UP Deletes Nearly 3 Crore Names in Draft Voter List Ahead of SIR

UP Deletes Nearly 3 Crore Names in Draft Voter List Ahead of SIR

Uttar Pradesh has removed almost 2.89 crore names from its draft electoral roll following a large-scale verification exercise under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, the state’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Navdeep Rinwa said. This brings the total number of voters in the state down from nearly 15.44 crore to about 12.55 crore. The deletions…

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SIR in Bengal: TMC miffed after 58 lakh names removed; set to carry out door-to-door scrutiny | India News

SIR in Bengal: TMC miffed after 58 lakh names removed; set to carry out door-to-door scrutiny | India News

NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress is miffed over the deletion of around 54 lakh names from electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal.The political climate is set to heat up in West Bengal as the All India Trinamool Congress has instructed party workers to carry out fresh door-to-door scrutiny of…

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'Discretion of delegation': Government counters Rahul Gandhi on LoP–visitor meetings claim; names dignitaries who met him | India News

‘Discretion of delegation’: Government counters Rahul Gandhi on LoP–visitor meetings claim; names dignitaries who met him | India News

NEW DELHI: Government sources on Thursday refuted Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi’s allegations that Centre does not allow opposition to meet foreign dignitaries.In its response, it said that during any official visit, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) facilitates meetings for the visiting dignitary with Government officials and designated Government bodies. Any engagements outside the…

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West Bengal teacher recruitment scam: 1,806 ‘tainted’ names and a 9-year timeline of rot |

West Bengal teacher recruitment scam: 1,806 ‘tainted’ names and a 9-year timeline of rot |

WBSSC updates list of ‘tainted’ teachers but their school names not disclosed. Image: IANS The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on Thursday released a freshly expanded list of 1,806 “tainted” candidates from the 2016 State Level Selection Test (SLST), marking another chapter in a recruitment catastrophe that has already triggered mass cancellations, arrests, CBI…

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'Who is this woman?' Rahul Gandhi says Brazilian model voted 22 times in Haryana; changed names from Sweety to Saraswathi | India News

‘Who is this woman?’ Rahul Gandhi says Brazilian model voted 22 times in Haryana; changed names from Sweety to Saraswathi | India News

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday dropped the ‘H-bomb’, alleging a large-scale voter fraud during the Haryana elections. The leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha alleged that 1 in 8 voters in Haryana are fake, pointing to unexplained differences between postal and booth votes.The presser was held at Congress headquarters in…

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