Ex-Calcutta HC Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam resigns from SIR appellate tribunalFormer Calcutta High Court Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam has resigned from a special tribunal. This tribunal was established to hear appeals ...
08 May, 2026, 03.56 PM IST
Minority drift may reverse as SIR, UCC, AIMIM-AJUP collapse could strengthen TMC's Muslim fortressRecent developments, including significant voter list deletions and the BJP's UCC promise, have seemingly reversed a potential drift in the...
18 Apr, 2026, 10.00 AM IST
Zero tolerance for violence; repoll if any disruption: ECWest Bengal is preparing for elections with a focus on intimidation-free polling. Super-sensitive booths have been identified across distri...
17 Apr, 2026, 12.10 AM IST
West Bengal polls: 97-year-old refugee, retired teacher among those deleted from voter listWest Bengal is witnessing the fallout of the NRC-like exercise, with long-term residents and even Partition refugees being struck off voter...
10 Apr, 2026, 04.15 PM IST
West Bengal SIR: SC to consider plea against EC's decision to freeze electoral rolls ahead of pollsThe Supreme Court will hear a plea on April 13 concerning the freezing of electoral rolls for West Bengal assembly polls. The Election Comm...
10 Apr, 2026, 12.43 PM IST
West Bengal CEO urges ECI to extend SIR hearing by 7 daysThe last date of hearing of Bengal SIR was February 7(today) and the due date for final roll publication was February 14. However, the fina...
07 Feb, 2026, 11.21 PM IST
Bengal SIR: ECI warns strict action, orders smooth hearings after SC directiveMeanwhile, the ECI simultaneously released a detailed guideline and directed the West Bengal CEO’s office to display the names of persons w...
21 Jan, 2026, 10.27 PM IST
Bengal SIR important, but not being conducted properly: Netaji's grandnephewChandra Kumar Bose, grandnephew of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, has voiced strong criticism regarding the ongoing electoral roll revision ex...
19 Jan, 2026, 03.31 PM IST
SIR hearings: Nadia tops ‘illegal voter’ list, none flagged in South Kolkata or BankuraWest Bengal's Special Intensive Revision process has identified over 11,000 illegal voters. Nadia district leads with 9,228 such electors. ...
14 Jan, 2026, 09.46 AM IST
AI-driven digitisation errors causing widespread hardship during SIR: Mamata Banerjee to CECWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to the Chief Election Commissioner, alleging that AI-driven digitisation errors in t...
12 Jan, 2026, 03.26 PM IST
Voters being arbitrarily deleted, says Mamata BanerjeeThe West Bengal Chief Minister had attacked the SIR, logical discrepancies, and plight of the elderly citizens, who are forced to visit the...
07 Jan, 2026, 12.32 AM IST
Mohammed Shami asked to appear for SIR hearing in KolkataCricketer Mohammed Shami and his brother Mohammed Kaif were summoned for a verification hearing in Kolkata. Shami could not attend due to h...
06 Jan, 2026, 12.29 PM IST
Mohd Shami, actor-MP Dev summoned in Bengal voter roll revisionBengal's Special Intensive Revision process has begun. Cricketer Mohd Shami and actor Dev's family are called for hearings. Chief Minister ...
05 Jan, 2026, 05.15 PM IST
TMC's Abhishek Banerjee says voters will 'unmap' BJP in assembly pollsAbhishek Banerjee, who launched the party's outreach campaign, 'Abaar Jitbe Bangla', in South 24 Parganas district's Baruipur, said Trinamo...
02 Jan, 2026, 11.41 PM IST
Bengal SIR: 82-year-old man jumps before train hours before hearing, two more died after receiving notices; families link anxietyAn 82 year old man died hours before his scheduled hearing in Purulia, while two others passed away after receiving notices, as queues and ...
30 Dec, 2025, 11.38 AM IST
SIR hearings start across 294 Assembly constituencies in West BengalHearings under the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls have begun across all 294 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal, with ove...
27 Dec, 2025, 10.38 PM IST
Bengal electoral roll revision: TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar alleges EC harassment as SIR hearings beginSpecial Intensive Revision of electoral rolls has begun in Bengal. Trinamool Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar claims her family members, i...
27 Dec, 2025, 03.39 PM IST