With only four days left for the scrutiny of the supporting identity documents provided by the voters at the hearing session regarding the claims and objections to the draft voters’ list…
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Bengal SIR hearings end; 4.98 lakh more voters identified for deletion
Kolkata: The hearing phase on claims and objections to the draft voters’ list in West Bengal concluded on Saturday evening, with 4.98 lakh additional names identified as eligible for deletion from the…
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Bengal CEO to meet ECI to finalise new date for final voters list publication
Kolkata: The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal will hold a crucial meeting with the full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday to finalise the…
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SC to hear Mamata Banerjee’s plea against Bengal SIR today
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday, February 9, the plea filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee challenging the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral…
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Bengal SIR: ECI clarifies validity of permanent resident certificates
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday clarified that permanent resident certificates issued by elected public representatives or Block Development Officers (BDOs) will not be considered valid identity documents in…
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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…
