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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…
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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…
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SIR in Bengal: BLO found hanging, family blames work pressure
Kolkata: A 47-year-old booth-level officer (BLO) was found hanging inside a primary school in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, with his family alleging that excessive Special Intensive Revision (SIR) work pressure led him…
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I-PAC raids: ED moves SC against ‘interference’ by CM Mamata Banerjee; WB govt files caveat
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has approached the Supreme Court alleging interference and obstruction by the West Bengal government, including by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, in its probe and search operation at…
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TMC workers attack Suvendu Adikhari’s convoy in Bengal, MHA seeks report
Kolkata: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) West Bengal chief Suvendu Adhikari alleged his convoy was attacked by Trinamool Congress (TMC) supporters in Paschim Medinipur district. “Tonight (January 10), approximately around 8:20 pm, while…
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Election Commission appoints 4 more SROs for SIR in West Bengal
The Election Commission appointed four more special roll observers (SROs) for West Bengal to strengthen supervision of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state. Those named as…
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I-PAC row: Mamata hits streets, leads mega protest against ED action
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday, January 9. led a massive protest march in south Kolkata against the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) searches linked to political consultancy firm I-PAC, as…
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I-PAC row: Mamata files multiple FIRs against ED in Kolkata, Salt Lake
TMC chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Friday lodged dual complaints against the ED in connection with the agency’s raids at the office of political consultancy firm I-PAC and the residence of its chief…
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Police arrest man who sent ‘death threat’ to Bengal Governor
Kolkata: Police have arrested the man, who allegedly sent a death threat email to West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose, a senior Lok Bhavan official said on Friday, January 9. The…
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West Bengal Guv to hit Kolkata streets sans security, ignoring death threat mail
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose has announced that he will be hitting the streets of Kolkata without any security cover on Friday, ignoring a death-threat email sent to his office…
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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…
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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…
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Amartya Sen caught in SIR row over spelling error, TMC slams EC
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has been issued a notice by the Election Commission (EC) for a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing for a spelling error in the enumeration form, with Trinamool Congress (TMC)…
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EC using mobile apps developed by BJP’s IT cell to conduct SIR: Mamata
Gangasagar: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged on Tuesday that the Election Commission is using mobile applications developed by the BJP’s IT cell to conduct the ongoing SIR exercise in the…
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Mohammed Shami, brother get EC notice over SIR discrepancies
Fast bowler Mohammed Shami and his brother Mohammed Kaif have been summoned by the Election Commission (EC) for a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing in Kolkata due to discrepancies in their voter…
