West Bengal Annapurna Yojana direct link: Here's how to download, apply and fill the form, eligibility and what to do if enrollment fails onlineWest Bengal is launching the Annapurna Yojana. Women in the state will receive Rs 3,000 monthly. Forms will be issued from May 27, 2026. Be...
28 May, 2026, 03.31 PM IST
Bengal govt launches verification drive for Annapurna Yojana beneficiaries ahead of rolloutWest Bengal is preparing for the Annapurna Yojana, a new financial assistance scheme for women. A thorough verification of beneficiaries is...
22 May, 2026, 04.14 PM IST
Ensure Aadhaar is used strictly as identity proof: Plea in SCA Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court. It seeks to restrict Aadhaar's use to identity proof only. The petition a...
20 May, 2026, 04.58 PM IST
Consultants are reshaping Indian political parties - but at what cost?Political consultants are now central to Indian election campaigns. They shape strategies, choose candidates, and manage outreach. This gro...
12 May, 2026, 07.57 PM IST
How BJP's well-oiled vote machine breached Mamata's Bengal fortressThe Bharatiya Janata Party achieved a significant victory in the West Bengal Assembly elections. Their campaign focused on booth-level orga...
05 May, 2026, 02.38 PM IST
West Bengal election results 2026: How BJP played a long game to bring down 'Didi’s durg' brick by brickWest Bengal Results 2026: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appears poised to form the government in West Bengal for the first time, potenti...
04 May, 2026, 10.25 PM IST
Why BJP’s 2026 ‘khela’ is bigger than Mamata Banerjee’s 'Poriborton' that ended over 30 years of Left in BengalWest Bengal witnesses a seismic political shift as the BJP secures a historic victory, ending the Trinamool Congress's long reign. Election...
04 May, 2026, 05.46 PM IST
West Bengal voter list: Step-by-step guide to check name online, what to do if it is missing and key election dates hereWest Bengal voter list 2026: Election Commission (EC) has officially released the fourth supplementary voter list for West Bengal following...
30 Mar, 2026, 03.21 PM IST
ECI plans voter-friendly reforms ahead of nationwide SIR, Aadhaar inclusion to ease verificationAhead of the nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR), the Election Commission plans to simplify voter verification by redesigning enume...
25 Sep, 2025, 12.03 AM IST
West Bengal CEO launches EMMS 2.0 portal to prepare polling personnel database for 2026 assembly electionsWest Bengal is gearing up for the 2026 assembly elections with the launch of the EMMS 2.0 portal by Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agarwal. ...
18 Sep, 2025, 11.40 PM IST
Duplicate voter card number issue resolved: EC sourcesThe Election Commission addressed the problem of duplicate voter card numbers. Officials issued new cards with unique numbers. The issue af...
13 May, 2025, 03.56 PM IST
EC moves to eliminate voter list duplication in 2 monthsThe Election Commission is initiating a mission-mode exercise to remove duplicate EPIC numbers in voter databases within two months. Trigge...
06 Mar, 2025, 11.51 PM IST
Karnataka votes for national unified database of electoral rollsBengaluru is estimated to have two million duplicate entries, and the project will be implemented here only on the success of the pilot.
27 Aug, 2018, 12.08 PM IST
Aadhaar info of 2.64 crore Tamil Nadu voters in poll database: ECDetails of Aadhaar cards of 2.64 crore voters out of the total 5.62 crore electors in TN has been successfully seeded in the database.
17 Jul, 2015, 08.23 PM IST
Election Commission drive to link electoral rolls with Aadhaar on March 3According to data furnished to EC by UIDAI, only 50 crore of the country's 85 crore electors have enrolled for Aadhaar so far.
28 Feb, 2015, 10.31 AM IST
Aadhaar database to be embedded with that of EPIC by 2016: CECEC has initiated an ambitious plan to "embed" and synchronise the Aadhaar database with that of the Electoral Photo ID Card (EPIC) to minim...
25 Jan, 2015, 05.10 PM IST
7-8 lakh duplicate voters in the state: Bihar Chief Electoral OfficerAccording to the draft elector rolls, there are 3.39 crore males, 2.95 crore females and 1,914 third gender voters in the state.
31 Oct, 2014, 08.43 PM IST