Bengal voter roll crisis: 23 lakh excluded ahead of polls, tribunals non-functionalOver 23 lakh voters in Bengal face an uncertain future as appeal tribunals remain non-functional ahead of Monday's deadline for the first p...
05 Apr, 2026, 04.29 PM IST
West Bengal Polls: Central forces to be deployed from March 1In a pivotal move for the upcoming elections, West Bengal is preparing to welcome a robust contingent of 480 Central Armed Police Force com...
21 Feb, 2026, 04.34 PM IST
TMC, BJP hail Supreme Court order on Bengal SIR directing HC to depute officersThe Supreme Court has ordered judicial officers to oversee the SIR process in Bengal. A meeting is set for Saturday to finalize arrangement...
21 Feb, 2026, 12.43 AM IST
Six months after Election Commission order, Mamata Banerjee's government registers FIRs against 5 poll officialsAmidst an escalating electoral crisis, West Bengal officials have taken significant action by filing FIRs against five government employees...
18 Feb, 2026, 11.37 AM IST
Won't allow any impediment: Supreme Court on SIR exercise in West BengalThe Supreme Court has issued a stern warning against any obstruction to the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. The court emphas...
09 Feb, 2026, 11.35 PM IST
EC work: LIC field workers move Calcutta High Court for protection of their service conditionsThe Calcutta High Court has ordered the Election Commission and LIC to submit reports. This follows a plea from LIC field workers concerned...
30 Jan, 2026, 06.50 PM IST
Bengal SIR: EC orders FIRs against negligent BLOs, warns DEOs on law and orderThe Election Commission of India has mandated FIRs and legal action against negligent Booth Level Officers during the SIR process. District...
23 Jan, 2026, 10.32 PM IST
Bengal BLOs protest over deaths, stress during revision of electoral rollsBooth Level Officers in Kolkata protested, accusing the Election Commission of indifference to BLOs' deaths during electoral roll revision....
12 Jan, 2026, 05.23 PM IST
Another BLO found hanging in poll-bound Bengal, family alleges work pressure due to SIR dutiesA Booth Level Officer, Hamimul Islam, was found dead in a Murshidabad primary school. His family claims intense work pressure from SIR duti...
11 Jan, 2026, 03.46 PM IST
Bareilly: BLO dies due to 'work pressure'; admin says death 'natural'A 58-year-old booth-level officer in Bareilly allegedly died of a heart attack due to work pressure from the Special Intensive Revision (SI...
16 Dec, 2025, 12.43 AM IST
SC asks states to provide more staff to EC for SIR duty to ease pressure on BLOsThe Supreme Court on Thursday asked states to consider deploying additional staff to ease the workload of booth-level officers (BLOs) invol...
04 Dec, 2025, 03.30 PM IST
SIR stir to continue in Parliament, INDIA bloc to protest outside Makar DwarIn a fierce display of dissent, members of the opposition are rallying against the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. They have...
02 Dec, 2025, 09.17 AM IST
Bengal: BLOs press for compensation, accuse EC of ignoring work-pressureDuring a demonstration that coincided with the arrival of a special team of the Election Commission (EC) in the city, protesters alleged th...
29 Nov, 2025, 07.08 PM IST
ECI shifts West Bengal CEO office; AITC team meets CECThe commission directed the Kolkata police commissioner to ensure security to the existing and the new offices, ECI sources said.
28 Nov, 2025, 11.51 PM IST
All 143 Bengal BLOs report for duty after EC ultimatum; WB CEO site logs one crore hits, adds features to manage surge in SIR loadAll 143 block-level officers have resumed their duties. SIR-related camps are now underway in Jalpaiguri, Coochbehar, and Darjeeling. The W...
31 Oct, 2025, 12.49 AM IST
Abhi picture baki hai: Rahul Gandhi doubles down on his 'vote chori' allegationsRahul Gandhi criticized the Election Commission for failing to uphold the 'one man, one vote' principle. He alleged irregularities in voter...
12 Aug, 2025, 01.38 PM IST
J-K Accession files: Disclosure of Bucher papers in 'national interest', CIC observesInformation Commissioner Uday Mahurkar has instead asked the NMML's Central Public Information Officer "to take up the matter with higher o...
10 Oct, 2021, 05.33 PM IST