special intensive revision
- India
BLOs hold protest outside Bengal CEO’s office over ‘excessive’ work pressure under SIR
Kolkata: Booth-level officers, engaged in the ongoing SIR process in West Bengal, scuffled with police personnel on Monday while trying to enter the CEO’s office here during a demonstration to protest against…
- India
Mamata slams SIR as ‘chaotic, coercive’, urges CEC to stop exercise
Kolkata: Upping the ante on SIR, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote a strongly worded letter to CEC Gyanesh Kumar on Thursday, asking him to immediately halt the exercise that she…
- India
Rise in illegal Bangladeshis attempting crossings amid SIR drives: BSF officials
Kolkata: The number of illegal Bangladeshi nationals attempting to cross the India-Bangladesh border in South Bengal has risen sharply in recent weeks, a surge that is being linked to the ongoing Special…
- India
SC to hear plea challenging SIR in Kerala on Nov 21
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to urgently list a plea seeking postponement of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Kerala in view of the upcoming elections…
- India
TVK holds protest against SIR across Tamil Nadu
Chennai: Actor-Politician Vijay-led Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam on Sunday held a statewide demonstration against the SIR of electoral rolls exercise being carried out across Tamil Nadu. TVK state general secretary N Anand and…
- India
Over 95 pc enumeration forms distributed to electors in 12 states, UTs under SIR: EC
New Delhi: Over 95 percent of the 5.99 crore electors across nine states and three Union territories have received enumeration forms under ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) exercise, the Election Commission of…
- India
‘Silent invisible rigging’: fumes TMC fumes over 34 lakh Aadhaar deactivation
Kolkata: The TMC on Thursday tore into the EC and the BJP after UIDAI disclosed that around 32-34 lakh Aadhaar numbers have been deactivated in West Bengal, and alleged the figures point…
- Politics
Shivakumar claims EC misused office, deleted migrant names in Bihar
New Delhi: Congress leader and Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar Monday alleged the Election Commission had not done justice to the Bihar electorate as it deleted from the electoral rolls…
- India
SC to begin hearing pleas challenging EC’s decision to conduct pan-India SIR on Tuesday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to commence hearing pleas challenging the Election Commission’s decision to conduct pan-India Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls on Tuesday. A bench of Justices…
- India
Online filling up of SIR forms starts in Bengal, response good: Official
Kolkata: The online filling up of the enumeration forms (EFs) for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has been enabled on the website of the Election Commission of India voters’ service portal,…
- India
Bengal woman, daughter critical after suicide bid over SIR form fear
Kolkata: A 27-year-old woman in West Bengal’s Hooghly district allegedly attempted suicide along with her minor daughter, reportedly out of fear after not receiving a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) enumeration form, her…
- Chennai
Ensure no eligible voter is left out during SIR, TN CM Stalin announces helpline
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday called upon his party men to ensure none among the eligible voters are missed out during the ongoing SIR in the state.…
- India
SIR a bid to institutionalise ‘vote theft’: Rahul Gandhi
Pachmarhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Sunday alleged that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is an attempt to cover up “vote theft” and institutionalise…
- India
Bengal: Man dies by suicide over ‘fear of exclusion from voter list’
Kolkata: A middle-aged man allegedly died by suicide in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Wednesday, with his family claiming he was terrified of being struck off the voter list during…
- India
SIR: Over 70 lakh forms distributed on first day of enumeration process in West Bengal
Kolkata: As part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, more than 70 lakh enumeration forms were distributed by over 80,000 booth-level officers (BLOs) on the first…
