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TREND | 12 Jan 2026, 06:48PM

Stock markets to remain closed on Jan 15 for Maharashtra civic elections

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The stock markets will remain closed on Thursday, January 15, on account of the Maharashtra civic polls, according to BSE and NSE. Trading in the equity segment, derivatives, commodity and electronic gold receipts would remain closed. In a circular on Monday, the National Stock Exchange (NSE), "notified Thursday, January 15, 2026, as a trading holiday in the capital market segment on account of Municipal Corporation Election in Maharashtra". Earlier, the bourse had stated that it would observe January 15 as a settlement holiday, while trading would be open on the day. Separately, BSE also announced that trading will remain closed on January 15 due to the Municipal Corporation Election. In total, exchanges usually have around 15 trading holidays in a year, apart from regular weekly closures on Saturdays and Sundays. On January 10, the Maharashtra government declared a public holiday for January 15 in Mumbai for civic polls. The holiday will apply to government and semi-government

Goa SIR: EC clarifies notice to ex-Navy chief over missing details

Business Standard | 12 Jan 2026, 05:46PM

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TREND | 10 Jan 2026

SIR in MP: Voter list update reunites man with mother after 22 years

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A man who left his home in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district 22 years ago after his family opposed his marriage was reunited with his mother because of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, police said on Saturday. Police said it all started after Vinod, alias Vinod Gairi, who is settled in Rajasthan, tried to get his name included in the voters' list during the ongoing SIR exercise. An official said Gairi was asked to get the details of his parents' EPIC (Election Photo Identity Card) numbers as part of the process. He then reached out to the panchayat at his native place. After learning about the matter, Gairi's mother approached the police to trace her son. Under the direction of Mandsaur Superintendent of Police Vinod Kumar Meena, a team led by Nai Abadi police station in-charge sub-inspector Kuldeep Singh Rathore, was formed to track down Gairi, a police statement said. The MP police eventually traced Gairi to the Nagaur district of Rajasthan, where he has been

Election Commission directs micro-observers to report lapses during SIR

Business Standard | 10 Jan 2026 4 more

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TREND | 10 Jan 2026

BMC Polls 2025: Maharashtra Assembly Speaker's Brother Shows Rs 124 Crore Assets In Affidavit

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As per his affidavit filed with the Election Commission, Makrand Narwekar's assets (which include the assets of his wife) grew 1,868 per cent compared to nine years ago.

French President Macron to Call Snap Election If Government Falls, Finance Minister Lescure Says

NDTV Profit | 10 Jan 2026

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TREND | 09 Jan 2026

Maharashtra declares public holiday on Jan 15 for civic polls in 29 cities

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The Maharashtra State Election Commission on Friday announced that Thursday, January 15, will be a public holiday in areas falling under the 29 municipal corporations where polling for civic elections will be held, an official said. The holiday will apply to government and semi-government offices, corporations, boards, public undertakings, banks and central government offices within the jurisdiction of the civic bodies. The poll commission said administrative preparations, including readiness of EVMs (electronic voting machines), have been completed, and urged the public to take an active part in the democratic exercise. In a separate order, State Election Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare directed that adequate numbers of polling and counting personnel be appointed and that all such officials complete required training in time. He said strict action will be taken against those officials who skip the training. Waghmare issued the instruction during poll review meetings on January 6 and

Bengal migrant workers can attend SIR hearings online: Election Commission

Business Standard | 08 Jan 2026

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TREND | 08 Jan 2026

Vasai Virar Civic Polls: Voters To Get Discounts On Hotels, Transport On Polling Day

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VVMC Commissioner and Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Suryavanshi held a meeting on Wednesday with representatives of the local hotels association, rickshaw union and the civic transport service.

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TREND | 07 Jan 2026

Voting advisory firms back MUFG's $4.4 bn investment in Shriram Finance

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The special resolutions will be put to vote between January 11 and 13, with an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) scheduled for January 14

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TREND | 07 Jan 2026

SIR: Lucknow, Ghaziabad top in delisted voters; Bundelkhand least hit

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Lucknow, Ghaziabad, Balrampur and Kanpur Nagar are among the top districts in Uttar Pradesh that have recorded the highest percentage of electors whose forms remained uncollected during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll, according to official data. Districts like Lalitpur, Hamirpur, Mahoba, Jhansi and Chitrakoot in the Bundelkhand region of the state had the least removals from the draft roll. The draft electoral roll published on Tuesday after the SIR excludes 2.89 crore voters but retains 12.55 crore. The 2.89 crore voters, or 18.70 per cent, of the 15.44 crore listed earlier could not be included in the draft list due to deaths, permanent migration or multiple registrations, UP Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa said. According to district-wise draft roll data published on January 6, Lucknow topped the list with 30.04 per cent uncollected forms, involving about 12 lakh electors. The district's electorate declined from 39.94 lakh in October 2025 to 27.

West Bengal SIR: Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen Issued Notice By Election Commission, Claims TMC

NDTV Profit | 06 Jan 2026 3 more

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TREND | 06 Jan 2026

India's 'Homebound' Advances To Next Round Of Oscar Voting Details Inside

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'Homebound' is inspired by journalist Basharat Peer's The New York Times article Taking Amrit Home, also titled 'A Friendship, a Pandemic and a Death Beside the Highway'.

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TREND | 04 Jan 2026

CM Mamata urges CEC to halt 'arbitrary, flawed' SIR in West Bengal

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Sharpening her attack on the Election Commission, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged CEC Gyanesh Kumar to halt the "arbitrary and flawed" SIR in the state, warning that its continuation in the present form could trigger "mass disenfranchisement" and "strike at the foundations of democracy". In a strongly worded letter dated December 3, Banerjee accused the commission of presiding over what she described as an "unplanned, ill-prepared and ad hoc" process marked by "serious irregularities, procedural violations, and administrative lapses". She asserted that the situation on the ground had worsened despite her two earlier communications to the chief election commissioner (CEC). "I am once again constrained to write to you in order to place on record my grave concern," Banerjee wrote, recalling that she had flagged similar issues in letters dated November 20 and December 2. "Regrettably, instead of any corrective course being adopted, the situation on the ground has only

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TREND | 03 Jan 2026

EC orders FIRs against five poll officials over roll lapses in Bengal

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The Election Commission directed the registration of FIRs against five poll officials for alleged irregularities in the distribution and collection of enumeration forms during the ongoing special revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, an official said on Saturday. These officials are two Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), two Assistant Registration Officers (AROs) and a data entry operator, he said. "We have identified five state government employees, two from Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district and three from Moyna in Purba Medinipur, against whom FIRs will be filed for alleged procedural lapses in the revision exercise," he said. "The district magistrates have been asked to lodge cases and submit reports promptly," he added. Meanwhile, the EC has scaled down the logical discrepancy cases from over 1.3 crore to nearly 94.49 lakh after a thorough evaluation of the list, an official said. In the draft rolls, published on December 16, around 1.36 crore entries were flagged for .