The battle runs through the divided Matua first family, with brothers, wives and cousins contesting from rival camps, while SIR has stirred new anxieties among refugee Hindus who once voted together.
Senior advocate Menaka Guruswamy submitted that the action violated the court's earlier order allowing such additions only if the voters' appeals against exclusion are considered by the appellate trib ...
In Murshidabad's beedi belt, children quietly help their families meet impossible daily targets, while local contractors who control the trade also wield enormous influence over village politics.
The question increasingly animating the election is not whether the TMC governed well or badly, or whether the BJP can offer better governance. It is whether the state recognises a person, who has vot ...
Nearly 90 lakh voters were deleted from the electoral rolls of West Bengal after the SIR process, with nearly 34 lakh appeals currently pending before the tribunals.