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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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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 Has Completed 97% Of SIR Of Electoral Rolls, Says Poll Officer
Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa on Monday said the state has completed 97 per cent of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls as of December 8.
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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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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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Opposition Wants SIR Debate In Parliament, Centre Seeks Smooth Conduct
Leaders of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government and Opposition parties are already fighting a war of words outside parliament a day before the winter session begins.
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Jharkhand Minister's "Lock Up" Poll Officials During SIR Comment Sparks Row
A minister of the Congress in Jharkhand, Irfan Ansari, has sparked a massive row asking people to "lock up" the electoral officers when they visit homes as part of the voter list revision exercise
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Bengal Poll Officer Returning From SIR Duty Dies, Minister Meets Family
A Booth Level Officer (BLO) died in a road accident while returning home after completing work related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district on Thursday.
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"Drunk" Villagers Attack Voter Roll Clean-Up Team In Madhya Pradesh
A government team conducting the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls came under attack on Wednesday when a group of drunk villagers allegedly threw stones at them.
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Existing Voters Will Not Face Problems: Assam Poll Body On Special Revision
As the Election Commission rolled out 'Special Revision' of electoral rolls of Assam from Tuesday, the state's Chief Electoral Officer Anurag Goel stressed that existing voters will not face any problem under the exercise.
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Small Mistake in SIR Form May Lead to Removal from Voter List: MK Stalin
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has cautioned people to be extremely careful while filling out the forms for Summary Revision of Electoral Roll, warning that even a small mistake could result in their names being removed from voters' list.
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8 Bengal Officers Get Notice For Distributing Voter Revision Forms On Tea Stalls
The Election Commission on Sunday issued show-cause notices to eight BLOs in West Bengal for allegedly distributing voter enumeration forms from tea stalls and local clubs instead of going door-to-door during the ongoing SIR of electoral rolls.
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Man, 30, Dies By Suicide Over Error In ID Proof Amid Ongoing Bengal SIR: Cops
A 30-year-old man in West Bengal's Howrah district died allegedly by suicide on Tuesday, as he was reportedly distressed over errors in his identity document amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, a police officer said.
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1st Day Of Voter Roll Revision In Bengal Sees Tech Glitches
The SIR of electoral rolls began across West Bengal on Tuesday, with over 80,000 booth-level officers visiting homes to distribute enumeration forms, kicking off a politically sensitive exercise ahead of the 2026 assembly polls
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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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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 Has Completed 97% Of SIR Of Electoral Rolls, Says Poll Officer
Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa on Monday said the state has completed 97 per cent of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls as of December 8.
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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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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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Opposition Wants SIR Debate In Parliament, Centre Seeks Smooth Conduct
Leaders of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government and Opposition parties are already fighting a war of words outside parliament a day before the winter session begins.
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Jharkhand Minister's "Lock Up" Poll Officials During SIR Comment Sparks Row
A minister of the Congress in Jharkhand, Irfan Ansari, has sparked a massive row asking people to "lock up" the electoral officers when they visit homes as part of the voter list revision exercise
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Bengal Poll Officer Returning From SIR Duty Dies, Minister Meets Family
A Booth Level Officer (BLO) died in a road accident while returning home after completing work related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district on Thursday.
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"Drunk" Villagers Attack Voter Roll Clean-Up Team In Madhya Pradesh
A government team conducting the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls came under attack on Wednesday when a group of drunk villagers allegedly threw stones at them.
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Existing Voters Will Not Face Problems: Assam Poll Body On Special Revision
As the Election Commission rolled out 'Special Revision' of electoral rolls of Assam from Tuesday, the state's Chief Electoral Officer Anurag Goel stressed that existing voters will not face any problem under the exercise.
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Small Mistake in SIR Form May Lead to Removal from Voter List: MK Stalin
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has cautioned people to be extremely careful while filling out the forms for Summary Revision of Electoral Roll, warning that even a small mistake could result in their names being removed from voters' list.
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8 Bengal Officers Get Notice For Distributing Voter Revision Forms On Tea Stalls
The Election Commission on Sunday issued show-cause notices to eight BLOs in West Bengal for allegedly distributing voter enumeration forms from tea stalls and local clubs instead of going door-to-door during the ongoing SIR of electoral rolls.
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Man, 30, Dies By Suicide Over Error In ID Proof Amid Ongoing Bengal SIR: Cops
A 30-year-old man in West Bengal's Howrah district died allegedly by suicide on Tuesday, as he was reportedly distressed over errors in his identity document amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, a police officer said.
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1st Day Of Voter Roll Revision In Bengal Sees Tech Glitches
The SIR of electoral rolls began across West Bengal on Tuesday, with over 80,000 booth-level officers visiting homes to distribute enumeration forms, kicking off a politically sensitive exercise ahead of the 2026 assembly polls
