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The incident occurred two days after state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner, highlighting multiple suicides of BLOs and common citizens across Bengal

Another Bengal BLO commits suicide; sparks outrage on rushed SIR

November 22, 2025, 12:51 PM - 4 min read

Rinku Tarafdar (53), a para-teacher who was recently assigned the responsibility of BLO, died by hanging in her home in Shasthitala, Krishnanagar, Nadia, on Saturday morning

A file photo of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma addressing supporters in the state.

Special Revision to weed out illegal immigrants Assam: Himanta

November 19, 2025, 03:09 PM - 2 min read

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls has been deferred as the NRC remains unnotified, adding that the Election Commission’s newly ordered Special Revision will still help identify and remove illegal voters ahead of next year’s Assembly polls.

A woman fills out an enumeration form as part of the SIR process.

No postponement of SIR in Kerala: CEO

November 15, 2025, 02:41 PM - 2 min read

Kerala CEO Dr Rathan U Khelkar made the remarks in response to demands from political parties to postpone the SIR process.

Bihar 'SIR game' won't repeat in other states, vows Akhilesh

November 14, 2025, 02:48 PM - 2 min read

Yadav's comments came as the BJP-led NDA appeared to be heading for an impressive victory in Bihar, even as the opposition Congress raised doubts over the integrity of the ongoing counting process.

FIRs filed against eight booth-level agents for illegally taking and distributing enumeration forms, say officials in the CEO’s office.

SIR in Bengal: ECI crackdown on BLAs, BLOs over 'irregularities'

November 9, 2025, 12:53 PM - 3 min read

ECI has launched a crackdown against BLOs over the alleged gross irregularities and violations for SIR in West Bengal.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin chairs a gathering of all political parties against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu on Sunday.

Stalin, allies to move SC against SIR in Tamil Nadu

November 2, 2025, 04:13 PM - 4 min read

The Chief Minister went on to allege that the process is being widely misused across the nation to remove legitimate voters ahead of elections.

Kerala rolls out SIR; training of BLOs underway

October 29, 2025, 02:05 PM - 3 min read

To strengthen the workforce, an additional 6,300 BLOs will be appointed, and Help Desks will be established in all districts to assist residents and guest workers with voter enrolment and corrections.

"Mamata Banerjee is sensing trouble for her party once this exercise is successfully completed and a large number of fake voters are deleted from the electoral rolls. She is, hence, trying everything in her hand to disturb the process by making such last-minute bulk transfers," BJP leader Sajal Ghosh alleged.

Ahead of EC's SIR schedule, WB govt transfers over 200 officers

October 27, 2025, 04:47 PM - 3 min read

As many as 61 IAS and 145 WBCS (Executive) officers were shuffled by the Personnel and Administrative Reforms (P&AR) department of the West Bengal government, making it one of the largest single-batch transfers in recent times.

ECI directs states to finalise preparations for nationwide SIR

October 23, 2025, 07:19 PM - 3 min read

The directive was part of the outcomes from a two-day conference of CEOs focused on SIR preparedness, which concluded at the India International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Management (IIIDEM) in New Delhi.

BJP focuses on voter roll revision before Bengal polls

October 21, 2025, 05:32 PM - 4 min read

Emphasising the importance of vigilance, West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party state president Samik Bhattacharya said, “This work should not be thought of as five other works. Negligence in SIR means losing the vote in 2026. Then Trinamool Congress (TMC) will not only take over the votes, but also your party office.”

The Supreme Court has asked the Election Commission to fix typographical and factual errors in Bihar’s final electoral roll.

EC told to correct Bihar electoral roll errors: Supreme Court

October 16, 2025, 02:44 PM - 3 min read

The Supreme Court has asked the Election Commission to rectify errors in Bihar’s final electoral roll after discrepancies surfaced during the Special Intensive Revision exercise.

infiltrators in voters' list pollute spirit of Constitution: Shah

October 10, 2025, 08:26 PM - 2 min read

In what can be deciphered as strongly backing the SIR exercise, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the inclusion of infiltrators in the voters’ list pollutes the spirit of the Constitution and asserted that voting rights should only be available to the citizens of the country.