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Friday, January 9, 2026
TopicSpecial Intensive Revision

Topic: Special Intensive Revision

EC says documents of 98.2% voters received under Bihar SIR, 8 more days to go till deadline

Verification of documents being undertaken simultaneously and final rolls are to be published on 30 September. 

Bihar SIR: SC directs ECI to publish list of 65 lakh voters struck off from draft electoral roll

SC has directed ECI to upload details of such voters, with reasons for exclusion, and advertise the action in newspapers and through broadcast on Doordarshan and radio channels.

‘SIR row a trust deficit issue’, says SC noting Aadhar not conclusive proof of citizenship

A bench of Justices Surya Kant & Joymalya Bagchi is hearing a batch of pleas against the Election Commission's electoral roll revision exercise in Bihar.

Akhilesh & Mahua jump barricade, Rahul rushes to TMC MP’s aide as Oppn march to EC runs into police wall

Leaders of Opposition, Rahul Gandhi & Mallikarjun Kharge, and other MPs at the protest march were detained and taken to the Parliament Street Police Station on Monday.

Rahul alleges ‘theft’ of 1 lakh votes in Karnataka’s Mahadevapura seat— ‘elections are choreographed’

Rahul's response comes after EC Saturday claimed he is yet to respond to its June letter regarding his allegations of 'election rigging' in the Maharashtra Assembly elections.

INDIA bloc to protest Bihar’s electoral roll revision in Parliament

Leaders of INDIA bloc will meet in the office of Rajya Sabha's LoP & then stage a protest at 10:30 am in front of Makar Dwar under the slogan 'our vote, our right, our fight'.

Congress to reveal ‘serious malpractices’ by ECI on 5 August, says KC Venugopal

The Congress MP added that the Election Commission was 'systematically targeting the democratic values' & the INDIA alliance leaders would meet on 7 August.

EC says Opposition’s vote theft allegations ‘baseless, irresponsible’

Earlier in the day, Congress MP and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi accused Election Commission of direct involvement in large-scale voter fraud, with Congress having 'open-and-shut proof'.

SC to hear pleas challenging ECI’s SIR exercise in poll-bound Bihar on 12-13 August

The petitions sought direction to quash the ECI's June 24 directive that requires large sections of voters in Bihar to submit proof of citizenship to remain on the electoral rolls.

EC exerting monopoly, working for govt, says SP MP Dimple Yadav on Bihar electoral revision

Nearly 50 lakh voters will be affected by the Special Intensive Revision announced by the election panel months ahead of Bihar polls, she adds.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.