Archaeology

Java's Megalithic Mountain

The megalithic site of Gunung Padang in the highlands of western Java was constructed some 2,000 years ago over the course of several generations. Similar stone monuments are found across the ...
Tempo

West Java's West Bandung Struck by Flash Floods and Landslides

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - On Thursday, December 4, 2025, the Bandung Barat region in West Java, Indonesia, was hit by severe weather, including heavy rain and strong winds, causing multiple natural ...
Archaeology

Java’s Mystic Mangoes

One of the world’s largest Buddhist monuments, which measures some 30,000 square feet, sits in the lush Kedu Valley on the Indonesian island of Java, where the forests teem with mangoes. The Borobudur ...
Hindustan Times

ECI not at fault if SIR’s aim same in all Bihar seats: Supreme Court

Besides Bihar, the SIR exercise conducted in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Puducherry have also been challenged in the top court. The Supreme Court on Thursday said that the ...
The Hindu

Supreme Court hearing on SIR updates: Where is ECI’s jurisdiction to conduct exercise en masse, asks Singhvi

Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Thursday (November 27, 2025) argued in the Supreme Court that the power of the Election Commission of India (ECI) — according to the Representation of the ...
Indiatimes

EC empowered to conduct SIR; we will fix flaws if needed: SC

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday emphatically said the Election Commission is statutorily and constitutionally empowered to conduct the pan-India Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral ...
India TV

Supreme Court to hear challenges on SIR of electoral rolls in multiple states next month amid BLO deaths

The Supreme Court of India has scheduled hearings on petitions challenging the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and West ...
Business Standard

No need to postpone Kerala's SIR, process nearing completion: ECI tells SC

The Election Commission of India on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that there was no need to postpone Kerala’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter lists during the hearing of petitions ...
moneycontrol.com

West Bengal SIR: Why Mamata Banerjee's biggest poll offensive could backfire for Trinamool

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a rally protesting the Special Intensive Revision in Kolkata. (PTI) The political battle in West Bengal is once again circling back to the voter ...
Mint

SIR in Bengal—Massive 14 lakh enumeration forms ‘uncollectable’; here's why

Amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, approximately 14 lakh SIR enumeration forms have so far been identified as “uncollectable” in West Bengal, the ...
The Indian Express

SIR after Bihar: What changed for BLOs, electors

The ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in nine states and three Union Territories is unfolding differently from the earlier exercise in Bihar. It’s this shift, a procedural ...