special intensive revision
- India
Bengal SIR: ECI clarifies further on notice to Amartya Sen
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday, December 7, further clarified on the notice for hearing on claims and objections on the draft voters’ list was served to Nobel Awardee economist…
- India
UP SIR: 128 inclusion claims submitted in a day, max by BJP
Lucknow: Political parties in Uttar Pradesh submitted 128 claims for inclusion of voters and no objections seeking deletion from the electoral rolls till Wednesday evening, January 7, with the maximum coming from…
- India
SIR notice to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen: ECI clarifies on ‘error’
The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Tuesday, clarified the claims made by the Trinamool Congress General Secretary and Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee accusing the Commission of serving notice for a…
- Hyderabad
AIMIM clashes with BJP over SIR in Telangana Assembly
Hyderabad: Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM and BJP sparred in the Telangana Assembly on Tuesday, January 6, over the SIR of electoral rolls undertaken by the EC in different states of the country. Speaking…
- India
Over 2 crore voter names removed from UP draft electoral rolls
The much-anticipated draft electoral rolls of Uttar Pradesh were released on Tuesday, January 6, stating that 2.89 crore voters’ names have been removed and 46.23 lakh are dead. These names could not…
- India
SIR: Draft electoral rolls of UP to be published; parties, public to get access
The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced that the draft electoral rolls of Uttar Pradesh will be published on Tuesday, January 6, marking a crucial step in the state’s electoral preparations, officials…
- India
Serious irregularities in Assam draft electoral roll after Special Revision, claims Cong
Guwahati: Assam’s Leader of Opposition Debabrata Saikia wrote to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, alleging “serious irregularities” in the draft electoral rolls of the state, published after a Special Revision (SR). The…
- India
SIR in West Bengal: CM Mamata to move court on Jan 6
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she would move court against the EC’s SIR of electoral rolls, alleging that fear, harassment and administrative arbitrariness linked to the exercise…
- India
Bengal SIR: CEO office finds 14 voters holding Bangladeshi passports
Amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has received information about 14 voters who are holding Indian EPIC cards and Bangladeshi…
- India
West Bengal BLO found dead; suicide note cites work pressure, probe on
Kolkata: A Booth Level Officer (BLO) was found dead in West Bengal‘s Bankura district on Sunday, triggering allegations that work-related pressure linked to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls…
- India
Y-plus category security given to Bengal CEO amid ongoing SIR
New Delhi/Kolkata: The Centre has provided an armed security cover to West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Agarwal in the wake of a potential threat to him due to the ongoing…
- Kolkata
SIR hearings to begin on Saturday in Bengal; 32 L unmapped voters to be covered
Kolkata: The hearings under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in West Bengal will commence on Saturday, with 3,234 centres set up across the state, a senior official said.…
- Kerala
Electoral roll observers appointed for SIR in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala CEO Rathan U Kelkar said on Wednesday that four electoral roll observers have been appointed for all 14 districts of the state to ensure a smooth and transparent special intensive…
- Elections
Draft electoral roll published in Kerala as part of SIR; over 24L names removed
Thiruvananthapuram: The draft voters’ list prepared as part of the SIR of the electoral roll in Kerala was published by the ECI on Tuesday, where over 24 lakh names have been removed.…
- India
SIR in Bengal: 45K voters deleted from Mamata’s assembly seat
Kolkata: The TMC leadership has decided to instruct its booth-level agents to carry out fresh, door-to-door scrutiny of deleted voters’ names in Bhabanipur, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s assembly constituency, after…
