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- India
Gujarat SIR: Minority voters removed from voter list, declared ‘dead’
Ahmedabad: Several Muslim voters in the Jamalpur Assembly of Gujarat’s Ahmedabad were reportedly removed and declared dead in the electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state, sparking allegations…
- India
SIR: Openly display names of people on ‘discrepancies’ list, SC tells EC
The Supreme Court on Monday, January 19, directed the Election Commission (EC) to display the names of those on the “logical discrepancies” list at gram panchayat bhavans, block offices of talukas and…
- India
BLO hospitalised, TMC blames ‘constant SIR workload’
Kolkata: A Booth Level Officer (BLO) in South 24 Parganas district involved in Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has been hospitalised for a brain stroke, an official said on Sunday.…
- India
Bengal SIR: ECI sets target of seven lakh hearings per day
Kolkata: With less than a month left for both completion of the hearings on claims and objections to the draft voters’ list in West Bengal as well as the publication of the…
- India
Political murder: BJP blames Opposition for role in BLO suicides during SIR
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Saturday, January 17, held press conferences targeting the Indian National Congress, Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), refuting claims that the Booth…
- Hyderabad
Be among people, Owaisi tells AIMIM corporators after Maharashtra win
Hyderabad: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president, Asaduddin Owaisi, instructed the party’s Maharashtra corporators to remain among the people and work diligently in their respective wards, a day after the party…
- India
Bengal SIR: ECI seeks daily report from EROs on document verification progress
Kolkata: Amid controversies over the identity-proof document verification during SIR, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed the Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and the District Magistrates (DMs), who are also the…
- India
Rajasthan BLO threatens suicide over order to delete 470 minority voters
A Booth Level Officer (BLO) from Rajasthan’s Hawa Mahal Assembly constituency has threatened to commit suicide after he was allegedly pressured to delete the names of 470 Muslim voters from his booth. A…
- India
Bengal’s EC sends informal orders via WhatsApp, confirming TMC allegation: Report
The claims that the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) allegedly sends instructions through informal messages on WhatsApp to state officials, changing the rules by which the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of…
- India
Bengal: Govt office vandalised in Uttar Dinajpur during SIR protest
Kolkata: A government office was vandalised in West Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur district on Thursday, January 15, allegedly during protests over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, police said. Since early…
- India
AAP claims 4.5 crore names removed from UP voter list; wants SC to take cognisance
Lucknow: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday, January 14, claimed that over 4.5 crore names have been removed from Uttar Pradesh’s voter list in a month, as it alleged that the…
- India
AI-driven digitisation errors causing hardship: Mamata’s fifth letter to CEC
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Chief Election Commission (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar again on Monday, January 12, claiming that AI-driven digitisation errors in the 2002 electoral rolls were causing widespread…
- India
SIR in Bengal: SC seeks EC’s reply on irregularities claims
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, January 12, sought a response from the Election Commission of India (ECI) on fresh interim pleas of Trinamool Congress MPs alleging arbitrariness and procedural irregularities…
- India
Bengal SIR: ECI cautions micro-observers of disciplinary action
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India has cautioned the micro-observers in West Bengal of strong disciplinary action in case of any deliberate deviation from the ECI-prescribed standard operating procedure (SOP) for them.…
- India
Goa: Ex-Navy chief Arun Prakash asked to confirm identity under SIR
The Election Commission of India has issued a notice to former chief of naval staff Admiral Arun Prakash, asking him to attend a meeting to establish his identity as part of the…
