Neelam Meena becomes new CEO of West Bengal
The 1998-batch IAS officer of the West Bengal cadre is replacing Manoj Kumar Agarwal, who was earlier appointed as the state's new Chief Secretary.
The 1998-batch IAS officer of the West Bengal cadre is replacing Manoj Kumar Agarwal, who was earlier appointed as the state's new Chief Secretary.
According to officials, Punjab currently has around 2.14 crore registered voters, and the revision exercise aims to update the electoral database ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections in the state.
Supreme Court suggested to the TMC lawyer that it may file separate applications raising grievances regarding the Election Commission of India’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, which the party claims had an impact on the Assembly election results.
The Election Commission of India on Thursday announced the immediate withdrawal of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) following the completion of the 2026 Assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and the Union Territory of Puducherry, after the formal declaration of results by Returning Officers in the respective states.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday issued formal notifications constituting the newly-elected Legislative Assemblies in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, along with the Union Territory of Puducherry, and forwarded them to the respective Governors for further constitutional processes.
According to commission sources, notices specifying dates and venues were issued to nearly 32 lakh ‘no-mapping’ voters.
The Election Commission of India has directed all the special observers that documents of all voters summoned for hearings under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal must be examined thoroughly, with no room for negligence.
The declaration was adopted during the valedictory session at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, committing participating EMBs to collective action across five core areas: Purity of Electoral Rolls, Conduct of Elections, Research and Publications, Use of Technology, and Training and Capacity Building.
Conceived by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar along with Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, ECINET aims to elevate transparency, efficiency, and public confidence in managing elections across the world’s largest democracy.
A day after the Supreme Court directed the Election Commission of India to publish the list of voters in West Bengal with logical discrepancies, there are strong indications that the poll body is likely to make public the list of "no-mapping" or unmapped voters.
