Indiatimes

‘Allow me, sir’: Mamata argues against SIR in Supreme Court

FROM ASSEMBLY TO COURTROOM: Mamata Banerjee, a law graduate, A is perhaps the first CM to argue in-person before the SC NEW DELHI: In a dramatic twist to her agitation against the Special Intensive ...
The Hindu

TMC welcomes Supreme Court intervention in SIR exercise, calls it big victory for West Bengal

The Trinamool Congress on Monday (February 9, 2026) welcomed the intervention of the Supreme Court in the case involving Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal and called ...
The New Indian Express

Bengal CM Mamata to appear as 'party in person' in Supreme Court in SIR case

NEW DELHI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is set to appear in the Supreme Court on Wednesday to argue the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) case. The matter will be heard on February 4 in ...
The Hindu

Election Commission directives ignored, disabled people made to wait in queue for SIR hearings in Bengal

Thirty-nine-year-old Arpita Banerjee, a resident of Baranagar in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, has been battling multiple health problems since childhood, exacerbated by neurological ...
Mint

SIR in Bengal: SC extends deadline by one week, says ‘will not allow anyone to create impediment’ | Top Updates

Amid West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's concerns over potential “mass exclusion” of voters in the state's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the Supreme Court on Monday said that it ...
Sky

'UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe

Britain has been "colonised" by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, one of the country's richest and most influential men, has told Sky News. Sir Jim, the founder ...
The New Indian Express

Will not allow anyone to create impediment: SC on SIR exercise in West Bengal

The Supreme Court on Monday said it would not permit any obstruction to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, even as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed ...
Hindustan Times

Mamata Banerjee in Supreme Court highlights: Bengal CM likely to appear before SC on Monday for SIR hearing

Mamata Banerjee in Supreme Court highlights: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday argued her petition before the Supreme Court of India challenging the special intensive revision ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 2016, Van the Man Became Sir Van Morrison, When He Was Knighted by the Then-Prince of Wales

Van Morrison has received many prestigious awards and accolades during his long career, but perhaps one of the prolific and influential singer-songwriter’s crowning achievements was being knighted in ...
Mint

‘Tell your officers also to be sensitive’: Supreme Court tells Election Commission over SIR in Bengal

The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard a plea by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee challenging the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state ahead of the Assembly ...
India TV

'SIR happening only in Opposition-ruled states, AI being misused': CM Mamata hits out at EC again

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday addressed a press conference, day after holding talks with the Chief Election Commissioner over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive ...