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- India
Maharashtra Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Samiti elections to be held on Saturday
Mumbai: Elections to 12 Zilla Parishads and 125 Panchayat Samitis in Maharashtra will be held on Saturday, February 7. Adequate arrangements including police deployment have been made to ensure peaceful polling, the…
- India
Kerala voters can update details after Jan 30; final electoral roll on Feb 21
Thiruvananthapuram: Voters in Kerala will have further opportunities to correct or update their details even after the January 30 deadline linked to the 2026 SIR of electoral rolls, state Chief Electoral Officer…
- India
SIR being used to delete voters, alleges Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi/Ahmedabad: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, on Saturday, sharply escalated the political row over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, alleging…
- Telangana
Telangana CEO calls for citizen-friendly access to voter registers
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Electoral Officer C Sudarshan Reddy, on Wednesday, January 21, emphasised that easy and secure access to voter registers is crucial for electoral transparency. Speaking at the India International Conference…
- World
World-first social media wargame reveals how AI bots can swing elections
Sydney: On December 14, 2025, a terrorist attack occurred at Bondi Beach in Sydney Australia, leaving 15 civilians and one gunman dead. While Australia was still reeling in shock, social media saw…
- India
Civic polls: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat casts vote
Nagpur: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat cast his vote in the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) polls on Thursday, January 15, and remarked that choosing the NOTA option indirectly helps promote an unwanted candidate.…
- Kolkata
West Bengal to call 32L unmapped voters for first SIR hearings
Kolkata: Around 32 lakh unmapped voters will be called in the first phase of hearings under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, officials said. Hearings for this category, in…
- India
Bengal SIR: Re-verification results into additional eight lakh excludable voters
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI)’s decision for re-verification of data provided in the duly-filled enumeration forms collected by the booth-level officers (BLOs) during the first stage of the three-level ongoing…
- India
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…
- India
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…
- India
SIR a death trap for BLOs: Congress
New Delhi: After claiming deaths of over 25 booth-level officers (BLOs) due to SIR-related work stress, the Congress on Friday accused the Election Commission and the Modi government of having blood on…
- India
SIR means govt choosing voters instead of other way round: Economist
Kolkata: Economist Parakala Prabhakar on Saturday claimed that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls means that it is the government choosing the voters instead of the other way round. He…
- India
Bengal man critical after suicide bid amidst SIR-related fear: Police
Kolkata: A 63-year-old man, allegedly terrified over the Special Intensive Review (SIR) of electoral rolls, attempted suicide by jumping onto railway tracks in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, police said…
- India
SIR in Bengal: EC to use AI tools to detect fake, deceased voters
Kolkata: The Election Commission is set to introduce artificial intelligence-based verification systems during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in West Bengal to prevent the inclusion of fake…
- India
Rush of first time voters could overwhelm poll authorities: Bombay HC
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday said if every individual began submitting voter enrolment applications immediately upon turning 18, it would overwhelm the authorities with verification work and “open the floodgates”.…
