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State BJP president N. Ramchander Rao and other party leaders speaking to media personnel after meeting Chief Electoral Officer C. Sudarshan Reddy at BRKR Bhavan, in Hyderabad, on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: SIDDHANT THAKUR The Telangana BJP on Tuesday urged the Election Commission to make Special Intensive Revision (SIR) enumeration forms available in English as…
Malkangiri, the southernmost Assembly segment of Odisha and with a large number of settlers from Bangladesh, has recorded the highest voter deletions – 27,653 – from the electoral roll following the first phase of the special intensive revision (SIR) in the State. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Malkangiri, the southernmost Assembly segment of Odisha…
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The groups said that the committees will collect daily reports on problems faced by voters during the SIR process and bring them to the attention of officials. | Photo Credit: File photo A coalition of civil society organisations on Monday (July 6) announced the formation of ‘Voter’s Vigilance Committees’ across Karnataka, from the State level to individual…
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With the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) now under way in the State, Karnataka is likely to have 11 types of “logical discrepancy”, if the same framework followed in other Phase III States is adopted. When the category was first introduced during the SIR in West Bengal, only four logical discrepancies were identified. While Karnataka Chief…
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Electors in Karnataka will not have to produce any documents during the house-to-house enumeration for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls beginning on Tuesday, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) V. Anbu Kumar clarified on Monday. Only forms to be given Addressing a press conference, Mr. Kumar said Booth Level Officers will only distribute and…
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Chief Electoral Officer V. Anbu Kumar Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) V. Anbu Kumar has requested all heads of departments to temporarily exempt staff deployed for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) from daily biometric attendance and attendance through the Kartavya Attendance App during the period of the exercise. ‘Utmost urgency’ In a letter on Monday,…
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A delegation of Dakshina Kannada unit of Communist Party of India (Marxist) led by District Secretary Muneer Katipalla submitting a memorandum to Deputy Commissioner H. V. Darshan, in Mangaluru on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Dakshina Kannada unit of Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Wednesday, urged the State government take special steps so…
Vishakhapatnam District Collector Abhishikt Kishore. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu District Collector M. Abhishikth Kishore announced on Sunday (June 14, 2026) that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls will begin on June 15, with Booth Level Officers (BLOs) conducting house-to-house enumeration until July 14. Enumeration forms, prepared for all electors enrolled by…
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SC upholds SIR, says just because the exercise does not adhere strictly to modalities, it cannot be invalidated Supreme Court, while delivering the verdict on the SIR exercise in Bihar, upholds the judgment. Just because the exercise does not adhere strictly to modalities, it cannot be invalidated, the top court says. The apex court says…
The BJP’s win in West Bengal has evoked strong reactions across the political spectrum, ranging from celebratory acclaim to profound shock and disbelief. While the victors, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, have claimed this to be an anti-incumbency mandate for change, the vanquished former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has complained about electoral manipulations and…