Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh all set for SIR of electoral rolls from today

Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh all set for SIR of electoral rolls from today

All preparations are in place for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Rajasthan, which will begin on October 28, Chief Electoral Officer Naveen Mahajan said on Monday (October 27, 2025) The exercise will culminate with the publication of the final electoral roll on February 7, he said. The Election Commission (EC) on Monday … Read more

Bihar SIR hearing LIVE: Supreme Court to hear pleas first time after release of final electoral rolls

Bihar SIR hearing LIVE: Supreme Court to hear pleas first time after release of final electoral rolls

Article 324 of the Constitution provides that the superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of electoral rolls for the conduct of elections to Parliament and State legislature shall vest with the EC. Article 326 provides that every citizen who is not less than 18 years of age shall be entitled to be registered as … Read more

NHS boss Sir Jim Mackey backed heart surgeon whose failures contributed to deaths

NHS boss Sir Jim Mackey backed heart surgeon whose failures contributed to deaths

Michael BuchananSocial affairs correspondent and Adam Eley LinkedIn Karen Booth carried out operations she wasn’t skilled enough to perform, an NHS investigation found The head of NHS England backed a doctor whose failures contributed to several deaths to resume her career as a heart surgeon. Sir Jim Mackey told the family of a patient who … Read more

Bihar SIR: 65 lakh excluded, 30,000 apply to get back in; 2 lakh opt out

Bihar SIR: 65 lakh excluded, 30,000 apply to get back in; 2 lakh opt out

The month-long window for submitting requests to add or remove names from Bihar’s electoral rolls concluded on Monday, with just around 33,000 individuals applying to have their names included in the voter list. On the contrary, over 2 lakh requests were filed to delete names that were allegedly included incorrectly in the draft rolls, according … Read more

SIR, जातिवाद से लेकर कट्टरता तक…. बिहार चुनाव से पहले प्रशांत किशोर का सबसे धमाकेदार इंटरव्यू

SIR, जातिवाद से लेकर कट्टरता तक…. बिहार चुनाव से पहले प्रशांत किशोर का सबसे धमाकेदार इंटरव्यू

जन सुराज के संस्थापक प्रशांत किशोर बिहार में ऐसा नाम है, जो विधानसभा चुनाव से पहले सुर्खियों में छाए हुए हैं. वह लगातार बीजेपी, कांग्रेस, आरजेडी और जेडीयू पर बिहार का विकास न करने को लेकर हमला कर रहे हैं. वह लगातार बिहार में बदलाव के मुद्दे को लेकर रैलियां और जनसभा आयोजित कर रहे … Read more

Assam Congress begins training booth level agents in anticipation of SIR 

Assam Congress begins training booth level agents in anticipation of SIR 

Deputy Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi speaks to media at Parliament premises during the Monsoon Session, in New Delhi, on Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI With Assam administration indicating that the State will soon be holding Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, State Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi said that the party … Read more

Opposition members protesting SIR in Rajya Sabha blocked by marshals

Opposition members protesting SIR in Rajya Sabha blocked by marshals

Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh conducts proceedings in the House during the Monsoon session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The Rajya Sabha failed to function on Friday (August 1, 2025), as the Opposition intensified its protest demanding a discussion on the ongoing Special Intensive Revision … Read more

BJP partner TIPRA Motha demands Bihar-like SIR in Tripura

BJP partner TIPRA Motha demands Bihar-like SIR in Tripura

The ruling BJP’s key ally in Tripura, TIPRA Motha, on Wednesday (July 23, 2025) met officials of the Election Commission of India in New Delhi to push for a Bihar-like Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in the northeastern State.  A delegation of the party, headed by its founder Pradyot Kishore Manikya, demanded … Read more

Sir Chris Hoy: NHS to review prostate cancer testing after cyclist calls for change

Sir Chris Hoy: NHS to review prostate cancer testing after cyclist calls for change

BBC Sir Chris Hoy says cancer diagnosis “was the biggest shock of my life” The NHS will review whether to change its advice on testing for prostate cancer in light of Sir Chris Hoy’s “powerful” call for more younger men to be checked, the health secretary has said. Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris, 48, has … Read more

Sunil Chhetri confirms he has no plans to reverse his retirement decision: ‘No Sir’

Sunil Chhetri confirms he has no plans to reverse his retirement decision: ‘No Sir’

Indian football legend Sunil Chhetri reiterated that India’s FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Kuwait in Kolkata on Thursday will be his last dance at the international level and that he has no plans to make a U-turn on his decision. Chhetri had announced his retirement last month and had said he would hang up his … Read more