11 h. ago With Colleague In Ambulance, Bengal Poll Officials Stage Protest Over SIR

An association of West Bengal's Booth Level Officers on Tuesday staged a protest outside the Chief Electoral Officer, bringing a BLO in an ambulance, claiming that he suffered a severe brain stroke...

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6 d. ago 'SIR Amit Shah's Ploy To Capture Bengal, Won't Succeed': Mamata Banerjee

The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in poll-bound West Bengal was Union Home Minister Amit Shah's "clever ploy" to topple the 14-year-old Trinamool Congress government, Chief Minister...

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7 d. ago Parliament Session Live Updates: Centre To Move Central Excise Bill Today

On the third day of the Parliament's Winter Session, the government is set to resume key legislative business in the Lok Sabha, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman likely to move the Central...

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8 d. ago Live: Opposition Protest At 10.30 AM Over Discussion On Electoral Reforms

Winter Session Live Updates: The Winter Session of Parliament started on Monday and is expected go on till December 19. The first day of the session in the Lok Sabha saw repeated sloganeering by...

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1 week ago 'Politically Motivated': Poll Body On Trinamool's 'Blood On Hands' Remark

The Commission defended the SIR as a routine, constitutionally-mandated exercise aimed solely at ensuring a clean, updated and accurate voter list.

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1 week ago "Not In Touch With Him": Trinamool Congress On MLA's 'Babri Masjid' Plan

A major controversy erupted in poll-bound West Bengal after TMC MLA Humayun Kabir announced he would lay the foundation stone of a mosque modelled on Babri Masjid in Murshidabad district on December...

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1 week ago BJP Delegation Meets Top Poll Officials, Flags Bengal SIR Irregularities

A BJP delegation met officials of the Election Commission today and alleged serious irregularities in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal

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2 w. ago 14 Lakh SIR Forms Identified As 'Uncollectable' So Far In Bengal: Poll Body

Nearly 14 lakh SIR enumeration forms have so far been identified as "uncollectable" in West Bengal, the Election Commission said on Tuesday.

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2 w. ago Bengal Poll Officers Protest Outside Poll Body's Office Over SIR Pressure

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...

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2 w. ago Bengal Poll Officer Found Dead, Family Says Stress Over Voter Roll Revision

A woman working as a Booth Level Officer was found dead in West Bengal's Nadia, with her family claiming that she was under tremendous work stress due to the Special Intensive Revision exercise.

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2 w. ago Bengal Poll Officer Returning From SIR Duty Dies, Minister Meets Family

A Booth Level Officer (BLO) died in a road accident while returning home after completing work related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district...

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4 w. ago "Not Easy To Play With Us": Mamata Banerjee Warns Poll Body Over SIR

Mamata Banerjee dubbed the ongoing special intensive revision of electoral rolls as "votebandi", and asserted that she would protect the rights of voters at any cost, even if it meant her "throat...

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