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WB SIR nears completion, final voter list to be out on Feb 14

February 4, 2026, 01:52 PM - 2 min read

Commission sources revealed that necessary documents have so far been uploaded in approximately 95 lakh cases, while verification has been completed for about 55 lakh applicants. Notices have also been issued to all concerned voters, bringing the second phase of the SIR close to completion.

Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly Suvendu Adhikari - file image.

Suvendu accuses Mamata of orchestrating voter list ‘harassment’

February 2, 2026, 08:10 PM - 3 min read

After leading a protest march to the Raj Bhavan over the SIR issue, Adhikari alleged that large-scale, deliberate misspelling of voters’ names and surnames had occurred across several districts of the state.

BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra speaking to reporters at the party headquarters in Delhi.

BJP goes all guns blazing against TMC, AAP and Congress

January 17, 2026, 06:58 PM - 3 min read

The BJP held press conferences across 10 states, alleging TMC-led violence, intimidation of poll officials and disruption of electoral processes in West Bengal during the Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls.

Swami Raghavananda Puri, who listed Sri Ramakrishna Dev and Sarada Devi as his parents on his voter registration.

Bengal SIR: Monk lists Ramakrishna, Sarada Devi as parents

January 1, 2026, 09:35 PM - 5 min read

A Siliguri monk was summoned by the Election Commission after listing spiritual leaders Sri Ramakrishna Dev and Sarada Devi as his parents on his voter registration. While the monk submitted all identity documents, the episode has sparked debate over faith, bureaucracy, and political overtones in Bengal.

Political observers say the Matuas – a Dalit Hindu community that migrated from Bangladesh over decades due to religious persecution – hold sway in as many as 80 of the 294 assembly seats in the state

PM to address first rally in Bengal since draft SIR roll release

December 20, 2025, 09:36 AM - 3 min read

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in West Bengal’s Nadia district on Saturday to inaugurate national highway projects and address a public rally

'You’ve dug your grave in Bengal by conducting SIR': Mamata to BJP

'You’ve dug your grave in WB by conducting SIR': Mamata to BJP

December 3, 2025, 03:51 PM - 4 min read

Speaking at a public rally in minority-dominated Gazole, Malda, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo claimed that the BJP had attempted to “capture Bengal before the elections.”

Bengal CEO pulls up booths with zero returned forms

December 2, 2025, 12:41 PM - 3 min read

The Commission has instructed that booths with uncollected forms between zero and twenty must be given special attention. The discovery of 2,208 booths with no returned forms prompted the immediate issuance of the new directive.

Addressing the Matua community at the rally, the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reassured that the Election Commission (EC) lacked the authority to delete a single name and urged them not to be "scared".

'Touch Bengal, I’ll shake nation’: Mamata to BJP over SIR row

November 25, 2025, 04:11 PM - 3 min read

CM Banerjee has issued a clear warning against the deletion of any genuine electors during the upcoming Systematic Information Review (SIR) exercise.

Bengal Guv at Hakimpur border with BSF personnel and security officials to assess reverse migration in the region.

Bengal Guv at Hakimpur border to assess reverse migration report

November 24, 2025, 08:54 PM - 2 min read

West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday visited the Hakimpur border in North 24 Parganas on Monday to assess reports of reverse migration of Bangladeshi nationals following the SIR electoral roll revision.

SIR reunites Purulia family with son missing for 37 years

November 23, 2025, 03:50 PM - 3 min read

Now, the Chakraborty home — once a courtyard of quiet grief — is alive with joyous preparations, every corner echoing with regained hope. The village elders whisper the story like it’s folklore reborn.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee - file image.

Mamata slams EC over SIR work pressure for BLO deaths

November 22, 2025, 05:21 PM - 3 min read

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reacted sharply and emotionally, questioning the Election Commission’s responsibility in the growing list of deaths linked to the SIR drive.

Left behind twice— first by family, now by democracy

November 10, 2025, 05:04 PM - 4 min read

“I used to vote in Mominpur, Kolkata. I’ve been here for nine years now,” says Vandana Bose, 78, her voice sharp with fatigue and irony. “I don’t remember my old booth number. There’s no one to look for me. How will the BLO find my name? Maybe they’ll just strike me out. Throw me out of the country, perhaps.”