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Violence At Voter Roll Hearing In Bengal. BLOs Hold Sit-In Protest, Resign
Tension erupted in Murshidabad's Farakka on Wednesday following allegations of harassment of ordinary citizens and Booth Level Officers in the name of the SIR process.
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After SIR Notice, Ex Navy Chief Shares More Suggestions For Poll Body
Former Indian Navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash (retired) has for a second time in as many days suggested the Election Commission (EC) should tweak the forms used in the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise to capture more information from people.
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After Census And Poll Duties, Teachers In Bihar Now Told To Count Dogs
In Bihar, where teachers are already juggling from census duties and Booth Level Officer (BLO) work to caste surveys, often at the cost of classroom teaching, there seems to be yet another task waiting to be added to their list.
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With Colleague In Ambulance, Bengal Poll Officials Stage Protest Over SIR
An association of West Bengal's Booth Level Officers on Tuesday staged a protest outside the Chief Electoral Officer, bringing a BLO in an ambulance, claiming that he suffered a severe brain stroke due to excessive stress during SIR duties.
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Poll Officials To Get Thrashed For Name Deletion: Tripura Congress Leader's Shocker
A senior Congress leader from Tripura -- former minister and MLA Sudip Roy Barman - has warned poll officials involved in the voter list revision exercise against electoral malpractices.
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UP Teacher On Poll Duty Dies Of Brain Haemorrhage, Family Blames 'Pressure'
A 58-year-old biology teacher deployed as a booth level officer (BLO) for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise died at his Nehru Nagar residence in Modinagar, officials said on Saturday.
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NDTV Special: A Day In Life Of A Poll Officer (BLO) Working For SIR
Karuna Aggarwal is among 5.3 lakh BLOs deployed across 12 states as the foot soldiers in the fight to cleanse the voter lists of errors and duplications
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"Where 10,000 Deployed...": Supreme Court Pushes States Over Booth Officer Deaths
The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed serious concern over the deaths of men and women some by suicide working as booth-level officers, or BLOs, to revise state voter lists.
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Prashant Bhushan Calls Poll Body "Despot". Supreme Court Objects
Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan, while making submissions on legality of the Special Intensive Revision of voter lists or SIR in the Supreme Court today, used a derogatory term for the Election Commission.
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Bengal Booth Level Officers In Massive Protest Outside Poll Body Office
Grassroots poll officials in Bengal - at the centre of a row over mental health and working conditions during the revision of voter lists - staged a massive protest Monday afternoon outside the Chief Electoral Officer's Kolkata office.
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'If I Had More Time...': UP Poll Official's (BLO) Last Video Before Suicide
A day after a 46-year-old teacher working as a Booth Level Officer (BLO) was found dead at his home in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad, a video of what could be his last message to his family has emerged.
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Long Hours, Little Pay, Extreme Pressure: What It Means To Be A Booth Officer (BLO)
The intense workload for the ongoing voter list cleanup drive has left booth-level officers (BLOs) struggling to meet their deadlines across the country, sparking political outrage over alleged deaths and suicides due to stress.
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Woman Abuses, Assaults Poll Officer In Chhattisgarh's Raipur
A disturbing video showing a Booth Level Officer (BLO) being assaulted and abused in Raipur's Kali Mata ward has gone viral, raising serious concerns about the safety of officials working on the ongoing voter list revision under the SIR exercise.
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"Booth Officials Being Threatened Openly": Bengal BJP Chief Criticises Poll Body
BJP's West Bengal unit chief Samik Bhattacharya today raised serious concerns over Booth Level Officers (BLOs) "being intimidated in full public view," while criticising the Election Commission.
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"Blood On Your Hands": Trinamool To Poll Body Over Booth Officials' Deaths
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday launched a blistering attack on the Election Commission of India (ECI), accusing Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of having "blood on his hands" for the deaths of Booth Level Officers
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Violence At Voter Roll Hearing In Bengal. BLOs Hold Sit-In Protest, Resign
Tension erupted in Murshidabad's Farakka on Wednesday following allegations of harassment of ordinary citizens and Booth Level Officers in the name of the SIR process.
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After SIR Notice, Ex Navy Chief Shares More Suggestions For Poll Body
Former Indian Navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash (retired) has for a second time in as many days suggested the Election Commission (EC) should tweak the forms used in the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise to capture more information from people.
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After Census And Poll Duties, Teachers In Bihar Now Told To Count Dogs
In Bihar, where teachers are already juggling from census duties and Booth Level Officer (BLO) work to caste surveys, often at the cost of classroom teaching, there seems to be yet another task waiting to be added to their list.
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With Colleague In Ambulance, Bengal Poll Officials Stage Protest Over SIR
An association of West Bengal's Booth Level Officers on Tuesday staged a protest outside the Chief Electoral Officer, bringing a BLO in an ambulance, claiming that he suffered a severe brain stroke due to excessive stress during SIR duties.
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Poll Officials To Get Thrashed For Name Deletion: Tripura Congress Leader's Shocker
A senior Congress leader from Tripura -- former minister and MLA Sudip Roy Barman - has warned poll officials involved in the voter list revision exercise against electoral malpractices.
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UP Teacher On Poll Duty Dies Of Brain Haemorrhage, Family Blames 'Pressure'
A 58-year-old biology teacher deployed as a booth level officer (BLO) for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise died at his Nehru Nagar residence in Modinagar, officials said on Saturday.
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NDTV Special: A Day In Life Of A Poll Officer (BLO) Working For SIR
Karuna Aggarwal is among 5.3 lakh BLOs deployed across 12 states as the foot soldiers in the fight to cleanse the voter lists of errors and duplications
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"Where 10,000 Deployed...": Supreme Court Pushes States Over Booth Officer Deaths
The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed serious concern over the deaths of men and women some by suicide working as booth-level officers, or BLOs, to revise state voter lists.
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Prashant Bhushan Calls Poll Body "Despot". Supreme Court Objects
Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan, while making submissions on legality of the Special Intensive Revision of voter lists or SIR in the Supreme Court today, used a derogatory term for the Election Commission.
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Bengal Booth Level Officers In Massive Protest Outside Poll Body Office
Grassroots poll officials in Bengal - at the centre of a row over mental health and working conditions during the revision of voter lists - staged a massive protest Monday afternoon outside the Chief Electoral Officer's Kolkata office.
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'If I Had More Time...': UP Poll Official's (BLO) Last Video Before Suicide
A day after a 46-year-old teacher working as a Booth Level Officer (BLO) was found dead at his home in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad, a video of what could be his last message to his family has emerged.
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Long Hours, Little Pay, Extreme Pressure: What It Means To Be A Booth Officer (BLO)
The intense workload for the ongoing voter list cleanup drive has left booth-level officers (BLOs) struggling to meet their deadlines across the country, sparking political outrage over alleged deaths and suicides due to stress.
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Woman Abuses, Assaults Poll Officer In Chhattisgarh's Raipur
A disturbing video showing a Booth Level Officer (BLO) being assaulted and abused in Raipur's Kali Mata ward has gone viral, raising serious concerns about the safety of officials working on the ongoing voter list revision under the SIR exercise.
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"Booth Officials Being Threatened Openly": Bengal BJP Chief Criticises Poll Body
BJP's West Bengal unit chief Samik Bhattacharya today raised serious concerns over Booth Level Officers (BLOs) "being intimidated in full public view," while criticising the Election Commission.
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"Blood On Your Hands": Trinamool To Poll Body Over Booth Officials' Deaths
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday launched a blistering attack on the Election Commission of India (ECI), accusing Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of having "blood on his hands" for the deaths of Booth Level Officers
