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SIR kicks off in Delhi: 168K forms given out, 7.6k digitised on Day 1

The exercise, which began across all 13 districts of the national capital, will continue till July 29, with BLOs visiting every household to distribute and collect enumeration forms as part of the revision exercise. (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)

Updated 15 days ago

How EC's ‘two-wing test’ will decide which faction is Trinamool Congress

Mamata and Ritabrata Banerjee factions take on each other over the two-flower TMC symbol.

Updated 21 days ago

EC acted within powers in SIR exercise, Supreme Court says

The Supreme Court backed ECI’s SIR exercise and rejected pleas challenging electoral roll revision.

Updated 49 days ago

‘Not appearing on electoral roll doesn’t mean end of citizenship': Top SC quotes

Booth Level Officers (BLOs) cross check voter list ahead of Special Intensive Revision (SIR), in Ranchi, Jharkhand.

Updated 50 days ago

Did Election Commission cross the line over SIR? Supreme Court to rule today

Electoral staff segregate forms of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (PTI FILE PHOTO)

Updated 50 days ago

Election Commission announces Rajya Sabha polls for 24 seats on June 18

The last date for filing nominations is June 8.

Published 55 days ago

Falta repolling today: Double security measures, TMC's Jahangir Khan out of race

Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Jahangir Khan withdrew from the Falta repoll contest on Tuesday.

Updated 56 days ago

Election Commission begins third phase of SIR across 16 states, 3 UTs

The Election Commission announced the rollout of the SIR Phase III of electoral rolls across 16 states and 3 UTs

Updated 62 days ago

Ex-EC special observer for SIR is now adviser to Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari

File photo of Subrata Gupta

Updated 67 days ago

'Load-shedding, CCTV shut off': Mamata's claim hours before vote-counting

Mamata Banerjee said she is calling upon her party workers to stay awake all night like her and keep an eye on everything, and guard the strong rooms, where people's votes are stored.

Updated 73 days ago

Verdict day for high-stakes elections in four states, one UT

Three of the states – Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala – have never seen a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government and represent the final frontier for the party.

Updated 73 days ago

Why Bengal will see counting only in 293 of 294 seats on May 4

A repolling was ordered for May 21 in Falta Assembly constituency by the ECI.

Published 73 days ago

5 battlegrounds, 823 seats: All set for counting of votes for assembly elections

Howrah: Security personnel patrol on the eve of counting and results of the West Bengal Assembly polls, in Howrah, West Bengal, Sunday, May 3, 2026.

Updated 73 days ago

Will win Falta by 1 lakh votes: BJP's Debangshu Panda after EC orders repoll

ECI has ordered fresh voting across all 285 polling stations in the Falta Assembly constituency of West Bengal.

Published 73 days ago

EC orders repoll at 285 stations in Bengal's Falta over ‘electoral offences’

The repoll in Magrahat Paschim and Diamond Harbour – both held by the TMC – recorded a voter turnout of 86.9% till 5pm.

Updated 74 days ago

SC dismisses TMC's plea on counting officials after EC's assurances

The TMC had approached the top court after the Calcutta High Court dismissed its plea on April 30, brushing aside the party’s apprehension of bias as “impossible to believe”.

Updated 74 days ago

EC circular not contrary to rules: SC setback for TMC before Bengal results

EC circular not contrary to rules: SC setback for TMC before Bengal results

Updated 75 days ago

Repolling in some Bengal booths on May 2? EC shares big update ahead of results

Officials leave for their respective polling stations after collecting Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) units for voting in the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Kolkata.

Updated 76 days ago

Triple blow to Mamata Banerjee ahead of Bengal election results

Mamata Banerjee has dismissed exit polls and said that she is confident her party will win Bengal elections.

Updated 75 days ago

Mamata reaches Bhabanipur’s strong room after tampering claims

Mamata Banerjee arrived at the Sakhawat Memorial School in South Kolkata, the counting centre for the Bhabanipur assembly segment

Updated 76 days ago

Oppn submits fresh notice to remove CEC Gyanesh Kumar over ‘proved misbehaviour'

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh and TMC leader Sagarika Ghose submitted the notice to the Rajya Sabha Secretary General.

Updated 82 days ago

Bengal phase 1 at 92%, Tamil Nadu at 85% as Assembly polls log record turnout

Birbhum, Apr 23 (ANI): Women voters are in a queue as they wait to cast their vote at a polling station for the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Birbhum on Thursday.

Updated 83 days ago

Over 700 citizens write to EC alleging PM's address violated MCC, seek action

The signatories claimed that PM Narendra Modi's address, broadcast on official platforms such as Doordarshan, Sansad TV and All India Radio, amounted to "electioneering and partisan propaganda" during the MCC period.

Updated 86 days ago

'Cut-money politics': Modi steps up attack on TMC, predicts BJP win in Bengal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers Jhalmuri snack to a local, in Jhargram on Sunday.

Published 87 days ago

Mamata hails SC order on appellate tribunals and freeze voter lists

Trinamool Congress (TMC) supporters take part in a rally in support of West Bengal Chief Minister and the party's President Mamata Banerjee as part of an election campaign, ahead of the state Assembly elections, at Bhabanipur. (Photo for representation)

Updated 90 days ago

'Fear-free vs bias-free': ECI-TMC meeting ends with bitter exchanges

TMC's Derek O'Brien alleged that "the chief election commissioner told us within seven minutes of the meeting to ‘get lost’".

Published 98 days ago

Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha reject Opposition's notices seeking removal of CEC

In the past two years, the Opposition had moved impeachment notices against judges, the vice-president, the Lok Sabha Speaker, and the CEC.

Updated 100 days ago

Polls ahead, Mamata Banerjee slams BJP, ECI: ‘EVMs must be checked properly’

Mamata Banerjee also led a roadshow at Berhampore, where former Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is contesting an assembly seat after 30 years.

Updated 101 days ago

EC transferred 483 officials in Bengal vs 23 in other poll states

Even in West Bengal, ECI ordered the transfer of only 15 officers in 2021, and the magnitude of transfers ordered this year has triggered challenges, a parliamentary walkout.

Updated 105 days ago

Second supplementary voter list in Bengal likely by March 27-28: EC official

The post-SIR rolls published on February 28 further brought down the number of valid voters to a little over 7.04 crore.

Published 111 days ago

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