For Ananda Biswas of Gutri in North 24 Parganas, citizenship has never been an abstraction. It lives in a stack of ageing papers: a 1964 migration certificate, a land deed, and a decades-old ration card preserved across generations. When his family crossed from what is now Bangladesh and rebuilt their lives in India, they kept…
Only 70% of forms have been distributed so far in Badshahpur constituency, which covers a large part of the city Gurgaon: Booth level officers (BLOs) conducting the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Gurgaon are running into a wall — sometimes literally. Locked doors, unhelpful tenants and residents who send their domestic staff…
Dumka/Dhanbad: State chief electoral officer (CEO) K Ravi Kumar on Tuesday began a two-day tour of Santhal Pargana from Madhupur subdivision in Deoghar district to review ongoing works for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls which will begin from June 30.Kumar later attended a special training programme for booth level officers (BLOs) and…
The session aimed to educate PwDs, caregivers and staff on the importance of accurate and updated electoral records Chandigarh: An awareness programme on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls was organised at the Vocational Training Centre, Aasha Kiran, Sector 46, with a special focus on persons with disabilities (PwDs).The session aimed to educate…
Gurgaon: A teachers’ body has alleged that the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is severely disrupting classroom teaching across the state, describing the process as “unplanned and coercive”.While objecting to the growing pressure on govt school teachers to carry out the SIR, Haryana Vidyalaya Adhyapak Sangh (HVAS), in a letter to the state…
Bengaluru: As chief minister DK Shivakumar looks to expand his cabinet with fresh faces, a new political headache has cropped up in the form of KPCC president BK Hariprasad’s demand for a change in the compositions of boards and corporations in the state.There are 90 boards and corporations in the state with 1,118 posts of…
Aizawl: With digitisation of enumeration forms completed in three districts covering seven assembly constituencies, Mizoram has achieved 95.53% digitisation of enumeration forms as of Thursday in the ongoing third phase of the SIR.Of the state’s total electorate of 8,75,068, enumeration forms of 8,35,954 electors have so far been digitised.The three districts that have achieved 100%…
The election department will begin training officials from June 20, while partially pre-filled forms will be distributed from June 29. Pune: District collector and district election officer Jitendra Dudi on Wednesday said voters who have been mapped with records available from previous electoral rolls will not receive notices during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Election…
Hyderabad: Former minister T Harish Rao alleged that Congress govt was not releasing funds for the welfare schemes claiming financial constraints but spending huge amounts on luxury facilities like camp offices construction and publicity events. “While BRS sacrificed positions for Telangana, Revanth Reddy has built his political career on deception,” he remarked. Harish Rao said…
BLOs will distribute pre-printed enumeration forms in duplicate, explain how to complete them, and assist voters during follow-ups. HYDERABAD: As Telangana begins its Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, questions remain over whether booth-level officers (BLOs) will physically reach every voter.Similar challenges in states like West Bengal and Gujarat, where locked houses, apartment complexes,…
