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104-yr-old put under adjudication category in electoral rolls, triggers row

Kolkata: A 104-year-old man has complained of being listed in the “under adjudication” category in the final electoral rolls issued by the Election Commission following the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise in…
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TMC, Left, Cong strike rare chord on voter list row ahead of Bengal polls

Kolkata: In the run-up to the West Bengal assembly elections, an unlikely political convergence is taking shape in the state with the ruling TMC and the opposition CPI(M) and Congress raising similar…

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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…
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SIR: AIMIM’s Imtiaz Jaleel explains what to do before BLOs reach your doorstep

Hyderabad: Ahead of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voters’ list, which is all set to begin in April in the states that were not covered during phase I and II,…
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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…
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UP: BLO ends life in school after leave denied for daughter’s wedding

Kanpur: Apparently upset over being denied leave for daughter’s wedding, a 50-year-old Booth Level Officer (BLO) on Special Intensive Revision duty allegedly died by suicide inside a government primary school in UP’s…
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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”…

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EC begins phased release of Post-SIR rolls in West Bengal

Kolkata: The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday, February 28, started publishing the post-SIR electoral rolls in West Bengal in phases, as officials put up hard copies of the list in some districts…
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Ahead of SIR in Hyderabad, know ‘logical discrepancies’ that can trigger notice

Hyderabad: Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voters’ list is all set to begin in April in Telangana districts, including Hyderabad, and in view of it, citizens need to be aware that…
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Bengal SIR: SC declines to hear state’s plea against judicial training module

New Delhi: The Supreme Court said on Friday, February 27, that it knows its judicial officers and they will not be “influenced by anything”, after the West Bengal government submitted that the…
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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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SIR in Tamil Nadu: Final electoral roll published, nearly 1 cr voters deleted

Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s final electoral roll has been officially published on Monday, February 23, following an extensive Special Intensive Revision (SIR) undertaken in compliance with directions from the Election Commission of India…
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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…