SIR
- India
Mamata blames EC for ‘failing to protect’ judicial officers
Sagardighi: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday, April 2, blamed the Election Commission for “failing to protect” judicial officers engaged in the SIR exercise in West Bengal’s Malda district. Seven judicial officers…
- India
India’s 2027 Census to be first fully tech-driven: CPCO for J-K, Ladakh
Jammu: Amit Sharma, the Chief Principal Census Officer and Director of Census Operations in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, on Wednesday, April 1, outlined the roadmap for Census 2027 in the twin…
- India
Be cautious while filing nominations: Mamata to TMC nominees
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday, April 1, alleged that newly appointed officials by the Election Commission were entrusted to reject nominations of her party candidates and urged them to…
- India
Bengal SIR: 47 lakh objections disposed of till Mar 31, HC CJ informs SC
New Delhi: The chief justice of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday, April 1, informed the Supreme Court that around 47 lakh out of the 60 lakh objections in the ongoing Special…
- Hyderabad
Beyond prayer: Hyderabad’s mosques are turning into community centres
Hyderabad: Mosques across Hyderabad are increasingly functioning as community centres offering education, skill development and civic awareness programmes alongside their traditional religious role. For instance, the Alamgir Masjid in Vijayanagar Colony is offering…
- India
Kerala polls: Youth weigh disillusionment, EC pushes for higher voter turnout
Thiruvananthapuram: In Kerala, as the Assembly polls approach on April 9, a sense of tension is visible among some young voters — between disillusionment and duty. For some, the act of voting…
- India
Bengal polls: Third supplementary list on adjudication cases released
Kolkata: The third supplementary list for judicial adjudication cases in West Bengal was published on Saturday at around 10.15 p.m. The list has been made available on the websites of the Election…
- Kolkata
No dispute now: Ex-Calcutta HC judge after name appears on SIR list
Justice Sahidullah Munshi, a retired Calcutta High Court judge, clarified on Saturday, March 28, that his name, along with his wife and son, has now appeared in the second supplementary Special Intensive…
- India
Beyond CAA-NRC: SIR emerges as new axis of polarisation in Bengal
Kolkata: Communal polarisation in West Bengal is acquiring a sharper edge ahead of the 2026 assembly polls, moving beyond campaign rhetoric into sustained street-level mobilisation, with the SIR exercise emerging as a…
- India
Bengal SIR: EC publishes second supplementary voter list
Kolkata: The Election Commission published the second supplementary list under the SIR of electoral rolls in West Bengal, an official said. The poll panel, however, did not provide details on the total…
- Hyderabad
Siasat’s ‘Check Your SIR’ initiative sees massive public response in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: In a powerful step toward community empowerment, the “Check Your SIR” initiative launched at the Siasat Office has been receiving an overwhelming response from citizens across the city. The initiative, introduced under…
- India
Ex-Calcutta HC judge to move tribunal after name deleted from Bengal voter list
Kolkata: After the first supplementary list of “under adjudication” voters was published on Monday, March 23, Calcutta High Court’s retired judge and West Bengal Waqf Board chairperson Shahidullah Munshi claimed that his…
- India
Second Bengal supplementary voter list likely by March 27–28: EC
Kolkata: The second supplementary list under the SIR of electoral rolls in West Bengal is likely to be published by March 27-28, a senior Election Commission official said. Around 36 lakh voter…
- Hyderabad
Is family mapping of voters enough for SIR in Telangana?
Hyderabad: Ahead of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, which is all set to begin soon in Telangana districts, including Hyderabad, along with other states that were not covered in…
- India
Bengal SIR: ECI publishes 1st supplementary list of judicial adjudication cases
Kolkata: The first supplementary list for judicial adjudication of voters classified under the “logical discrepancy category” was published exactly at midnight after a day-long wait. The list was published online first on…
