Mint

SIR in Bengal: Election Commission clarifies Permanent Resident certificate is valid

The Election Commission of India, on Friday, clarified that Permanent Resident Certificate can be used as one of the documents for determining voter eligibility under the ongoing Special Intensive ...
NDTV

Next Round of SIR, Including in Delhi, Maharashtra, To Begin in April

This round will cover 22 states and Union Territories. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced that the next phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls will begin in ...
Indiatimes

SIR in T in April; state speeds up voter roll clean-up

Hyderabad: Tech Hub For Ireland-India, 6 Communities Seek New Names, HC Seeks Grievance Proof & More "Exact dates for the SIR will be announced one week or two weeks before April. We are expecting to ...
The Hindu

Election Commission directives ignored, disabled people made to wait in queue for SIR hearings in Bengal

Thirty-nine-year-old Arpita Banerjee, a resident of Baranagar in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, has been battling multiple health problems since childhood, exacerbated by neurological ...
Mint

SIR in Bengal: SC extends deadline by one week, says ‘will not allow anyone to create impediment’ | Top Updates

Amid West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's concerns over potential “mass exclusion” of voters in the state's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the Supreme Court on Monday said that it ...
The Hindu

Kerala bus video row: Accused Shimjitha gets bail after 19 days in custody in Deepak death case

The Kozhikode sessions court in Kerala on Wednesday (February 11, 2026) granted bail to Shimjitha Musthafa, who is accused of abetment in the death of Govindapuram native U. Deepak. She was granted ...
Indiatimes

ECI extends SIR in poll-bound Bengal by 2 weeks; final rolls on Feb 28

Election Commission of India (ECI) office in New Delhi (File photo/PTI) NEW DELHI: The election commission on Tuesday extended the special intensive revision (SIR) deadline in poll-bound West Bengal ...
The New Indian Express

50-day-long SIR hearings end in Bengal, names of 6.61 lakh more voters deleted

KOLKATA: The 50-day-long hearings in connection with the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal ended on Saturday with the deletion of the names of 6.61 lakh more voters ...
The New Indian Express

Will not allow anyone to create impediment: SC on SIR exercise in West Bengal

The Supreme Court on Monday said it would not permit any obstruction to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, even as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed ...
India TV

SIR in Uttar Pradesh: UP extends voter list update deadline to March 6 amid political tensions

Uttar Pradesh's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process for voter lists has been extended by one month, allowing citizens to add or remove names until March 6, 2026. Originally set to end today, ...
The Economist

Sir Keir Starmer clings to office—but not power

The prime minister has survived the most perilous moment of his time in office. On February 9th Anas Sarwar, the leader of Scottish Labour, became the most senior figure in the party to call for Sir ...