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Only 48% Turnout In Punjab's Rural Body Polls, Opposition Alleges Violence
Polling for Punjab's zila parishad and block samiti elections ended amid allegations of violence and a subdued voter response, with only 48 per cent turnout recorded across the state.
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'Why No Proposal For New Booths In High-Rises?' Poll Body Asks Bengal Unit
The Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal is under fire after failure to submit a proposal for new polling booths in high-rise buildings ahead of the Assembly elections in the state scheduled for next year.
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Poll Body To Extend SIR Deadline For UP, Bengal And Other States: Sources
The Election Commission (EC) is likely to extend the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) deadline for Uttar Pradesh and several other states, top EC sources told NDTV.
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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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"Anarchy Can't Be Allowed': Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Reply On Bengal SIR Security
"Anarchy cannot be allowed," Supreme Court warned on Tuesday as it sought responses from the Centre and the Election Commission of India on a petition demanding the deployment of Central forces to protect electoral officers engaged in SIR in Bengal
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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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"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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Nationwide Rollout Of Barrier-Free Electronic Toll Collection System In Next 12 Months: Gadkari
India to replace manual toll collection with nationwide electronic system within a year with no human intervention on tolls, confirms Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.
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In Bengal, Poll Body Identifies 3 Booths Without A 'Self' Voter
A voter in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) by the ECI is considered a "self" if he or she has his or her name in the voters' list for 2002, the base year for the ongoing revision exercise.
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29 Poll Booths In Bengal Have 0 Dead, Duplicate Or Shifted Voters
As on Monday evening, the Election Commission of India (ECI) identified 2,208 polling booths in West Bengal that did not have a single "dead" voter or "duplicate" voter or "shifted" voter.
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Video: Sena MLA Enters Poll Booth, Shows Party Symbol To Woman Casting Vote
An offence was filed against Shiv Sena MLA Santosh Bangar in Maharashtra's Hingoli district allegedly for sloganeering and breaching confidentiality by showing party election symbol to a woman casting vote during local body polls
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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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Only 48% Turnout In Punjab's Rural Body Polls, Opposition Alleges Violence
Polling for Punjab's zila parishad and block samiti elections ended amid allegations of violence and a subdued voter response, with only 48 per cent turnout recorded across the state.
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'Why No Proposal For New Booths In High-Rises?' Poll Body Asks Bengal Unit
The Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal is under fire after failure to submit a proposal for new polling booths in high-rise buildings ahead of the Assembly elections in the state scheduled for next year.
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Poll Body To Extend SIR Deadline For UP, Bengal And Other States: Sources
The Election Commission (EC) is likely to extend the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) deadline for Uttar Pradesh and several other states, top EC sources told NDTV.
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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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"Anarchy Can't Be Allowed': Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Reply On Bengal SIR Security
"Anarchy cannot be allowed," Supreme Court warned on Tuesday as it sought responses from the Centre and the Election Commission of India on a petition demanding the deployment of Central forces to protect electoral officers engaged in SIR in Bengal
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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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"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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Nationwide Rollout Of Barrier-Free Electronic Toll Collection System In Next 12 Months: Gadkari
India to replace manual toll collection with nationwide electronic system within a year with no human intervention on tolls, confirms Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.
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In Bengal, Poll Body Identifies 3 Booths Without A 'Self' Voter
A voter in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) by the ECI is considered a "self" if he or she has his or her name in the voters' list for 2002, the base year for the ongoing revision exercise.
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29 Poll Booths In Bengal Have 0 Dead, Duplicate Or Shifted Voters
As on Monday evening, the Election Commission of India (ECI) identified 2,208 polling booths in West Bengal that did not have a single "dead" voter or "duplicate" voter or "shifted" voter.
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Video: Sena MLA Enters Poll Booth, Shows Party Symbol To Woman Casting Vote
An offence was filed against Shiv Sena MLA Santosh Bangar in Maharashtra's Hingoli district allegedly for sloganeering and breaching confidentiality by showing party election symbol to a woman casting vote during local body polls
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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.
