Patna: Chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar will arrive in Bihar on Aug 16 for a two-day visit during which he will launch Electoral Literacy Club 2.0 from Patna.The upgraded initiative will be launched at a conference on Electoral Literacy Club 2.0 and ECINET at Gyan Bhavan on Aug 17. The first phase was launched in…
Chandigarh: The Election Commission has removed nearly 20.66 lakh voters of Punjab from the draft electoral roll published on Thursday, marking the start of the second phase of special intensive revision (SIR).The removals account for 9.63% of the state’s 2.14 crore registered voters, as of June 9, 2026. Over 1.93 crore electors or 90.37% of…
Nagpur: With five days left in the extended Special Intensive Revision (SIR) enumeration phase, Nagpur district administration has roped in political parties and their Booth Level Agents (BLAs) to help trace 9,60,730 electors whose Enumeration Forms have been categorised as “uncollectable”.The figure, as of Aug 12, accounts for 20.71% of Nagpur’s 46.38 lakh electors. District…
Aizawl: The Supreme Court has set aside a Gauhati high court judgment that allowed simultaneous membership of an autonomous district council (ADC) and the Mizoram assembly, and directed Mizoram’s Chakma Autonomous District Council (CADC) and Mara Autonomous District Council (MADC) to review their rules on dual membership within three months.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya…
Hyderabad: TPCC Election Commission Coordination Committee chairperson Pulipati Rajesh Kumar on Monday alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Telangana and expressed concern that genuine voters could be excluded. He said the status of about 1.31 crore electors was ‘in limbo’.Rajesh alleged that the Union govt was using the Election…
Hyderabad: Nearly six lakh applications have been filed for Family Register Certificates in Telangana as the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls enters a crucial phase, with about 2.8 lakh applications still under process, according to data available with the state authorities.Exclusive data obtained by TOI shows that of the approximately 5.97 lakh applications…
Hyderabad: Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao asked party leaders, workers, and elected representatives to focus on the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process undertaken by the Election Commission of India in Telangana.Addressing a state-level workshop on SIR phase-2 held here on Saturday, Ramchander Rao directed party cadres to accelerate the registration…
BLOs at a centre checking the forms Pune: Booth-level officers (BLOs) have started collecting supporting documents from voters during home visits in cases involving discrepancies or gaps in previous-roll mapping, with door-to-door verification under Maharashtra’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls extended till Aug 17.Officials said the move was aimed at completing preliminary verification…
Panaji: GFP said that state govt must write to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to notify the Scheduled Tribe (ST) reservation for the 2027 assembly elections and to also notify the constituencies reserved for the Gauda, Kunbi and Velip community.The notification of ST political reservation in Goa is a long-awaited step towards ensuring constitutional…
Agartala: Election Commission of India will begin the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Tripura on Sept 5.Chief electoral officer (CEO) Brijesh Pandey said the revision will focus on identifying and removing duplicate entries and names linked to people who have shifted, died or are ineligible, while ensuring every eligible citizen gets an…
