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Topic: SIR

Go to Appellate Tribunals, SC tells West Bengal poll duty officers excluded from voter list after SIR

Bench headed by CJI Surya Kant declines direct relief to petitioners; Justice Bagchi signals that court may separately examine the right to remain on electoral rolls

Bengal’s high voter turnout is the insurrection of a spirit. Wait for true storm

West Bengal is sensitive to the BJP’s illegal immigration discourse—and Mamata Banerjee knew it would hit the Bengalis hard, given that many have their roots in Bangladesh.

SIR curse? In UP, BJP-held constituencies face highest voter deletions, Yogi’s Gorakhpur an exception

In Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak’s Lucknow Cantt, deletion over 34%. Among top 15 seats with deletion rates exceeding 25 percent, 13 are represented by BJP and two by SP.

Why Bengal’s election outcome matters. The world wants to know how SIR will play out

For Hindu nationalists, the size of the Muslim electorate lends extraordinary significance to Bengal. It's one of the biggest prizes for the BJP’s ideological project.

They were made Indian citizens in 2015. A decade on, West Bengal SIR raises doubts on their belonging

‘Fate is playing a cruel joke on us’: In Cooch Behar’s chitmahals, SIR has shattered the sense of belonging of Bangladeshis who were made Indian citizens in 2015.

6 kids too many? 15-yr parent-child age gap? What EC sees as ‘logical discrepancy’ in SIR

Notices issued for verifying documents of such electors in 12 states. On age gaps between children & parents, Justice Bagchi asked if we are in a country 'where there is no child marriage'.

Mamata vs Election Commission on SIR: Bengal CM walks out of meet, calls EC chief ‘BJP broker’

With elections 3 months away, Bengal CM accused Election Commission of targeting voters with electoral roll revision exercise. A meeting collapsed after Mamata accused CEC of bias & humiliation. 

Why BJP is worried about SIR in Uttar Pradesh

CM Yogi Adityanath has urged BJP workers to reach out to every voter till the exercise was on and cautioned them against complacency, it is learnt.

Draft SIR: 58 lakh voters struck off West Bengal’s list, 41 lakh deleted in Rajasthan

ECI publishes draft rolls for West Bengal, Rajasthan, Goa, Puducherry and Lakshadweep following Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.

If poll officials suspect a person’s citizenship, it’s their duty to inform authorities—ECI tells SC

Election Commission says in affidavit to Supreme Court that petitioner's claim of mass disenfranchisement of voters through SIR was to 'serve vested political interest'.

On Camera

Newspapers, TV channels hesitate to name a victor in Bengal. ‘Kaante ki takkar’

The CPI(M) and Congress barely made it to the headlines. While newspapers have written about the two parties, they have been almost completely ignored by television news.

Adani’s giant copper plant hits technical setbacks in first year

The 500,000 tonne-per-year plant produced just 94,000 tonnes of refined copper from April 2025 to February this year.

Indian drone tech company ideaForge signs MoU with Japanese firm to develop next-gen AI powered drones

By pairing Indian drone engineering with Japanese semiconductor expertise, the two firms aim to develop more advanced autonomous systems tailored to both defence & commercial use.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.