The Guardian

Kylie Minogue gets 11th UK No 1 album as Christmas No 1 race intensifies

As Wham! top singles chart, Minogue draws level with David Bowie, Eminem, U2 and Rod Stewart in the album league table, thanks to a reissue of her 2015 Christmas LP Kylie Minogue has scored her 11th ...
NDTV

Election Commission Extends SIR Date For 6 States, No Change For Bengal

The duration of the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise to clean up voter rolls has been extended in five states and a Union Territory, the Election Commission said today. They are Tamil Nadu, ...
Billboard

Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ Unwraps Record-Breaking 20th Week at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100

The carol makes history 31 years after its release. By Gary Trust Mariah Carey‘s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” achieves a record-breaking 20th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, rewriting the ...
Pitchfork

“All I Want for Christmas Is You” Is Now the Longest-Running No. 1 Song in History

Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is now the longest-running No. 1 song in U.S. chart history. The 1994 modern Christmas classic has spent a cumulative 20 weeks atop the Billboard Hot ...
India TV

Election Commission extends deadline for SIR in 5 states, including UP, and 1 UT; no extension for Bengal

The Election Commission on Thursday (December 11) extended the timeline for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in five states and one Union Territory by one week. The extension ...
Hindustan Times

SIR extended in 5 states, 1 UT, no relief for Bengal

All states that go to the polls next summer have the SIR underway, except in Assam where there is only a special revision of rolls on account of the 2019 National Register of Citizens exercise The ...
ESPN

Race for the AFC's No. 1 seed: Sizing up Patriots, Broncos

Jeff Legwold covers the Denver Broncos at ESPN. He has covered the Broncos for more than 20 years and also assists with NFL draft coverage, joining ESPN in 2013. He has been a member of the Pro ...
The New Indian Express

15.2% TN voters likely to be removed from draft electoral roll after SIR; 1/3rd drop in Chennai

CHENNAI: The draft electoral roll to be released on Friday as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of poll rolls in Tamil Nadu is likely to have 5.44 crore voters, a 15.2% reduction ...
Hindustan Times

29.1 million ‘uncollectible’ voters to be verified in Uttar Pradesh, SIR deadline set to be extended

The SIR exercise was launched in Uttar Pradesh on November 4. Recently, ECI had extended the deadline for the house-to-house enumeration phase from December 4 to 11. Even as the enumeration forms of 2 ...
The Hindu

ECI legally has no right to hold SIR, says Manish Tewari

Congress MP Manish Tewari on Tuesday (December 9, 2025) claimed that the Election Commission legally has no right to conduct the SIR and it must be stopped, as he asserted that many Opposition leaders ...
Indiatimes

Threats to BLOs during SIR unacceptable: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has mandated all states to provide robust security for booth-level officers during voter enumeration, warning of severe action against any threats or obstructions. The court ...
moneycontrol.com

'Problem is with your leadership': Amit Shah says Congress defeat certain, 'SIR or no SIR'

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday ripped into the Opposition and claimed that their electoral defeats had nothing to do with the revision of electoral rolls under the SIR exercise. Shah was ...