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File photo: BJP spokesperson Ajay Alok (ANI) NEW DELHI: BJP spokesperson Ajay Alok on Wednesday justified the ongoing SIR exercise of the voter list in Bihar, saying no one has any problem with it except the opposition, whose concerns are driven by vote bank politics.“The opposition parties are very worried about its Bangladeshi, Rohingya, Myanmar,…
Supreme Court of India. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked petitioners to refrain from terming the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls by the Election Commission in poll-bound Bihar as “artificial” or “imaginary.”A partial working day (PWD) bench comprising Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi said that “there is logic” behind the…
On a day the collection of signed enumeration forms under the special intensive revision in Bihar just about touched the halfway mark, chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar defended the exercise, saying that “a pure electoral roll is inevitable for strengthening democracy”.EC on Tuesday said 18.2% enumeration forms received in Bihar were uploaded on ECINET. As…
This is a representative image (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Tensions flared during Muharram processions in Bihar’s Gopalganj and Katihar districts on Sunday, leading to clashes between groups in two separate incidents, officials confirmed.In Gopalganj’s Manjha area, a dispute between two akharas occurred over the performance of stunts during the religious procession. One individual sustained…
NEW DELHI: In a decision aimed at weeding out illegal immigrants erroneously included in the nationwide electoral roll, the Election Commission has made it mandatory for new applicants as well as existing voters – enrolled after the last special intensive revision (SIR) undertaken in 2003-04 – to submit a self-attested declaration that they are Indian…
SC provides police protection to runaway child bride NEW DELHI: Married off to a 32-year-old contractor to settle a parental debt, a 16 year-old child bride ran away after passing Class X in Bihar, travelled over 1,000 kilometers with a trusted 25-year-old male friend to move the Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking annulment of the…
