special intensive revision
- India
Parliament rejects Oppn bid to remove chief poll commissioner, gives no reason
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan on Monday, April 6, rejected the impeachment motion against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, with no reasons cited for…
- India
Constitution illustrator Nandalal Bose’s grandson dropped from Bengal voter list
Kolkata: The 88-year-old grandson of Nandalal Bose, the renowned illustrator of the Constitution of India, said that his and his wife’s names are missing from the voter list after the Special Intensive Revision…
- India
Bengal polls: Mamata calls for ‘revenge’ over voter list deletions
Samserganj: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday, April 5, urged people to cast their votes to “take revenge” for the deletion of people’s names from the electoral rolls. The Trinamool…
- India
AIMIM leader held for ‘threatening’ Bengal election officers on SIR duty
West Bengal: Mofakkerul Islam, an All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader and Calcutta High Court advocate, was arrested by the West Bengal Police on Friday, April 3, on charges of mobilising a…
- India
Calculated attempt: SC raps Bengal after judicial officers held hostage for SIR
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday, April 2, took suo motu cognisance of the gheraoing of seven judicial officers, including three women, by a mob in West Bengal’s Malda district during the…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad election officer seeks all-party cooperation for SIR
Hyderabad: Hyderabad District Election Officer (DEO) RV Karnan on Monday, March 23, convened a meeting of political party representatives ahead of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Karnan, who is also…
- India
Opposition MPs accuse CEC Gyanesh Kumar of executive bias, mass disenfranchisement
New Delhi: The notices moved by the opposition MPs in Parliament seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar have accused him of “acting under the thumb of the executive”, besides…
- India
West Bengal DMs told to ensure precautions for supplementary voter list publication
Kolkata: The West Bengal government has directed all the district magistrates to take precautionary measures for maintaining law and order during the publication of the supplementary electoral rolls on March 23. A…
- India
Opposition MPs submit notices to remove Chief Election Commissioner
New Delhi: Opposition MPs have submitted notices in both Houses of Parliament seeking a motion for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, sources said on Friday, March 13. As…
- India
Over 70L forms for including names, 2.6L for deletion: UP SIR in a nutshell
Lucknow: Over 70.69 lakh Form 6 claims for inclusion in the electoral rolls and 2.68 lakh objections via Form 7, seeking deletion of names, were received in Uttar Pradesh between January 6…
- India
TMC leader asks CEC for daily release of supplementary voter lists
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress general secretary and party’s Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee, on late Friday, March 6, evening, shot a letter to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar demanding daily publication of…
- Hyderabad
Masjid network key to community mobilisation for SIR: Hyderabad civil society
Hyderabad: Calling for coordinated community action to face the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, speakers at a round table workshop in Hyderabad on Wednesday, March 4, said the masjid-level network…
- India
Two die by suicide after publication of post-SIR voter rolls in Bengal
Kolkata: Two persons died allegedly by suicide in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri and South 24 Parganas districts, due to “mental stress” following the publication of the final list after the Special Intensive Revision…
- India
EC begins phased release of Post-SIR rolls in West Bengal
Kolkata: The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday, February 28, started publishing the post-SIR electoral rolls in West Bengal in phases, as officials put up hard copies of the list in some districts…
- India
Bengal braces for post-SIR rolls on Saturday
Kolkata: When West Bengal’s post-SIR electoral rolls are published on Saturday, February 28, it will not only update a list of over seven crore voters, but also reflect months of political confrontation,…
