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DMK demands removal of CEC Gyanesh Kumar; return to paper ballots

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DMK demands removal of CEC Gyanesh Kumar; return to paper ballots

M.K. Stalin. File | Photo Credit: S. Siva Saravanan A meeting of DMK MPs on Saturday (October 17, 2026) demanded the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, alleging that he had overseen the deletion of voters’ names under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), overriding the objections of the other two Election Commissioners. “He…

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Prakash Raj demands scrapping of SIR, calls on citizens to ‘hit the streets’

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Prakash Raj demands scrapping of SIR, calls on citizens to ‘hit the streets’

Actor-activist Prakash Raj | Photo Credit: H.S. MANJUNATH Urging the citizens to “hit the streets” against the disenfranchisement of over 13 crore voters using the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, actor-activist Prakash Raj has said the SIR process was “an attempt to kill democracy, destroy the Constitution and take away the right…

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728 voters in Yamuna JJ cluster seek return to draft electoral roll

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728 voters in Yamuna JJ cluster seek return to draft electoral roll

Weeks ago, long-time residents of a jhuggi-jhopri (JJ) cluster on the Yamuna floodplains, falling under the Bela Estate polling area of the Chandni Chowk Assembly constituency, were shocked to learn that their names would not figure in the post-special intensive revision draft electoral roll after their houses were demolished by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA)…

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SIR: Notice list includes CM’s mother, Zerodha founders and Nilekani family

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SIR: Notice list includes CM’s mother, Zerodha founders and Nilekani family

GBA Chief Commissioner, M. Maheshwar Rao said steps would be taken to assist senior citizens who are unable to travel to hearing centres.  | Photo Credit: File photo Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar’s mother, Gowramma, has figured in the notice list as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) flagging discrepancies. Gowramma has been flagged for…

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Why are close to 1.08 crore voters staring at mass exclusion? | Decode Karnataka

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Why are close to 1.08 crore voters staring at mass exclusion? | Decode Karnataka

1,07,96,415 crore, that is the number of voters facing possible exclusion from the Karnataka’s electoral rolls after being categorised as Absent, Shifted, Dead, Duplicate and Others (ASDDO), following the conclusion of enumeration phase on August 17. At close to1.08 crore, that is close to one-fifth of the State’s electorate. With the draft electoral roll scheduled…

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Surname in place of initial may get you notice from ERO, though name mismatch is not listed as an anomaly

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Surname in place of initial may get you notice from ERO, though name mismatch is not listed as an anomaly

Difference between a full name along with surname and a name with only initial too will be considered an anomaly. File. | Photo Credit: J. Allen Egenuse A large number of electors with even slight name mismatches are going to be issued notices as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Rolls…

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Citizens of nowhere: G.B. Road’s sex workers at risk of exclusion in ongoing SIR

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Citizens of nowhere: G.B. Road’s sex workers at risk of exclusion in ongoing SIR

The ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of voter rolls in Delhi has cast an ominous shadow over women sex workers in Garstin Bastion (G.B.) Road brothels. Many of them don’t possess the documents listed by the Election Commission (EC) to verify their details or an extract of the previous SIR with their names or those…

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Over 25% SIR enumeration forms not returned to BLOs so far

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Over 25% SIR enumeration forms not returned to BLOs so far

District Election Officer and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Commissioner R.V. Karnan addressing a press conference on the SIR in Hyderabad on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL A week before the deadline of August 3, over 25% of the enumeration forms distributed as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of Electoral Rolls (SIR) in…

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No link between SIR and welfare schemes: CEO

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No link between SIR and welfare schemes: CEO

C. Sudharshan Reddy | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is solely aimed at preparing an accurate and error-free voters’ list and has no connection with any government welfare schemes, Telangana Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) C. Sudharshan Reddy said on Wednesday. Reviewing the progress of the SIR exercise with…

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BJP chief alleges State govt. backing SIR violations, Priyank Kharge hits back

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BJP chief alleges State govt. backing SIR violations, Priyank Kharge hits back

The ruling Congress and the Opposition continued to spar over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with Karnataka BJP president B.Y. Vijayendra accusing the State government of “facilitating violations” and Home Minister Priyank Kharge asserting that the State government was neither framing the rules nor directing Booth Level Officers (BLOs) on how…

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