{
  "id": 179569,
  "title": "Meghalaya’s draft electoral roll declines by 180,402 after SIR",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/meghalayas-draft-electoral-roll-declines-by-180-402-after-sir",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-05T13:59:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/meghalayas-draft-electoral-roll-declines-by-180-402-after-sir-101785938395593.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The election department on Tuesday published the Draft Electoral Roll, 2026 and opened a month-long window for claims and objections before the final list is published",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "Maharashtra: ECI grants 2nd SIR extension; draft roll to be published on Aug 24",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/maharashtra-eci-grants-2nd-sir-extension-draft-roll-to-be-published",
        "published": "2026-08-05T05:48:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "SIR excludes 1.8 lakh voters from Meghalaya's draft electoral roll",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/sir-excludes-1-8-lakh-voters-from-meghalayas-draft-electoral-roll",
        "published": "2026-08-05T19:15:25.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}