KOLKATA: Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen expressed concerns over the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls ...

The economist questioned whether it was fair to demand strict documentation from citizens who may not have access to those ...

The decision by Mamata Banerjee to appoint her nephew Abhishek Banerjee as Trinamool Congress's Parliamentary Party leader in ...

Amartya Sen warned that the SIR exercise, like the one in Bihar, could end up "disenfranchising" a large number of poor and marginalised people ...

The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to allow voters excluded from the revised electoral rolls published on August 1 to submit their claims online or ...

The workshop is organised jointly by the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Research and Training Institute (BARTI) and SNDT Women’s ...

Questioning the fairness of the bureaucratic process, Sen demanded strict documentation from citizens who may not have access to those things. Adding that administrative processes and periodic ...

Sen's concerns echoed those of opposition parties and activists, who claimed that the SIR exercise can lead to wrongful ...

Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rashmi Varma won the Narkatiaganj constituency in 2020 by defeating the Congress candidate ...

The IAS Officers’ Association on Friday took exception to “unwarranted criticism” and “personal attacks” against Chief ...

The polling monitor is facing heat over voter roll revision and allegations of vote theft, that it has denied.

Expressing surprise over political parties not coming forward in filing objections related to 65 lakh excluded voters in the ...