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NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC), which conducts elections to Lok Sabha and state assemblies, and the state election commissions (SECs), tasked with holding panchayat and municipal polls, on Wednesday reached a broad agreement to work on synergising the laws relating to elections to panchayats and municipal bodies with those relevant to parliamentary and state polls. A 'national declaration 2026' adopted at the national roundtable conference of EC and SECs here -- held after a gap of 27 y ...Read More >
The final electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu, after the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, were released on Monday by the state's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Archana Patnaik. Over 74 lakh names have been deleted from the rolls, according to the final list. Apart from assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, polls are also scheduled this summer in Kerala, West Bengal, Puducherry and Assam. This indicates the removal of more than 74 lakh names from the list in the poll-bound ...Read More >
New Delhi, Feb 17 (PTI) The National Green Tribunal's nod to the Great Nicobar project is disappointing and unfortunate and may have disastrous ecological impacts, according to environment enthusiasts. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday cleared the proposed International Container Transhipment Terminal in the Great Nicobar Island, saying adequate safeguards had been provided in the environmental clearance (EC) conditions. The eastern zonal bench of Kolkata, headed by NGT Chairperson J ...Read More >
The electoral registration officers (EROs) and additional electoral registration officers (AEROs) will now scrutinise the documents. Roll observers and micro-observers would then give their remarks before the final electoral roll is published on February 28. "We have now entered the final decision-making stage, wherein EROs and AEROs will have to apply their minds without fear or favour. They have to follow all rules and regulations and not go by emotions. No genuine voter should be left out wh ...Read More >
Kolkata, Feb 16 (PTI) The Election Commission on Monday directed West Bengal authorities to ensure speedy disposal of claims and objections filed under Form 7 of the SIR exercise, a senior poll official said. The commission reiterated that the revised Special Intensive Revision (SIR) schedule had already been communicated to the state chief electoral officer's office on February 10. Form 7 applications were issued by the EC to voters whose names did not figure in the draft rolls to file object ...Read More >
Kolkata, Feb 16 (PTI) Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari alleged on Monday that the Election Commission's decision to suspend seven AEROs was the first time that the poll panel exercised its statutory authority to directly penalise officers found guilty of SIR-related misconduct, after being prodded by the Mamata Banerjee government to commit such acts. The Commission reserved the right to move a step ahead and register FIRs against these officials if disciplinary proceedings against them were ...Read More >
The European Union and India are set to announce a landmark trade deal after nearly two decades of on-off talks, as both sides aim to deepen ties amid tensions with the US. India's Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agarwal said on Monday that negotiations had been wrapped up and the deal finalised. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Luís Santos da Costa are in Delhi, where the announcement is expected. Both India and the EU are seeking to streng ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress has reportedly accused the state's principal Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of misleading voters, claiming the existence of over a crore of illegal electors. This followed the publication of data from the Election Commission's draft electoral roll in its ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR). However, Trinamool leaders themselves had equally contributed to building an environment of uncertainty and fear over ...Read More >
PUNE: A day after being sent to judicial custody, the Pimpri-Chinchwad police on Tuesday arrested prime accused Sheetal Tejwani Suryavanshi in connection with the alleged ₹21 crore stamp duty waiver and land registration fraud. She was produced before the judicial magistrate first class (JMFC), which remanded her to eight days' police custody, although the police had sought a 10-day remand. In its remand application, the police told the court that their probe revealed deliberate manipulation of ...Read More >
West Bengal's draft electoral rolls reveal 127 Absent, Shifted, Dead (ASD) voters at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's booth. The Special Intensive Revision process identified over 24 lakh dead voters for deletion. The draft rolls are now available for public scrutiny, with claims and objections to be filed until January 17, 2026. With the draft electoral rolls in Bengal published on Tuesday, following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls that began on December 4, West Bengal ...Read More >
Kolkata, Dec 16 (PTI) The Election Commission on Tuesday published West Bengal's draft electoral rolls following SIR, deleting the names of more than 58 lakh voters on various grounds, including death and migration, and redrawing voter profiles across districts and border belts ahead of the 2026 assembly polls. The scale, spread and political geography of the deletions have affected several high-profile assembly seats, and have sharpened political fault lines and set the stage for a contentious ...Read More >
On 16th December (Tuesday) the Election Commission (EC) released West Bengal's draft electoral registers following Special Intensive Revision (SIR). According to officials, the names of over 58 lakh voters were removed for a variety of reasons, such as death, migration, and failure to submit enumeration forms. 24 lakh of these names are designated as "dead," 19 lakh as "relocated," 12 lakh as "missing", and 1.3 lakh as "duplicate". According to official data, the state's draft electoral rolls a ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 16 (ANI): Telangana BJP President N. Ramchander Rao lashed out at the Congress party, demanding that they should apologise to the people of the country and to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for their "digging his grave" comments. Rao also stated that the Congress party's allegations of vote rigging are baseless and manufactured, aimed at diverting people's attention. Also Read | Amritsar: Husband Installs GPS Tracker on Wife's Scooter, Catches Her With Ano ...Read More >
Telangana BJP's N. Ramchander Rao slammed Congress, demanding an apology for its 'digging his grave' comment on PM Modi. He dismissed vote rigging claims, noting even INDIA ally Omar Abdullah distanced the bloc from the 'vote chori' campaign. Telangana BJP President N. Ramchander Rao lashed out at the Congress party, demanding that they should apologise to the people of the country and to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for their "digging his grave" comments. Rao also stated that the Congress part ...Read More >
Shillong, Dec 16: The Pro Vice-Chancellor of North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Prof. S Umdor has resigned due to the absence of essential support systems and continued uncertainty surrounding key institutional decision making. Tendering his resignation on Monday, he said repeated attempts by Vice Chancellor Prabha Shankar Shukla to convene the Executive Council meeting under his chairmanship, despite strong opposition from students and staff associations, have vitiated the campus atmosphere ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 16 (ANI): Telangana BJP President N. Ramchander Rao lashed out at the Congress party, demanding that they should apologise to the people of the country and to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for their "digging his grave" comments. Rao also stated that the Congress party's allegations of vote rigging are baseless and manufactured, aimed at diverting people's attention. The statement came after Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, on Tuesday, dista ...Read More >
Kolkata, Dec 16 (PTI) The ruling Trinamool Congress on said that West Bengal's draft electoral rolls published on Tuesday under the EC's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) have sharply undercut BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's claim that the state hosts "one crore Rohingyas and Bangladeshis", with the number of voters identified as 'fake' or 'ghost' pegged at 1,83,328. The draft rolls, released after a month of enumeration, verification and scrutiny ahead of the 2026 assembly elections, detailed del ...Read More >
Kolkata: The Election Commission on Tuesday published on its website the draft electoral roll of West Bengal based on its enumeration feedback. EC also published the names of voters whose names were included in the electoral rolls of the state in 2025 but were deleted from the draft rolls of 2026, stating reasons for their deletion. The draft rolls have been made available on the official website of CEO, West Bengal, ceowestbengal.wb.gov.in/Electors as well as the voter portal of the EC, voters ...Read More >
Kolkata, Dec 16: The EC on Tuesday published the draft electoral rolls of West Bengal based on its enumeration feedback. The commission also published on its website the names of voters whose names were included in the electoral rolls of the state in 2025 but were deleted from the draft rolls of 2026, stating reasons for their deletion. The draft rolls have been made available on the official website of CEO, West Bengal, ceowestbengal.wb.gov.in/Electors as well as the voter portal of the EC, v ...Read More >
Jaipur: The submission period for enumeration forms under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has concluded Thursday.Approximately 3% of voters, out of 5.4 crore in Rajasthan, equating to over 16 lakh individuals or an average of 300 voters per polling station, are required to present one of the 13 specified documents for verification in the upcoming second phase of SIR, as mandated by the Election Commission of India. According to the election department data, mapping of 97% of voters was comp ...Read More >
KOLKATA: The EC on Tuesday published the draft electoral rolls of West Bengal based on its enumeration feedback. The commission also published on its website the names of voters whose names were included in the electoral rolls of the state in 2025 but were deleted from the draft rolls of 2026, stating reasons for their deletion. The draft rolls have been made available on the official website of CEO, West Bengal, ceowestbengal.wb.gov.in/Electors as well as the voter portal of the EC, voters.ec ...Read More >
Kolkata, December 16: The Election Commission of India (ECI) will release the draft electoral rolls for West Bengal on Tuesday, December 16, as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 2026 exercise. The draft rolls, which include names proposed for deletion, will be available both online and offline for public verification. The SIR process in West Bengal began on November 4 and is part of a nationwide drive to update and clean voter lists ahead of upcoming elections. Booth Level Officers (B ...Read More >
Kolkata, Dec 15 (PTI) Ahead of the official publication of the West Bengal draft electoral rolls on Tuesday, booth-level officers (BLOs) across the state received access to the list, an official said. Through a dedicated application, BLOs were able to view the draft rolls booth-wise to facilitate preliminary verification, the official said on Monday. "The draft list will go live on Tuesday noon for public access both online and offline. The BLOs have already received the draft list," the offic ...Read More >
BJP MP Sambit Patra accused Congress of politicizing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) issue by holding a rally, alleging it aims to protect infiltrators. He stated Congress sought the parliamentary discussion on SIR and questioned their stance on vote theft, noting their silence when they win. Patra highlighted the Home Minister's response to allegations of vote theft and infiltrators. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sambit Patra on Sunday accused the Congress of politicising the issue of a ...Read More >
Sarvesh Singh was an assistant teacher and was posted in a school in Bhagatpur Tanda village. He was assigned the duty of a BLO on October 7. It was his first time working as a BLO. A 46-year-old booth-level officer (BLO) hanged himself in the storage room of his home in Baheri village of UP's Mordabad because of work pressure, police said on Sunday. Sarvesh Singh was an assistant teacher and was posted in a school in Bhagatpur Tanda village. He was assigned the duty of a BLO on October 7. It ...Read More >
A BJP delegation, led by Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, visited the office of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in Kolkata on Monday (December 1, 2025), triggering loud protests by members of a Booth Level Officer (BLO) forum, who have been demonstrating there over alleged excessive workload during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, a senior officer said. As Mr. Adhikari, accompanied by several BJP MLAs, arrived at the CEO's office to meet officials, prot ...Read More >
Aneesh George, 44, a BLO in Payyannur, Kannur, was found hanging at his house on Sunday. Thiruvananthapuram: The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Kerala was affected across the state on Monday as booth-level officers (BLOs) boycotted work following the suicide of an officer allegedly due to work strain. Aneesh George, 44, a BLO in Payyannur, Kannur, was found hanging at his house on Sunday. Family members and residents alleged that he took the extreme step because of work-related ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], November 19 (ANI): Over 272 eminent citizens, including 16 Judges, 123 retired bureaucrats, 14 Ambassadors, 133 retired armed forces officers, have written an open letter condemning the repeated "assault on national constitutional authorities" by Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi. The letter states that instead of offering "genuine policy alternatives," the Congress leader has resorted to "unsubstantiated accusations." Condemning earlier repeated alleged assaults on institut ...Read More >
Guwahati, Nov 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Assam government on Monday welcomed the Election Commission of India's (ECI) decision to conduct the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls with January 1, 2026 as the qualifying date. Calling it a timely step toward maintaining clean, updated and accurate voter lists ahead of upcoming electoral exercises, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday mentioned that Assam would extend "full cooperation" to the ECI to ensure that the revision ...Read More >
Kolkata, Nov 17 (PTI) Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Monday criticised the TMC government over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, alleging a "deep nexus involving a section of BLOs and BDOs" aimed at helping the Trinamool Congress "sabotage" the Election Commission's efforts to weed out "fake voters, illegal migrants". Addressing a press conference at the state BJP headquarters, Adhikari said the SIR exercise had triggered "panic" within the TMC, prompting " ...Read More >
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