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Guwahati: Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre, the Assam govt, and other authorities, asking for their responses to a plea seeking completion of the remaining statutory steps under the National Register of Citizens (NRC) updating process in Assam, which have been pending for over six years since the publication of the final list.The petitioners -- Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind and the All Assam Minorities Students' Union (Aamsu) -- have filed a writ petition seeking directions to complete ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: India on Friday acknowledged that the number of Indian nationals serving in the Russian Army has risen to 44 due to recruitment in recent months, and said it has taken up the matter with Russian authorities to end the practice. The Indian side is in touch with Russian authorities to ensure the speedy release of Indian nationals currently serving with the Russian military, external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told a weekly media briefing. Indian officials had earlie ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The process of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of West Bengal's electors' roll has been turned into a political game of narratives - spreading rumours and uncertainty, leading to panic, even alleged deaths by suicide. In a move that can further heighten tensions, West Bengal's ruling and principal Opposition parties are both reportedly planning two separate rallies in the state on Tuesday to amplify respective narratives around the process of SIR. Incidentally ...Read More >
New Delhi | Special Intensive Revision (SIR), the Election Commission's voters' list cleanup exercise, will commence in nine states and three Union territories from Tuesday. SIR in these states and Union territories with 51 crore voters will conclude on February 7, 2026, with the publication of the final electoral roll. After Bihar, this is the second round of SIR. The state's final voter list with nearly 7.42 crore names was published on September 30. The 12 states and Union territories wher ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 3 (PTI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR), the Election Commission's voters' list cleanup exercise, will commence in nine states and three Union territories from Tuesday. SIR in these states and Union territories with 51 crore voters will conclude on February 7, 2026, with the publication of the final electoral roll. After Bihar, this is the second round of SIR. The state's final voter list with nearly 7.42 crore names was published on September 30. The 12 states and Union terri ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Union government on Thursday notified the appointment of Justice Surya Kant as the next Chief Justice of India (CJI), marking the first time a jurist from Haryana will occupy the country's highest judicial office. He will take oath on November 24, a day after incumbent CJI Bhushan R Gavai demits office. Justice Kant will serve as the 53rd CJI and will have a tenure of about 14 months, retiring on February 9, 2027. The notification comes two days after CJI Gavai initiated the appo ...Read More >
The Election Commission of India on Monday said it will conduct the second phase of the electoral roll revision in 12 states and union territories. In this pan-India special intensive revision (SIR) exercise, which will begin from Tuesday (October 28), three states and one UT - Kerala, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry - will go to polls next year while three states - Goa, Gujarat, and Uttar Pradesh - will have elections in 2027. The Election Commission (EC) said the SIR exercise in thes ...Read More >
Guna, Oct 28 (PTI) Congress Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday said the last special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar was conducted in 2003 and took two years to complete, but the same exercise was done this time in just one month and covered 7 to 8 crore voters. The former CM said in Madhya Pradesh, which is among states where the Election Commission (EC) will conduct phase two of the SIR of electoral rolls between November-February, the Congress will ensure deletion ...Read More >
Guwahati, October 28: In an announcement that stirred curiosity across Assam's political and civic circles, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, on Monday, left the state out of the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The omission raised eyebrows, particularly since Assam is among the states scheduled for Assembly elections next year. However, the Election Commission of India (ECI) clarified that the state's exclusion stemmed from its unique leg ...Read More >
Pan-India SIR NEW DELHI: In a departure from norms followed during Bihar SIR, EC has dispensed with the need for electors to submit documents at enumeration stage of pan-India SIR exercise. No document is to be collected from electors during enumeration phase. An elector who could not be linked with previous SIR will be served a notice by electoral registration officer (ERO) to ascertain eligibility as per criteria laid down in Article 326 of the Constitution. The elector will be required to sub ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Oct 27: The Election Commission will conduct phase two of the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in 12 states and Union Territories between November and February, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar announced on Monday. The states and Union Territories are: the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Among these, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala, and ...Read More >
Purnea (Bihar) [India], October 27 (ANI: Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor on Monday took a swipe at the BJP-led central government over the EC's announcement of the 2nd phase of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across 12 States and Union Territories. He said that no matter what the BJP does, once the public turns against a party, it cannot be saved. "SIR was done in Bihar. What difference did it make? Was anyone's name struck off? A few people did face difficulties. BJP can ...Read More >
Gyanesh Kumar further added that Aadhaar Card is not a proof of date of birth or domicile.Source : jorono/Pixabay Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Monday announced that the Election Commission will undertake a pan-India Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in 12 states and union territories. "...The voter lists in all states undergoing SIR will be frozen at 12 am tonight. BLOs will distribute Unique Enumeration Forms to all voters on these lists. These forms will contain ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): Congress leader Pramod Tiwari on Monday questioned the Election Commission of India's (ECI) announcement for the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in 12 States and Union Territories, asking for the number of "infiltrators" removed from the electoral roll in the first phase in Bihar. Speaking to ANI, Tiwari said, "From the Home Minister to the Prime Minister, they were talking about infiltrators, but did the Election Commission say how many ...Read More >
New Delhi (PTI): Soon after the Election Commission on Monday announced holding Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in 12 states, the Congress questioned the exercise, and said the poll body's intentions and credibility were under suspicion as neither the voters nor the opposition were satisfied with it. In a video message posted on X, Congress' media and publicity head Pawan Khera said, "We have not yet received answers to the questions related to the SIR conducted in Bihar. The situ ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 27 (PTI) Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Monday said separate provisions of the Citizenship Act apply in Assam, and a special order will be issued for the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in the state. Assam did not figure in the list of 12 states and Union Territories where the electoral roll clean-up exercise has been announced from November 4. Addressing a press conference here, Kumar said a Supreme Court-supervised exercise to verify citizenship is ...Read More >
Mumbai, October 27: The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced a pan-India Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with the second phase set to kick off from Tuesday, October 28, in 12 states and Union Territories (UTs), including many poll-bound states such as West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. But what raised eyebrows was the exclusion of Assam, where elections are due by April 2026. Since then, many have been wondering why Assam was not included in the list of states gearing up fo ...Read More >
Mumbai, October 27: The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced a pan-India Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with the second phase set to kick off from Tuesday, October 28, in 12 states and Union Territories (UTs), including many poll-bound states such as West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. But what raised eyebrows was the exclusion of Assam, where elections are due by April 2026. Since then, many have been wondering why Assam was not included in the list of states gearing up fo ...Read More >
New Delhi: After Bihar, a nationwide SIR has been announced. The second phase of voter list revision is also set to begin soon. This phase will be for those states and union territories where assembly elections are scheduled in 2026, 2027, and 2028. The second phase of SIR will be conducted in 12 states and union territories. The Election Commission has also released the schedule for this. For this, the staff will first be trained. Then, starting December 4th, door-to-door polling will be condu ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 27 (PTI) The Election Commission will conduct phase two of the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in 12 states and Union Territories between November and February, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar announced on Monday. The states and Union Territories are: the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Among these, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala ...Read More >
Srinagar, Oct 25: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decisive leadership has transformed India's security landscape and economy, calling his tenure an era that "secured the nation and crushed terror sanctuaries." Addressing a series of rallies in poll-bound Bihar, Shah said that for seven decades, no government dared to revoke Article 370, but Modi ended that "historic injustice" in 2019, fully integrating Jammu and Kashmir with the rest of India. "Fo ...Read More >
Srinagar, Oct 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) The principal district and sessions judge in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district on Friday sentenced a man to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of raping his minor daughter. In his judgement, the principal district and sessions judge, Anantnag (also the special judge under the POCSO Act) sentenced the man to imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life after convicting him for raping his minor daughter. FIR number 03/2022 was registered agains ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 22 (PTI) There is no risk that fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi will not get a fair trial in India after his extradition, a Belgian court has ruled, underlining that he has failed to demonstrate any "serious risk" of being subjected to torture, inhuman or degrading treatment. A four-member indictment chamber at the Court of Appeals in Antwerp has found no infirmity in the orders issued by the pre-trial chamber of the Antwerp district court on November 29, 2024, allowing Choksi's ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: London-based academician and researcher Francesca Orsini was on Monday denied entry into India upon arrival at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here, as she "was blacklisted in March this year for having violated the conditions of her tourist visa by undertaking research during her previous visits", according to govt sources.Orsini, Professor Emerita of Hindi and South Asian Literature at the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics in London, is a literary historian worki ...Read More >
Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh) [India], October 20 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chef Minister Mohan Yadav extended warm wishes on the auspicious occasion of Diwali, while urging the citizens of India to adopt the "Swadeshi" approach. "I extend best wishes to everyone on the occasion of Diwali. May this festival bring peace and happiness in the lives of everyone...We all show adopt Swadeshi...We all should contribute in making the nation, Vikshit Bharat and Aatmanirbhar Bharat..." he said. Meanwhile, Prime M ...Read More >
Guwahati: The newly-elected president of the Arunachal Christian Forum (ACF), James Techi Tara, asserted that "it is the prerogative of the government to decide on the Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act (APFRA)." On the march held by IFCSAP, "demanding framing of rules and implementing the APFRA, Tara said "it is every Indian citizen's and organisation's right to organize a march and submit their grievances to the government." "It is the prerogative of the government to decide on the de ...Read More >
New Delhi: A court in Belgium's Antwerp has ordered the extradition of diamond merchant Mehul Choksi to India to face trial in the Rs 13,000-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case. It's a big win for India which had sought the extradition of 65-year-old Choksi. Choksi, who was arrested in Belgium on April 12, can, however, appeal against the extradition order. The fugitive diamantaire was nabbed by Belgian authorities after an extradition request from Indian agencies Central Bureau of Inv ...Read More >
This mascot will symbolize Aadhaar's spirit of service, security, and accessibility. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched a nationwide Mascot Design Contest inviting Indian citizens to create the official Aadhaar mascot. Hosted on the government's MyGov platform, the contest is open until October 31, 2025, and offers prize money of up to Rs 1 lakh for winning entries. The aim is to develop a distinctive, memorable mascot that reflects Aadhaar's core values; trust, ...Read More >
New Delhi, October 17: The UIDAI launched a nationwide Mascot Design Contest on the MyGov platform, inviting residents to design Aadhaar's official mascot. The competition is open till October 31, an official said on Friday. Through the contest, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) aims to create a unique and memorable mascot that reflects Aadhaar's core values of trust, inclusivity, empowerment, and digital innovation. The mascot will serve as the visual ambassador of UIDAI, ma ...Read More >
Guru Maa (right) obtained fake documents, including Aadhar Card, to claim that she was an Indian citizen. Mumbai: A Bangladeshi trans person who had been living in India for the last 30 years using forged documents was arrested on Thursday in Mumbai. The accused, Babu Ayan Khan, alias Jyoti, alias 'Guru Maa', has been accused of trafficking 200 Bangladeshi nationals into India, and this number may rise as the Mumbai Police's investigation intensifies. A Spiritual Leader With 300 Followers J ...Read More >
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