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India Gazette
4 days ago
- Politics
- India Gazette
Bihar SIR form collection touches nearly half-way mark in 14 days; 17 more days to go: ECI
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Going by the progress of SIR (Special Intensive Revision) till 6 PM on July 08, it is most likely that the exercise of collection of Enumeration Forms will be completed well before the last day of collection, i.e. July 25, a press release from the Election Commission of India said. The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar is progressing well, with 3,70,77,077 Enumeration Forms, which is 46.95 per cent of the total of 7,89,69,844 (nearly 7.90 crore) electors in Bihar, collected (at 6:00 PM) in the first 14 days since the issuance of SIR instructions on June 24. In the first two weeks of the exercise, 7.90 crore forms were printed, and over 97 per cent of forms (7,70,44,990) were distributed to electors. Also, 18.16 per cent of the forms have been uploaded to the ECINET. A large number of prospective electors prefer to submit the Enumeration Forms along with the eligibility documents as specified in SIR order dated 24.06.25 Now, the effort is to collect the remaining half of the enumeration forms and eligibility documents with still 17 more days before July 25. In the last 24 hours, i.e. from 6.00 PM yesterday, 82,78,617 Enumeration Forms have been collected, which amounts to 10.5 per cent collected in a single day. Maintaining the same momentum on the field and with just about 50 per cent of forms remaining to be collected, the exercise could be completed well within time. With the addition of 20,603 Booth Level Officers (BLOs) on the ground, the collection effort has been further expedited. Already, 77,895 BLOs have been going house-to-house to help the electors fill out their Enumeration Forms and collect them. BLOs have already completed the first of their mandated three visits to each household and the second visit is underway. Nearly 4 lakh volunteers, including government officials, NCC cadets, NSS members, etc., are also working in the field to facilitate the elderly, PwD, sick and vulnerable populations in the SIR process. Besides, EROs covering all 243 ACs, 963 AEROs, 38 DEOs, and the CEO of the state are at the ground level to facilitate the electors to submit their forms. District Presidents of all recognised political parties have also stepped up the appointment of Booth Level Agents (BLAs) and they are actively participating on the ground. As of date, 1,56,626 BLAs have been appointed, up from 1,38,680 at the beginning of the exercise. They can, even now, appoint more BLAs as per 25.2.1 of the Manual on Electoral Rolls. (ANI)
India Gazette
5 days ago
- Politics
- India Gazette
36.47% of 7.90 cr electors submit forms by July 7; 1.18 cr in last 24 hrs: EC on Bihar SIR
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar is being implemented by the Election Commission of India's order dated June 24, 2025. As per instructions, the draft electoral rolls that will be issued on August 1, 2025, will contain the names of persons whose enumeration forms have been received. The exercise is progressing smoothly with the active cooperation of the electors. As of Monday, at 6.00 PM, 2,87,98,460 Enumeration Forms, i.e. 36.47 per cent of the total of 7,89,69,844 (nearly 7.90 crore) electors in Bihar who are enrolled as on June 24, 2025, have been received. In the last 24 hours, i.e. from 6.00 PM yesterday, 1,18,49,252 Enumeration Forms have been collected. There are still 18 days to go until the last date for submitting forms. The uploading of forms has also started in full swing, with 7.25 per cent of the forms already uploaded so far. Meanwhile, on the revision of the electoral roll in Bihar, BJP MP Manan Kumar Mishra said, 'This is a special drive, a special intensive revision by the Election Commission. The last revision of the voter list in Bihar was carried out in 2003. This is a healthy tradition and should be carried out regularly; otherwise, we cannot hope for a fair and transparent election. There has been a huge demographic change in Bihar, and things will become clear after the revision of the list.' The partially filled forms are also available for download on the ECI portal ( and the ECINET App. Electors can upload the filled forms themselves on the ECINET App. 77,895 Booth Level Officers (BLOs) are going house-to-house to help the electors fill out their Enumeration Forms and collect them. In many cases, the BLOs are taking live pictures of the electors and uploading them, thereby saving the electors the trouble of getting their photos taken. Additionally, 20,603 BLOs are being appointed for the smooth and timely completion of the process. Nearly 4 lakh volunteers, including government officials, NCC cadets, NSS members, etc., are also working in the field to facilitate the elderly, PwDs, sick, and vulnerable populations in the SIR process. Additionally, 239 EROs, covering all 243 ACs, 963 AEROS, 38 DEOs, and the CEO of the state are at the ground level to facilitate electors in submitting their forms. 1,54,977 Booth Level Agents (BLAs) appointed by various political parties are also providing active support in the SIR process. (ANI)
Hindustan Times
30-06-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
CEC Gyanesh Kumar defends Bihar electoral roll revision amid opposition objections
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has justified the national poll body's move to conduct a special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bihar, saying that it is aimed at avoiding any 'illegible' voter and ensuring that no one is left out of the voter list. CEC Gyanesh Kumar said that "the objective of SIR is to ensure that no eligible voter is left out",(PTI) The CEC's remark comes as opposition parties, including the likes of Trinamool Congress and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, have heavily condemned the ECI's move ahead of the assembly elections in Bihar. 'The objective of SIR is to ensure that no eligible voter is left out, and at the same time, no ineligible voter is included in the electoral roll. More than one lakh volunteers have also been deployed to assist the elderly, sick, persons with disabilities (PwD) and marginalised groups in filling up their Enumeration Forms', Kumar said in his statement, news agency PTI reported. ALSO READ | Bihar: Controversy over Election Commission's revision of electoral rolls In addition, the Election Commission also issued a statement on the matter and said that the SIR is needed since electoral rolls keep changing due to a variety of reasons, including deaths, migration, etc. 'Further, Article 326 of the Constitution specifies the eligibility to become an elector. Only Indian citizens, above 18 years and ordinary residents in that constituency, are eligible to be registered as an elector,' it said. The poll panel asserted that, according to the Representation of People Act 1950 and Rule 25 of the Registration of Electoral Rules 1960, the electoral roll must be revised before every election. ALSO READ | ECI 'shouldn't turn into party office': TMC on Bihar electoral roll revision Additionally, the EC said that it has also uploaded the 2003 electoral roll of Bihar on its website, a move it said would hugely facilitate the ongoing special intensive revision in the state. Opposition objects to SIR Senior Congress leader Digvijay on Sunday said that all the INDIA bloc parties may approach the judiciary against the ongoing SIR in Bihar if the Election Commission does not take heed of the objections raised by the opposition. Singh accused the BJP-led central government of trying to delete the names of poor and marginalised voters from the electoral rolls in the state. ALSO READ | Opposition may raise revision of electoral rolls in Parliament 'The SIR drive of the EC is a deliberate attempt to disenfranchise poor, tribal, young, flood-affected, and migrant voters in the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. All constituents of INDIA bloc may knock the door of judiciary against the ongoing SIR of the electoral roll in Bihar if the EC does not accept the opposition's objections about the drive. I met RJD supremo Lalu Prasad ji here on Saturday and requested him to speak to our party president Mallikarjun Kharge over the issue,' Singh said. Earlier, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi wrote to the ECI, highlighting objections to the ongoing SIR in Bihar. He pointed out that the electoral roll for Bihar has already undergone a special summary revision. He raised several objections to the exercise and said, "The SIR will have a deleterious effect on electors across the state due to its proximity to the upcoming assembly elections." Owaisi also accused the EC of secretly implementing the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Bihar, warning that the SIR may harm public trust in the poll panel. The Trinamool Congress, including West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, have said that the special intensive revision is the EC's "sinister move" to bring NRC through the backdoor. TMC leader Derek O'Brien compared the EC's move to 'ancestor passes' in Nazi Germany. "Why is this exercise being suddenly done right now? We have evidence as to why it is being done now. It is because the latest internal survey of the BJP for Bengal shows 46-49 seats for the party in the state's assembly polls (early next year). In their desperation to attempt to change things you do such things," he claimed. TMC's Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose claimed that West Bengal was the "real target" of the exercise. "On June 26, the ECI announced that Special Intensive Revision will be conducted for Bihar Assembly polls, but the real target is Bengal," she said.
BBC News
07-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'There's no other stopper in world football as gifted'
When Plato theorised about his world of Forms many centuries before Christ, he wasn't to know his weighty philosophical musings would one day be exhumed in an email newsletter to describe a silly little football here I am, hoping my secondary school philosophy teacher will one day read this and know I actually was listening, struggling to think of a better way to describe Liverpool's 1-0 victory over Paris St-Germain. The only way I can is to understand it as a smash-and-grab of such Platonic perfection that it belongs among the great thinker's higher realm of posited all that we see on Earth today is merely an imperfect copy of that which exists in its true form, its perfect form, somewhere beyond the physical. But if he were alive today and signed up to whichever Greek subscription channel broadcasts the Champions League, he will have seen a goalkeeping performance to make him consider tearing up his papyrus pull off such a footballing heist requires magnificence from the man between the sticks - and Alisson duly delivered for his side in the French capital."It was probably the performance of my life," he said after the game, before being hailed as "the best in the world" by Liverpool's late goalscoring hero Harvey Wednesday's evidence, it's impossible to disagree with the youngster. Alisson has only won one Yashin Trophy - the annual award given out since 2019 to the best goalkeeper on the planet - but for my money, there's no other stopper in world football as gifted with both hands and up for the Football Extra newsletterThe latter were rarely used at the Parc des Prince though, this was a performance that needed hands alone - and multiple pairs, ideally. Alisson made nine saves throughout the contest, the most a Liverpool goalkeeper has made in a single game logged by data site Stathead for at least a decade. Those chances were of decent standard too, Les Parisiens' 27 total shots worthy of a combined 1.6 expected goals during 90 minutes of near-complete dominance. Liverpool had just 30% possession and took only two shots - both season-low tallies by a take the conversation to even nerdier heights, we can use Stathead's post-shot expected goals metric to illustrate the quality of PSG's shots on target during the contest. Where xG values the chance at the point of the shot being taken, PSxG shows how likely a shot is to go in after it has been kicked based on where it goes on goal. A powerful shot low to the corner has a high post-shot xG, while a weak shot at the keeper has a low one and a shot off target would return this metric, the stats say Alisson's acrobatics actually prevented 2.3 goals, the most-influential goalkeeping performance of the last decade in which Liverpool have kept a clean sheet, according to Stathead's all the Brazilian keeper's brilliance, the chips still need to fall your way to win a game in the manner Liverpool managed. All supporters, myself included, can find it tough to acknowledge luck's role in victory, as if in doing so it makes the final result less Reds boss Arne Slot had no hesitation pointing out his side were smiled upon by the footballing gods, admitting: "Had we got a draw, we would still have been the lucky ones. They were much the better team today."With the tie poised deliciously ahead of next week's return leg at Anfield, Slot will know that big improvements are needed to keep their course to the quarter-finals now though, Liverpool can savour a famous European victory. On nights like this, when luck and skill collide, even Plato would admit that the shadows on the cave wall aren't bad to look at after all.
Yahoo
17-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
There's More to This ‘White Lotus' Nude Scene Than Meets the Eye
WELCOME BACK TO The White Lotus, HBO's satirical comedy-drama about wealthy, troubled people hitting the self-destruct button on their personal lives in some of the most beautiful, luxurious locales in the world. Sunday's premiere, "Same Spirits, New Forms" took viewers to a brand new White Lotus resort in Thailand, and introduced this year's cast of vacationers, including the Ratliff family, played by Jason Isaacs, Parker Posey, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sarah Catherine Cook and Sam Nivola. There was a lot going on in the episode, but one of its more memorable moments took place in the hotel room shared by brothers Saxton (Schwarzenegger) and Lochlan (Nivola). The episode establishes pretty early on that Saxton is a hypersexual kind of character, even making inappropriate comments about the "hotness" of his sister, and true to form, it's not long before he is hit by the urge to watch porn and masturbate. Not wanting to do so in front of his younger brother, he heads to the bathroom, completely naked, to jerk it. It makes for some pretty awkward, uncomfortable viewing, particularly in the split second where the brothers make eye contact before Saxton closes the door. In other words, it's pure White Lotus. We've known this moment was coming for a little while now. After attending the premiere on February 11, Arnold Schwarzenegger spilled the beans about his son's performance on Instagram, writing: "What a show! I could claim to be surprised to find out he has a nude scene, but what can I say – the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Don't miss it this Sunday – trust me." "Same Spirits, New Forms" furthers something of a White Lotus tradition: putting full-frontal male nudity front and center in its season premieres. The pilot episode way back in 2021 featured a close-up of Steve Zahn's character's genitals, a creative decision which both illustrated his vulnerability and also set the tone for the show in general. (That inaugural season continued to push the envelope in terms of male nudity and sexuality, with one episode ending on a rarely-shown-on-television scene of rimming between Murray Bartlett and Lukas Gage.) Season 2 opened with a similarly graphic nude scene, this time featuring Theo James as Cameron, who purposefully flusters Aubrey Plaza's Harper by changing into his bathing suit in full open view, with the help of a "ginormous" (James's words) prosthetic penis. It's a perfectly in-character power play, in which Cameron quite literally whips it out, showing Harper and the audience exactly who he is. These phallic displays are baked into the show's DNA. From the very beginning, The White Lotus has been interested in interrogating the nuances of male sexuality and the darker side of homosocial relationships. That's in large part thanks to showrunner Mike White, whose subversive queer sensibility permeates the show and has led to some viral television moments: who could forget Sydney Sweeney's highly-memed speculation as to whether or not her late grandpa was a bottom; Michael Imperioli's cringe-inducing threesome; and of course, the taboo-exploding "uncle/nephew" roleplay between Tom Hollander and Leo Woodall that led to Jennifer Coolidge's fateful sea voyage. Season 3 continues this exploration of modern masculinity: Saxton is intent on pressuring his brother into studying at his own alma mater rather than that of their sister Piper, while Southern patriarch Timothy is beset by financial issues which threaten his sense of self. Outside of the Ratliff family, this year's White Lotus guests include Rich Hatchett (Walton Goggins), a middle-aged man who is feeling some kind of way about his age after being mistaken for the father of his much younger girlfriend Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wood). Whether it's Patrick Schwarzenegger's porn-obsessed sleazebag, Theo James's intensely competitive friendship with Will Sharpe, or Murray Bartlett coercing his employee into a cocaine-fueled office hookup, The White Lotus is consistently provocative, which is what we have come to expect from that coveted Sunday night slot on HBO. But it's never provocation for its own sake. Mike White is clearly fascinated by flawed, often-unlikeable men, and loves to holds them up to the light like a kid who has just found some exciting new creepy-crawlies under a rock. "Look at my weird little guys," he seems to be saying. "Watch them slither and squirm." And we do! Every Sunday, at 9 p.m Eastern. You Might Also Like The Best Hair Growth Shampoos for Men to Buy Now 25 Vegetables That Are Surprising Sources of Protein
