Jaipur, Jan 17 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Hawa Mahal Swami Balmukundacharya Maharaj has dismissed the claims made by Congress leaders regarding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls as baseless and misleading.He asserted that the SIR is being conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI), a constitutional body, with complete fairness and transparency to ensure clean and accurate voter lists.Swami Balmukundacharya Maharaj said the objective of the SIR pro…
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Kolkata, Jan 8 (IANS) Explaining the logic behind not accepting domicile certificates issued by the West Bengal government as identity documents, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said papers issued for specific purposes cannot be used for establishing voting rights.Sources in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, said that one of the purposes of the domicile certificates is to give an additional residency proof in a state for those citizens of the state who are serv…
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IANS) The Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Monday said the Election Commission of India (ECI) had declined the domicile certificates issued by the West Bengal government as valid identity proofs for establishing voting rights in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state for a justifiable reason.On Sunday, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had written a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, demanding …
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IANS) Amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has received information about 14 voters who are holding Indian EPIC cards and Bangladeshi passports simultaneously.Based on inputs and suspicions that these 14 voters might be originally Bangladeshi residents, the CEO’s office had sought information about them from the Foreigners’ Regional Registration Office (FRRO) in Kolkata.The FRRO, Kolkata, recently wr…
Mathura, Jan 4 (IANS) Religious leader Aniruddhacharya stated on Sunday that the act of earning money in India and transferring it to individuals who hold extreme animosity towards Hindus must be addressed. In response to a question regarding Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s buying of a Bangladeshi cricketer, he stated that “those who purchase Bangladeshi players demonstrate hatred towards the Hindu community” and should be questioned. These remarks come in the wake of the Board of Control for C…
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) A booth-level officer (BLO) in Dankuni in West Bengal’s Hooghly district on Saturday alleged that she was physically assaulted after flagging the presence of an “illegal voter”. The incident triggered a controversy, with the Trinamool Congress questioning the BLO’s methods and authority in raising issues related to citizenship.The incident took place in Ward No. 2 of Dankuni and led to tension in the area.The BLO, identified as Bimali Tudu Hansda of Booth No. 5 in W…
Dakar, Dec 24 (IANS) 12 bodies were recovered early Wednesday off the coast of Joal-Fadiouth in the Mbour department, western Senegal, following the capsizing of a pirogue carrying migrants, according to the Senegalese Press Agency (APS). The death toll remains provisional, with 35 survivors having been handed over to the local gendarmerie brigade for the ongoing investigation into the accident, the APS reported, citing security sources.The total number of passengers aboard the vessel has not ye…
Palakkad, Dec 22 (IANS) Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday assured justice to the family of Ram Narayan, the migrant worker who was beaten to death by a mob at Attappallam in Walayar and said strict action would be taken against all those responsible for the crime that has shaken Kerala.In a statement on Monday, the Chief Minister said a special investigation team led by the Palakkad Superintendent of Police is probing the case and has been directed to examine all aspects of the incident …