Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) The third supplementary list for judicial adjudication cases in West Bengal was published on Saturday at around 10.15 p.m.The list has been made available on the websites of the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal.However, like the second supplementary list published on Friday at around 11.30 p.m., details — including the total number of cases processed and the number of names found excludable — were not i…
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Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) With the final voters’ list in West Bengal to be published on Saturday, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to share soft copies of the list with the registered political parties in the state for transparency.At the same time, the ECI is keeping multiple options open for the voters to check the status of their names in the final list, which will have names under two additional categories of “under adjudication” and “deleted”, apart from those enlisted as g…
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Union Minister for Food, Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs Pralhad Joshi on Friday criticised the Congress-led Karnataka government for opting for ballot papers instead of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in elections, terming the move as an approach that goes against modernity and technology.Speaking to reporters in Delhi, Joshi said the decision of the Congress-led state government to use ballot papers even in local body and gram panchayat elections reflects an …
Kolkata, Jan 18 (IANS) With less than a month left for both completion of the hearings on claims and objections to the draft voters’ list in West Bengal as well as the publication of the final voters’ list, the Election Commission of India (ECI), has now set a target to complete 7,00,000 hearings a day through 6,500 hearing centres scattered all over the state.The Commission is of the view that this is neither an unachievable target nor a herculean task, considering that the electoral officers i…
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, Dec 29 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has clarified that an alternative to the specified “land or house allotment certificates” will not be treated as valid identity documents at the hearing sessions on claims and objections regarding the draft voters’ list in West Bengal. The sessions commenced on Saturday.The Commission had specified a total of 13 documents, out of which “any land/house allotment certificate by the Government” is one of the documents and the 11th docume…
Kolkata, Dec 27 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has summoned two sons of four-time Trinamool Congress MP and currently the party’s Chief Whip in Lok Sabha, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, for a hearing on claims and objections to the draft voters’ list, which started from Saturday.Confirming the development, Ghosh alleged that this proves the kind of farce going on in West Bengal in the name of the revision exercise.She also confirmed that both her sons received the notices for the hearing …
Kolkata, Dec 26 (IANS) Domicile certificates issued by the West Bengal government after July 2025, which will be provided as identity documents during the hearing sessions on claims and objections on the draft voters’ list in West Bengal starting from Saturday, will be under the special scanner of the Election Commission of India. The Commission had already directed the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal to ensure that the District Magistrates, also the District Electoral O…
Kolkata, Dec 22 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has made it clear that academic qualification certificates issued by individual educational institutions, including schools and colleges, will not be recognised as valid identity documents or age proof during the hearing sessions on the claims and objections to the draft voters’ list in West Bengal, which will start this week.The ECI has made it clear that academic qualification certificates issued by registered education boards or …