Aizawl: Nine districts of Mizoram, except Aizawl and the southernmost Lawngtlai, have achieved 100% digitisation of enumeration forms in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, in line with Election Commission of India instructions, officials of the state chief electoral officer (CEO) said on Wednesday.The enumeration forms digitisation now stands at 99.96%, the…
Mohali: The Special Intensive Revision (SIR)-2026 of electoral rolls will be held from June 25 to July 24, deputy commissioner-cum-district election officer Komal Mittal said while chairing a meeting of booth level agents (BLAs) of recognised political parties Tuesday.The meeting, convened as per Election Commission directives, reviewed preparedness and coordination for the exercise.Mittal said booth…
The power struggle within the Trinamool Congress escalated on Tuesday after the faction led by Ritabrata Banerjee approached the Election Commission of India and claimed it enjoys the support of a majority of the party’s MLAs while representing the “original” TMC. Representatives of the Banerjee-led faction visited the Election Commission’s regional office in Kolkata and…
As part of the SIR, house-to-house distribution of Enumeration Forms (EFs) will be carried out from June 25 to July 24 Hyderabad: Despite women constituting a larger share of the electorate across Telangana, male voters outnumber female voters within the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits by more than 63,000, according to data released ahead…
Hyderabad: AICC in charge of Telangana Meenakshi Natarajan on Sunday said there was no conspiracy from Congress leaders, either in Telangana or any other state, and alleged that Election Commission (EC) and its two returning officers compromised with BJP and rejected her Rajya Sabha nomination in Madhya Pradesh.She also made it clear that she has…
The Congress on Sunday called for the right to vote to be made a fundamental right, saying this would give it the highest level of judicial protection and strengthen safeguards against voter suppression and arbitrary disqualifications. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the move was needed after what he described as the Election Commission’s “blatantly…
In a major reshuffle in the Tamil Nadu police department, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Prem Anand Sinha and ADGP T. Senthilkumar assumed charge as the Commissioners of Police for Tambaram and Avadi respectively on Saturday. Chennai: Tambaram and Avadi police commissionerates got new commissioners in a reshuffle of officials on Friday. While additional…
Hyderabad: Telangana BJP state president N Ramchander Rao said the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) being taken up in the state was not a BJP programme, but constitutional process undertaken by the Election Commission of India to update the voter list. He stated that SIR has been conducted 11 times since Independence, with the last such…
Aizawl: K Laltluangkima, also known as Laltluangkima Khiangte, of the Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM), has been elected to Mizoram’s lone Rajya Sabha seat in Thursday’s polling.Returning officer Zothansanga Ralte, who is also secretary of the state legislative assembly, announced the result after receiving approval from the Election Commission of India.The polling took place from 9am…
ECI may consider extending the SIR exercise if time is required to ensure that all eligible voters are covered Pune: The state Chief Electoral Officer has forwarded the Congress’s demand to postpone the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls by a month to the Election Commission of India. The party cited concerns that the…
