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SIR in Bengal: Hearings on claims, objections only at DM offices, directs ECI
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, to conduct the hearings on the claims and objections in the second stage…
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Lok Sabha to continue SIR discussion on Wednesday, Amit Shah to speak at 5 pm
New Delhi: The discussion on the Special Intensive Review (SIR) in the Lok Sabha will continue on Wednesday, and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address the House on the electoral reforms…
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Yogi Adityanath to BJP workers: Drop everything and focus on SIR
Gorakhpur: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday issued a stern directive to BJP MLAs and party office-bearers: treat the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists as a top priority.…
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SIR: Voters furnishing forged documents to face strong legal action, says ECI
Kolkata: Voters furnishing forged identity or other related documents to have their names retained in the voter list during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal will be subjected to…
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UP: Case filed over fake signatures during SIR in Saharanpur; two arrested
Saharanpur: Police have registered a case and arrested two persons for allegedly forging signatures during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Saharanpur district, officials said on Monday. Chilkana SHO Vinod…
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Bengal SIR: ECI stresses on minute progeny mapping
Kolkata: With the digitisation of enumeration forms in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal almost nearing conclusion, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed the electoral officers in…
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Special SIR camp for sex workers in Kolkata’s red-light area on Dec 9
Kolkata: The West Bengal CEO’s office is set to launch a camp on December 9 at Sonagachi, Asia’s largest red-light district, to aid sex workers in filling up enumeration forms as part…
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ECI extends SIR schedule by one week for Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday decided to extend by one week the SIR schedule for Kerala in view of the upcoming local body polls in the state. The…
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SIR: Uttarakhand starts voter verification for 2003 rolls
Dehradun: Uttarakhand has begun pre-registration work for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, aimed at verifying voters whose names figured in the 2003 rolls, an official statement said on Thursday.…
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Bengal SIR: CEO tells BLOs to re-verify forms by Dec 11
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agarwal directed booth-level officers (BLOs) engaged in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls to re-check enumeration forms and ensure that names of all…
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Bengal SIR: 50 lakh names identified for likely exclusion from voters’ list
Kolkata: Around 50 lakh names in West Bengal have been identified for exclusion in the voters’ list as per the latest trend available during the digitisation of the enumeration forms in the…
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UP: BLO on SIR duty attempts suicide in Meerut
Meerut: A booth-level officer (BLO) deployed for special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Meerut allegedly attempted suicide by consuming poison due to alleged harassment and excessive workload, officials and family…
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Bengal SIR: 46 lakh names identified, likely to be excluded from voters’ list
Kolkata: Over 46 lakh names in West Bengal have already been identified for exclusion in the voters’ list as per the latest trend available during the digitisation of the enumeration forms in…
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Opposition MPs protest against SIR in Parliament complex
New Delhi: Several opposition leaders, including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday staged a protest in the Parliament House complex against the SIR…
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Progeny concept in SIR enumeration form may create two strange scenarios
The concept of progeny in the enumeration form of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is likely to create two strange scenarios. In one, a mother will be considered a citizen without the…
