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Amartya Sen Receives SIR Summons, Poll Official Explains Why
The office of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) clarified that SIR hearing summonses to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, cricketer Mohammed Shami and Bengali actor-turned-TMC MP Dev were part of a routine electoral verification process.
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Amartya Sen Sent SIR Hearing Notice, Claims Trinamool. Poll Official Reacts
Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen has been called for a hearing by the Election Commission in connection with the Special Intensive Revision of voter lists, Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress claimed today.
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Telangana Legislative Assembly Scraps 2-Child Policy For Local Polls
The Telangana Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2026, has been unanimously passed by the state legislative assembly, officially abolishing the three-decade-old "two-child norm" for candidates contesting local body elections.
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Poll Body Slams Complaints Against Officials Over 'SIR Deaths' In Bengal
The Election Commission rejected the police complaints that were filed against the Chief Election Commissioner and the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal over the death of an elderly person allegedly linked to SIR.
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Mumbai Civic Body Polls: Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena Distributes AB Forms
The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Monday began distributing AB forms to party candidates for the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls, even as it did not release the official list, fearing a rebellion.
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Pawar Family Reunites For Pune Civic Polls: "Only Because Workers Wanted It"
After weeks of speculation, the Pawars have officially reunited in their bastions of Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad. The decision comes nearly a fortnight before the Mumbai civic polls.
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ICAI Reschedules Chartered Accountant Intermediate Auditing And Ethics Exam
All other CA Intermediate January 2026 exams remain as scheduled, while candidates should check www.icai.org for updates following the rescheduling of one paper due to local elections.
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Cousins Uddhav Thackeray, Raj To Make Reunion Official Shortly
Uddhav Thackeray's faction of Shiv Sena is going ahead full steam with Raj Thackeray's MNS for the civic elections in Mumbai.
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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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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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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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Amartya Sen Receives SIR Summons, Poll Official Explains Why
The office of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) clarified that SIR hearing summonses to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, cricketer Mohammed Shami and Bengali actor-turned-TMC MP Dev were part of a routine electoral verification process.
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Amartya Sen Sent SIR Hearing Notice, Claims Trinamool. Poll Official Reacts
Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen has been called for a hearing by the Election Commission in connection with the Special Intensive Revision of voter lists, Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress claimed today.
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Telangana Legislative Assembly Scraps 2-Child Policy For Local Polls
The Telangana Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2026, has been unanimously passed by the state legislative assembly, officially abolishing the three-decade-old "two-child norm" for candidates contesting local body elections.
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Poll Body Slams Complaints Against Officials Over 'SIR Deaths' In Bengal
The Election Commission rejected the police complaints that were filed against the Chief Election Commissioner and the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal over the death of an elderly person allegedly linked to SIR.
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Mumbai Civic Body Polls: Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena Distributes AB Forms
The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Monday began distributing AB forms to party candidates for the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls, even as it did not release the official list, fearing a rebellion.
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Pawar Family Reunites For Pune Civic Polls: "Only Because Workers Wanted It"
After weeks of speculation, the Pawars have officially reunited in their bastions of Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad. The decision comes nearly a fortnight before the Mumbai civic polls.
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ICAI Reschedules Chartered Accountant Intermediate Auditing And Ethics Exam
All other CA Intermediate January 2026 exams remain as scheduled, while candidates should check www.icai.org for updates following the rescheduling of one paper due to local elections.
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Cousins Uddhav Thackeray, Raj To Make Reunion Official Shortly
Uddhav Thackeray's faction of Shiv Sena is going ahead full steam with Raj Thackeray's MNS for the civic elections in Mumbai.
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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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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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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.
