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Karnataka CM Shivakumar issues PRCs to voters, BJP alleges bid to shield infiltrators from SIR

Karnataka CM Shivakumar issues PRCs to voters, BJP alleges bid to shield infiltrators from SIR

The facility will allow citizens to download caste certificates free of cost from the government portal using the certificate's RD number, ration card number or Aadhaar number, as well as through government assistance centres, including those established at the hobli level.

23 July 2026 12:27 PM IST

SC says deletion from SIR rolls not loss of citizenship

SC says deletion from SIR rolls not loss of citizenship

18 July 2026 11:50 AM IST

70% of 2.7M voters under adjudication in Bengal are Muslim, study finds

70% of 2.7M voters under adjudication in Bengal are Muslim, study finds

Muslims made up about 70% of the more than 2.7 million electors placed under adjudication during West Bengal’s special...

15 July 2026 2:43 PM IST

UN experts raise concerns over electoral roll revision, seek Centre's response

The experts sought the government's comments on allegations that Bengali and Muslim electors were disproportionately...

12 July 2026 9:02 PM IST

UN experts seek answers from India over alleged mass voter deletions in SIR

UN experts seek answers from India over alleged mass voter deletions in SIR

UN Special Rapporteurs have raised concerns that the electoral roll revision may have disproportionately affected...

9 July 2026 6:08 PM IST

23 Opposition parties seek suspension of SIR, write to CJI

The letter also raised concerns over elections in Delhi, Haryana and Maharashtra, Electronic Voting Machines, and the...

3 July 2026 7:57 PM IST

Twenty-three opposition parties write to CJI over voter roll revision, raise concerns over SIR

Twenty-three opposition parties write to CJI over voter roll revision, raise concerns over SIR

"The Opposition parties remain firmly anchored in SURE—Solidarity, Unity and Resistance," Jairam Ramesh said in a post...

30 Jun 2026 3:11 PM IST

Telangana HC asks ECI to consider Urdu version of SIR Forms in Hyderabad

Telangana HC asks ECI to consider Urdu version of SIR Forms in Hyderabad

The court’s direction came during the hearing of a petition challenging the ECI’s decision to issue forms only in...

30 Jun 2026 2:52 PM IST

Is SIR a game of passing the ball around?

Is SIR a game of passing the ball around?

Solidarity with Rajagopal is a fight to reclaim a democracy where citizens’ names are being erased; it is a declaration...

30 Jun 2026 10:16 AM IST

Priyank Kharge asks ECI to answer Congress queries before Karnataka SIR begins

Priyank Kharge asks ECI to answer Congress queries before Karnataka SIR begins

Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge on Monday said the Election Commission of India should respond to questions...

29 Jun 2026 2:00 PM IST

Hyderabad man dies by suicide amid fear of deletion in SIR

Hyderabad man dies by suicide amid fear of deletion in SIR

A 51 year old cab driver, Sheikh Mujbil Rehman, died by suicide early Sunday, allegedly driven by fear that his name...

29 Jun 2026 10:22 AM IST

Special Intensive Revision will be used to create a permanent class of excluded Indians, warns Asaduddin Owaisi

Special Intensive Revision will be used to create a permanent class of excluded Indians, warns Asaduddin Owaisi

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has strongly criticised the central government over its electoral policies, claiming...

3 Jun 2026 1:05 PM IST

SC says SIR fortifies electoral process, asks EC to furnish deleted voters’ list in four weeks

SC says SIR fortifies electoral process, asks EC to furnish deleted voters’ list in four weeks

The bench emphatically remarked that electoral democracy did not merely hinge upon the mechanics of polling day, but...

27 May 2026 2:03 PM IST

Telangana Congress warns SIR must not become backdoor NRC

Telangana Congress warns SIR must not become backdoor NRC

The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) has urged the state’s Chief Electoral Officer C Sudharshan Reddy to...

15 May 2026 2:32 PM IST

Those who are not on the voters’ list have no civil rights?

Those who are not on the voters’ list have no civil rights?

Although the flag-bearers of democracy and secularism have not yet been uprooted in the country, they too are alarmed in...

14 May 2026 9:30 AM IST

Bengal SIR observer Subrata Gupta appointed adviser to CM Suvendu Adhikari

Bengal SIR observer Subrata Gupta appointed adviser to CM Suvendu Adhikari

Retired IAS officer Subrata Gupta, who served as the Election Commission’s Special Roll Observer during West Bengal’s...

10 May 2026 3:42 PM IST