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Four arrested for misbehaving with Delhi poll official on SIR duty

July 16, 2026 6:06 pm

The woman booth-level officer alleged that one of the accused placed a register on her lap and signed it despite her objections.

According to the letter, some District Election Officers and Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) have issued orders to permanently acquire the services of teachers while appointing them as BLOs. (Express Photo by Sankhadeep Banerjee)

'No personal life': Poll body says SIR duty for teachers in off hours

June 29, 2026 9:56 pm

Teacher associations have opposed holiday election work citing staff shortages and excessive workload in schools.

In the 13 states (including Bihar) and Union territories where the SIR has been conducted so far, Uttar Pradesh has seen the highest deletions among states

UP voters can now ‘Book-a-Call with a BLO’ for electoral roll updates. Here’s how it works

January 10, 2026 2:03 pm

The service is available through the ECI portal — voters.eci.gov.in — and the ECINET mobile application.

EC publishes list of 1.5 crore voters for SIR hearings, flags 30 lakh as ‘unmapped’.

TMC’s protests disrupt SIR hearings at 3 Bengal centres

December 29, 2025 6:23 pm

A party delegation led by MP Partha Bhowmik and state Industry minister Sashi Panja went to meet Bengal CEO Manoj Agarwal

Chhattisgarh SIR 2026 voter list: How to check your name online in SIR 2026 voter list draft. Step-by-step guide

December 24, 2025 8:51 am

Chhattisgarh SIR 2026 Voter List: The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, which aims at the purification of rolls, is done by the Election Commission if it finds the regular yearly revision inadequate.

Banerjee laid out detailed instructions for BLAs during SIR hearings.

Mamata asks party BLAs to collect details on micro-observers; says ECI ‘appointed them without telling the state’

December 22, 2025 3:47 pm

Alleging political bias, the Bengal Chief Minister said, ‘They (ECI) are updating the BLO app every day. Whatever the BJP is saying, they are doing the next day’

On Tuesday, around 200 members of a BLO Forum protested outside the Bengal CEO's office, alleging deletion of thousands of genuine voters in the draft electoral roll under the SIR. (Source: File Photo)

BLO forum holds protest near Bengal CEO's office over 'deletion of genuine voters' in draft rolls

December 16, 2025 6:53 pm

The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday published West Bengal's draft electoral rolls following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), deleting the names of more than 58 lakh voters on various grounds, including death, migration and non-submission of enumeration forms, officials said.