EC set to roll out phase III of SIR in 'coming days'; to cover 22 states, UTsThe Election Commission is preparing to launch the third phase of its Special Intensive Revision of voters' lists. This upcoming exercise w...
11 May, 2026, 08.37 PM IST
"People know only BJP can clean up the way TMC destroyed Bengal": Kiren RijijuUnion Minister Kiren Rijiju has said that the Bharatiya Janata Party is positioned to rejuvenate the state, making it a fertile ground for ...
28 Apr, 2026, 08.57 AM IST
Chip, chip, chipping away: Are GoI & Election Commission rewriting poll rules unilaterally and putting democracy in peril?A proposed change to Lok Sabha seats and issues with voter roll revisions raise concerns. Independent institutions, like the Election Commi...
23 Apr, 2026, 11.50 PM IST
Suvendu Adhikari's firm political grip, 'skewed' SIR deletions likely deciders in Nandigram, say observersNandigram's assembly seat faces a closely watched contest. BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's 2021 victory is a key event. The BJP has strengthe...
22 Apr, 2026, 09.26 PM IST
West Bengal elections: Junglemahal’s 25 seats turn battleground as BJP targets TMC’s development pitchPurulia, Bankura, and Jhargram, the gateway to West Bengal's Junglemahal, are witnessing a fierce political battle. While Trinamool banks o...
22 Apr, 2026, 12.14 AM IST
West Bengal's 65-seat faultline: How razor-thin margins, SIR deletions could decide who forms govtWest Bengal’s 2026 Assembly election is shaping up as a closely contested battle that may hinge on 65–70 marginal constituencies, where sma...
12 Apr, 2026, 02.02 PM IST
Election Commission trims electoral rolls by 10.2% across 12 states, UTsThe Election Commission has significantly cleaned up voter lists. Over 60 lakh deceased voters were removed from nine states and three Unio...
11 Apr, 2026, 07.28 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh voter list down 13% as SIR 2 trims 5.38 crore namesUttar Pradesh's final voter list is out, showing a significant drop in numbers. Over 2 crore names were removed, bringing the total down to...
11 Apr, 2026, 12.15 AM IST
'DMK opposed SIR from beginning as deleted voters belong to ruling party': TN BJP Chief Nainar NagenthranTamil Nadu BJP chief Nainar Nagenthran on Saturday said the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has opposed the Special Intensive Revision (SIR...
20 Dec, 2025, 01.14 PM IST
Kolkata region records highest name deletions in Bengal SIR draftIn Kolkata, the Trinamool Congress is facing a surprising challenge as voter deletions reach staggering numbers in key strongholds. Constit...
18 Dec, 2025, 12.10 AM IST
TMC for door-to-door scrutiny after 45,000 voters deleted from Mamata Banerjee's assembly seatThe TMC has instructed its booth-level agents to physically verify all deleted voter names in Mamata Banerjee’s Bhabanipur constituency aft...
17 Dec, 2025, 09.08 AM IST
Bengal SIR 2026: EC publishes list of voters deleted from draft electoral rollsBengal SIR 2026: Ahead of West Bengal's draft electoral rolls publication, the Election Commission released a list of over 58 lakh deleted ...
16 Dec, 2025, 11.30 AM IST
Bengal BLOs asked to re-verify forms, delete dead or absent voters by Dec 11West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agarwal has instructed booth-level officers to meticulously re-examine voter enumeration forms. T...
05 Dec, 2025, 08.58 AM IST
voter inclusion drops during non-poll yearsBBMP, with 86 lakh registered voters as against a population of 1.10 crore, will have a high EP ratio without an effective cleansing exerci...
28 Dec, 2017, 02.32 PM IST
Election Commission cleans up rolls, deletes 1 million namesThe Election Commission has deleted the names of more than a million voters from the voter rolls in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Ass...
10 Mar, 2016, 12.34 PM IST
Send audit committees for verifying TN voters' list: DMK to Election CommissionDMK today requested the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) to depute audit committees for verifying voters' list ahead of next year's Assemb...
28 Jul, 2015, 09.29 PM IST
- Voters shrink by 2 lakh
Gearing up for the assembly polls, the state electoral officer on Monday said that the final electoral list of 11.45 crore voters has been ...
16 Jan, 2007, 04.00 AM IST