BLO hangs self in UP's Sitapur, family alleges intense pressure due to workloadA Booth Level Officer in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, allegedly died by suicide in his rented room. Identified as Umesh, he was reportedly under...
26 Dec, 2025, 02.21 PM IST
Major protest by BLOs outside West Bengal CEO's officeBooth Level Officers in West Bengal protested against new app features and mounting pressure. The upcoming SIR hearings, starting December ...
23 Dec, 2025, 06.28 AM IST
BLOs protest outside West Bengal CEO office over workload, app changes; scuffles with policeBooth Level Officers protested outside the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer's office. They raised concerns about mounting pressure and c...
23 Dec, 2025, 12.44 AM 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
BLOs will now have to go to BDOs, SDOs to access SIR correction window: EC directiveThe Election Commission has barred booth-level officers (BLOs) from directly correcting errors in voter enumeration forms through the BLO a...
02 Dec, 2025, 03.43 PM IST
BLO dies while uploading SIR data in Rajasthan's DholpurA 42-year-old booth-level officer, Anuj Garg, collapsed and died at his home in Jaipur. He was uploading voter data late Saturday night. Hi...
30 Nov, 2025, 05.51 PM 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
Fourth BLO death in Gujarat sparks outcryThe Opposition Congress has raised questions over the deaths of BLOs. Congress chief spokesperson Manish Doshi told ET that the Election Co...
29 Nov, 2025, 09.23 AM IST
West Bengal BLOs claim facing technical glitchesBlock-level officers in West Bengal are experiencing significant technical issues with the BLO app. This is hindering the crucial digitisat...
28 Nov, 2025, 12.57 AM IST
BLOs hold protest outside West Bengal CEO's office over 'excessive' work pressureBooth-level officers in West Bengal clashed with police during a protest against excessive work pressure during the SIR process. A delegati...
25 Nov, 2025, 09.26 AM IST
As BLOs protest, Bengal CEO says no one has been suspendedBooth-level officers in West Bengal protested against demanding work pressure during electoral roll revision. Chief Electoral Officer Manoj...
25 Nov, 2025, 12.21 AM IST
BLO platform holds protest rally in Kolkata in demand of immediate stoppage of SIR in West BengalThe platform claimed that the poll panel had not taken necessary steps to ease their workload and burdened them with digitization without t...
24 Nov, 2025, 03.18 PM IST
BLOs to hold march in Kolkata to protest against work pressure under SIR exerciseKolkata SIR protest BLO march: Since the launch of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in the state, the BLOs acros...
24 Nov, 2025, 11.16 AM IST
Trinamool attacks CEC as Booth Level Officers face burnout amid SIRThe Machhlandpur BLO, who fell ill today following continuous pressure of EF digitisation till midnight every day. Similar challenges have ...
23 Nov, 2025, 11.39 PM IST
BLO in West Bengal dies by suicide; SIR work pressure allegedA Booth Level Officer (BLO) in West Bengal's Nadia district allegedly committed suicide due to work pressure from the Special Intensive Rev...
22 Nov, 2025, 07.48 PM IST
"SIR like 'Vote Bandhi,' earlier 'Note Bandhi': West Bengal CM Mamata on rushed voter revision exerciseWest Bengal's CM Mamata Banerjee has raised her voice against the controversial Special Intensive Revision process, drawing parallels to th...
11 Nov, 2025, 08.28 AM IST
Kolkata: EC serves notices to 8 BLOs, 5 BLAs face FIRsThe electoral roll revision in West Bengal has hit a snag, with show cause notices dispatched to eight Booth Level Officers. Five Booth Lev...
09 Nov, 2025, 11.55 PM IST