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Chhattisgarh tightens SIR scrutiny, Congress flags unnecessary alarm over verification rules

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December 01, 2025

The Chhattisgarh government has taken a firm position on the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, signalling closer scrutiny of entries that cannot be linked to the 2003 voter list.

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Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma said that any individual whose name appears in the 2025 draft but has no blood relative recorded in the 2003 roll will be subject to a detailed verification process.

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ICCanounces ticket sales for 2026 T20 World Cup

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Following Australia’s lead, Denmark plans to ban social media for children younger than15

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BJP seeks high-level probe into lathicharge on tribal protesters in Chaibasa

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The first instalment of freedom

At 5 a.m., a vast segment of India’s workforce begins its day.

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ED freezes 13 Anil Ambani-linked Reliance Infrabank accounts, seizing ₹54.82 crore

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Electricity a measure of success in China's transition toward greener future

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India's 30-year wealth high: Top firms add ₹148 trillion

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Why Seoul is wooing the foreign media

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Kharge ups attack on RSS, calls Delhi HQ a ‘luxury hotel’

In his latest broadside against the RSS, Karnataka Congress's Priyank Kharge on Thursday described its gleaming new headquarters in Delhi as a \"luxury hotel\" and \"high-end apartment complex,\" accusing the BJP's ideological fountainhead of \"dodging taxes and evading accountability.

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Tejashwi Yadav misled by aides, must return to field: RJD veteran

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