Kolkata, Feb 18 (IANS) One of the special roll observers overseeing the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has identified a strange case where the name of a Muslim youth had been linked in “progeny mapping” showing a Hindu senior citizen as his father. This strange family link had come to the notice of one of the special roll observers during the phase of “super checking” of the draft voters’ list, which was published in December last year.This strange family link had been identified durin…
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Kolkata, Jan 10 (IANS) Controversies erupted after an Assistant Electoral Registration Officer (AERO), engaged in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, tendered resignation from the said exercise, accusing that attempts are being made to delete names of several genuine voters from the voters’ list by unnecessarily categorising them as “logical discrepancy” cases.Logical discrepancy cases refer to voters who were identified as having weird family tree data during progeny ma…
Panaji, Jan 8 (IANS) Amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Goa, the office of the Assistant Electoral Registration Officer (AERO) for the 26-Dabolim Assembly constituency has issued an official clarification regarding the enumeration form submitted for Congress Lok Sabha MP from South Goa, Captain Viriato Hipolito Mendonca Fernandes.The clarification, issued by the Joint Mamlatdar-III of Mormugao taluka, pertains to procedural deficiencies that resulted in the f…
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday directed the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, to ensure that there is no intervention by booth-level agents (BLAs) or representatives of any political party during the ongoing hearing sessions on the draft voters’ list in the state.The hearings are part of the second stage of the three-stage Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal.The ECI’s direction came in the wake of recent i…
Chennai, Dec 30 (IANS) In a move aimed at strengthening electoral participation and ensuring greater accuracy in the voters’ list, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced detailed guidelines for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Rolls in Tamil Nadu. The revision process, which began following the publication of the draft electoral roll, will remain open for claims and objections from December 19, 2025, to January 18, 2026.According to the Chief Electoral Of…
Chennai, Dec 30 (IANS) As preparations intensify for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has begun the process of issuing notices to over 12 lakh voters across the state, seeking additional documents to verify their eligibility.The move is part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision(SIR) of the electoral rolls aimed at ensuring accuracy and transparency. According to officials, the draft electoral roll was published on December 19 after the compl…
Kolkata, Dec 27 (IANS) With the conclusion of the first stage of the three-stage Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, which was the enumeration phase, the second stage of the exercise will start on Saturday with the beginning of the hearing sessions on the claims and objections on the draft voters’ list in the state, which was published on December 16.Each table of the hearing session will be conducted by the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO), who will be assisted by one Assistant…
Kolkata, Dec 23 (IANS) Each Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) will daily handle 150 cases of hearings on claims and objections to the draft voters’ list in West Bengal from Saturday, as per the target set by the Election Commission of India (ECI). The daily target had been fixed keeping in mind the schedule of the second and third stages of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal so that the hearing session could be concluded within a reasonable period facilitating the pr…