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ECI steps up action against unauthorised political ads in Bengal
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has stepped up action against unauthorised political advertisements across West Bengal ahead of the two-phase Assembly elections scheduled next month. In a statement issued on…
- India
President Droupadi Murmu greets people on Bihar Day
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday, March 22, greeted the people of Bihar on the state’s formation day and said they will play an important role in the development of Bihar…
- India
Bengal SIR: ECI constitutes 19 Appellate Tribunals
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday issued a notification announcing the constitution of 19 Appellate Tribunals to hear objections on decisions taken by judicial officers during ongoing adjudications of…
- Politics
Cong likely to announce names of Bengal Assembly poll candidates in three phases
Kolkata: The Congress may announce candidates for the forthcoming elections to 294 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal in three separate phases based on the recommendations of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee…
- India
SC to hear Mamata Banerjee’s plea against Bengal SIR tomorrow
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday the plea filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and several Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders challenging the ongoing Special Intensive…
- India
Centre pushing Matuas into uncertainty over citizenship: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday, March 5, alleged that the BJP-led government at the Centre was pushing members of the Matua community into “uncertainty and confusion” in the…
- India
Bengal SIR: 200 additional judicial officers to join adjudication exercise
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday evening informed that 200 additional judicial officers — 100 each from neighbouring Jharkhand and Odisha — will join the ongoing judicial adjudication process…
- India
ECI meets for two days to review Bengal post-SIR scenario, poll preparations
Kolkata: Amid the publication of the final voters’ list in West Bengal minus those whose names have been referred for judicial adjudication as per the direction of the Supreme Court, the Election…
- India
Bengal SIR: Maximum ‘under adjudication’ cases in Bangladesh-bordering districts
Kolkata: As the final voters’ list in West Bengal, prepared under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, was published on Saturday, official statistics showed that the maximum number of “under adjudication”…
- India
Bengal braces for post-SIR rolls on Saturday
Kolkata: When West Bengal’s post-SIR electoral rolls are published on Saturday, February 28, it will not only update a list of over seven crore voters, but also reflect months of political confrontation,…
- India
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…
- India
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…
- India
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…
- India
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…
- India
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…
