Election Commission of India
- Bangalore
Karnataka to begin SIR from June 30, final roll on Oct 7
Bengaluru: The Election Commission has announced the schedule for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list in Karnataka, with training and printing work set to begin from June 20. Karnataka…
- Kolkata
I won’t resign, Bengal poll results not people’s mandate: CM Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata: Outgoing West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday, May 5, ruled out stepping down after her party’s defeat in the Assembly polls, claiming that the verdict…
- Hyderabad
EC losing credibility: 250 civil society members jointly urge halting SIR
Hyderabad: As many as 250 civil society members in states where Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls has been conducted or identified for phase 3 of the exercise, have jointly…
- India
West Bengal: Nearly 37 pc turnout till 11 am in repoll in 15 booths of 2 assembly seats
Kolkata: Nearly 37 per cent turnout was recorded till 11 am in repoll in 15 booths of two assembly constituencies in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, an official said. Voting was…
- Kolkata
Bengal: EC orders repolling at 15 booths in South 24 Parganas district on May 2
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday, May 1, ordered a repoll at 15 polling stations spread across two Assembly constituencies in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, declaring the…
- Top Stories
Bengal polls: EC rules out malpractice, imposes curbs at strongrooms
Kolkata: A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee spent hours at the EVM strongroom of her Bhabanipur constituency, alleging possibilities of malpractices, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Agarwal on Friday,…
- Telangana
Telangana BJP chief applauds EC as Bengal votes in final phase
Hyderabad: As voting began in the second and final phase of the 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao on Wednesday, April 29, praised the conduct of…
- India
ECI rules out re-poll in TN, West Bengal after scrutiny
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India on Saturday, April 25, said that no re-poll has been recommended in either Tamil Nadu or West Bengal after the completion of scrutiny of the…
- Kolkata
Over 3.6 cr people eligible to cast votes in 1st phase of Bengal polls: EC
Kolkata: More than 3.6 crore electors across 16 districts are eligible to exercise their franchise in the first phase of the West Bengal assembly elections on April 23, according to Election Commission…
- Kolkata
Bengal SIR: Flag maker Raju Halder among 90 lakh deleted from voter rolls
Raju Halder, a Howrah resident who works as a second-generation Indian flag maker, said he found his name missing from the electoral rolls following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in West…
- Elections
Can’t treat us like this, Bengal poll observer tells Gyanesh Kumar; removed
Kolkata: A senior election observer was removed from his post after he allegedly challenged Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar during a high-level review meeting on Wednesday, April 8, ahead of the West…
- India
ECI reshuffles Officers-in-Charge of several police stations in Kolkata
Kolkata: Ahead of the Assembly elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has transferred the Officers-in-Charge (OCs) of several police stations in Kolkata, said an official on Sunday. It has been learnt…
- India
AIMIM leader held for ‘threatening’ Bengal election officers on SIR duty
West Bengal: Mofakkerul Islam, an All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader and Calcutta High Court advocate, was arrested by the West Bengal Police on Friday, April 3, on charges of mobilising a…
- India
ECI directs DGP to review ‘lapse’ in police deployment in Bengal
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has taken serious note of the deployment of police personnel for providing security to individuals allegedly linked to the ruling TMC ahead of the West…
- Kolkata
EC decides to keep 500 CAPF companies deployed in Bengal post poll
New Delhi: Amid law and order concerns in poll-going West Bengal, the Election Commission on Friday decided to continue deployment of 500 companies of central forces in the state even after the…
