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SIR: Restore residency certificates, NGOs urge Telangana CM
Hyderabad: Two civil society organisations have written to Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy seeking urgent measures to ensure the timely issuance of permanent residency, caste and family member certificates in the wake…
- Hyderabad
Use SIR route for restore voter names: HC to Hyderabad family
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Tuesday, June 30, declined to intervene in a plea challenging the deletion of a Hyderabad family’s names from the electoral roll, holding that the ongoing Special Intensive…
- Bangalore
SIR begins in Bengaluru from June 30, over 8,900 BLOs deployed
Bengaluru: The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls will commence across Karnataka from June 30, with the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) completing elaborate preparations for the month-long verification exercise. The door-to-door…
- Telangana
SIR: Telangana logs 1.73 crore enumeration forms in four days
Hyderabad: Telangana’s election machinery has completed nearly 1.73 crore enumeration forms in just four days under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said on Monday, June…
- Telangana
Telangana SIR being used to remove Opposition votes: Ponnam
Hyderabad: Alleging that the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is being used as a cover to delete votes of political opponents, Telangana minister Ponnam Prabhakar on Monday, June 29, urged…
- Telangana
SIR in Telangana: Over 1 crore forms distributed in three days
Hyderabad: A total of 10,275,000 enumeration forms were distributed during the door-to-door survey between June 25 and June 27 as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 2026 in Telangana. The survey…
- India
SIR completes one year: Nearly 6 crore names deleted so far
New Delhi: The Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, which has so far led to the deletion of nearly six crore voters and triggered acrimony between the Opposition and the Election Commission,…
- Opinions
West Bengal’s political crisis and future of Indian federalism
In a democratic system, elections are premised on the idea that voters elect representatives who remain honest and accountable to the public, upholding the very mandate upon which they were chosen. However,…
- Telangana
BLOs to knock on every door as SIR 2026 begins in Telangana
Hyderabad: Telangana woke up on Thursday, June 25, to the start of one of the most significant electoral exercises in recent years. The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 2026 of electoral rolls officially…
- Telangana
Telangana CM warns leaders of strict action ahead of SIR
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Wednesday, June 24, warned of strict action if any leader is found not following the party instructions in implementing the SIR campaign. Participating in…
- World
The mistakes that sealed UK PM Keir Starmer’s fate
London: On the gloriously sunny morning of July 5 2024, Keir Starmer walked into Downing Steet as prime minister for the first time, having won a stonking 174-strong majority in the general…
- Hyderabad
Telangana gears up for SIR as CEO reviews poll roll preparations
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) C Sudharsan Reddy on Thursday, June 19, reviewed preparations for the upcoming Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 2026 exercise, which is scheduled to begin across the state…
- Telangana
Provide Telangana SIR forms in Urdu and English too, ECI urged
Hyderabad: Two organisations in Telangana have urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Telangana to provide voter Enumeration Forms in English, Telugu and Urdu for…
- Telangana
Telangana CM asks party leaders to be cautious about SIR
Hyderabad: Cautioning against taking the SIR of the electoral roll lightly, Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has urged the ruling Congress leaders to monitor the exercise at the booth-level. Reddy, who…
- Telangana
Telangana SIR: 88 lakh voter anomalies, highest in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The ongoing pre-Special Intensive Revision (SIR) voter-mapping exercise in Telangana has flagged more than 88 lakh electors across the state for anomalies, with urban constituencies in and around Hyderabad recording some of…
