Jamshedpur: For booth level officers (BLOs) conducting the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, collecting enumeration forms is only half the job. The other half begins when their phones ring — sometimes at midnight and occasionally before dawn.“Madam, if I am marked absent, will I stop receiving Maiya Samman Yojana assistance?” is among the…
Aizawl: Central committee of the Young Mizo Association, the largest civil society organisation in Mizoram, decided to urge the election authorities to re-examine constituencies showing unusually high increases in the number of electors in the draft electoral roll prepared under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls2026.The organisation also plans to take up the…
According to the petitioners, in his campaign speech on April 21, Vijay appealed to children to ask their parents and other family members to vote for TVK violating election code that prohibits involvement of minors in election campaigns. Chennai: Madras high court on Tuesday ordered notices to chief minister C Joseph Vijay and PWD minister…
Panchkula: The ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has sparked complaints from Panchkula residents, who allege that the mandated door-to-door voter verification is, in many cases, being reduced to a “come-to-the-BLO” exercise.Several residents claim that while booth level officers (BLOs) distributed verification forms and promised to return for collection and assistance, many never…
The ex-mayor alleged that officials assigned to revise the voters list were facing intimidation from certain individuals Mysuru: Former mayor Sandesh Swamy on Friday urged the DC to initiate an inquiry into alleged irregularities in the ongoing SIR of electoral rolls in the Narasimharaja (NR) assembly constituency. Speaking to reporters, he alleged that officials assigned…
The Congress alleged that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise was aimed at deleting secular votes Hyderabad: Telangana Congress president B Mahesh Kumar Goud on Sunday accused the BJP-led Union govt of misusing the Election Commission of India (ECI) and alleged that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise was aimed at deleting secular votes. He…
Election authorities are also conducting a training programme for the successful conduct of the SIR-2026 campaign Election authorities are also conducting a training programme for the successful conduct of the SIR-2026 campaign Election authorities are also conducting a training programme for the successful conduct of the SIR-2026 campaign Election authorities are also conducting a training…
