Mumbai, July 27 (IANS) The office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Maharashtra, on Monday said that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) program of electoral rolls is currently underway across the state. Under this drive, voters currently enrolled in the voters’ list are required to fill out the enumeration form and submit it to their concerned Booth Level Officer (BLO), who will visit their residence by August 8, 2026. However, it is clarified that there is a strict prohibition of multip…
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Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) The West Bengal Police have been conducting raids and search operations since Thursday morning at the offices of different panchayats and municipalities in the state to bust fake birth and death certificate rackets that mushroomed in the state before the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise began ahead of the recently concluded Assembly polls.Among the places where such raids and search operations are being conducted are Suri, Rampurhat and Dubrajpur in Birbhum distr…
Hyderabad, July 21 (IANS) Telangana’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) C. Sudharsan Reddy on Tuesday directed all district election officers (DEOs) to expedite the digitisation of enumeration forms and effectively utilise the available time to achieve targets under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. He, along with Additional CEO Vasam Venkateswar Reddy and Deputy CEO G. S. Chary, held a video conference with the Commissioner of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), th…
Itanagar, July 21 (IANS) Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday published its draft electoral rolls following the completion of the enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with around 81 per cent of the state’s 8.87 lakh registered electors completing the enumeration process, officials said. Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Pawan Kumar Sain said electors whose names do not appear in the draft rolls can apply for inclusion during the claims and objections period from July…
Hyderabad, July 20 (IANS) The BJP in Telangana has sought intervention of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) to check what it alleged was intimidation, threats and unlawful interference with the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Malkajgiri and Chevella parliamentary constituencies.A delegation of BJP leaders led by party’s state president N. Ramchander Rao met Chief Electoral Officer Sudhershan Reddy on Monday and requested him to immediately have senior offic…
Bengaluru, July 18 (IANS) The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Karnataka, on Saturday said that 98.40 per cent of Enumeration Forms (EFs) have been distributed across the state as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Officials stated that 5,45,46,593 Enumeration Forms have been distributed so far, accounting for 98.40 per cent of the total electorate. Of the state’s polling stations, 51,120 (86.57 per cent) have achieved 100 per cent EF distribut…
Mumbai, July 17 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday announced a revised schedule for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across Maharashtra. The decision comes in the wake of recent heavy rainfall in parts of the state, following a formal request for an extension from the state’s Chief Electoral Officer.According to the state Chief Electoral Officer’s office, torrential downpours in Konkan, Mumbai, and other regions have disrupted ongoing enumeration and…
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Friday addressed ECI’s All India Media Conference 2026, sharing the poll panel’s practices related to conducting elections transparently. Addressing 380 media professionals from States/UTs across the country on the theme “Connecting stakeholders, strengthening democracy: Role of media in elections”, CEC Gyanesh Kumar emphasised that Indian elections are held according to the Constitution of India, Electoral Laws and…
Bengaluru, July 15 (IANS) Karnataka has completed the distribution of Enumeration Forms (EFs) to more than 95 per cent of the state’s electorate as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, according to data released by the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Karnataka.Meanwhile, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has revised the schedule for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka, while retaining October 1, 2026, as the qualifying date…
Chandigarh, July 15 (IANS) Punjab BJP President Kewal Singh Dhillon has submitted a representation to the Election Commission of India and the Chief Electoral Officer, expressing concern over the illegal activities being carried out by certain government officials and Booth Level Officers (BLOs) during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The party has urged the Election Commission to intervene and issue necessary corrective directions.In a missive, Dhillon said that …