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Election Commission removes seven CAPF personnel from election duty in West Bengal for breaching code of conduct by attending Iftar party

OpIndia Staff -
The EC is using the incident as an example to train the CAPF personnel.
News Reports

No refund if tickets cancelled before 8 hours or less, boarding station change and more: Read about the new Railway rules of 2026

Shriti Sagar -
In another major relief, passengers will now be able to upgrade their travel class up to 30 minutes before the train departs.
News Reports

85,510 waqf properties in Bengal, only 18,497 approved while 3,509 rejected during UMEED verification: Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju informs in Parliament

Shraddha Pandey -
Regarding West Bengal, the minister said that during the initial six months, “23,091 existing waqf properties were initiated by Makers on the Portal. Out of these, 716 properties were validated and approved by Approvers, while 161 properties were rejected during verification. The remaining were at various stages of uploading.”
Government and Policy

Centre plans to delink Census, push delimitation: Read how Modi govt aims to fast-track Women’s Reservation ahead of 2029 polls

OpIndia Staff -
The Modi government's action intends to advance women's reservation in state assemblies and the Lok Sabha by two years.
News Reports

How does India prepare for LPG supply disruptions? Read about the caverns of LPG reserves in Mangaluru and Visakhapatnam

Rukma Rathore -
"The facility has now achieved a successful gas-in, marking a major milestone," Hardeep Puri had posted about the Mangaluru LPG cavern in 2025.
News Reports

What is Corporate Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, and how will it impact startups, MSMEs, and corporate compliance in India

Shriti Sagar -
The proposed changes are largely based on suggestions made by the Company Law Committee (CLC), which was set up by the government to review corporate laws.
Editor's picks

PM Modi mentions India’s Strategic Petroleum Reserves in his Lok Sabha speech, informs that India has 53 lakh metric tons of SPR to deal...

OpIndia Staff -
To further augment the SPR capacity, the Modi Government in July 2021, had also approved the establishment of two additional commercial-cum-strategic petroleum reserve facilities with a total storage capacity of 6.5 MMT at Chandikhol (4 MMT) in Odisha and Padur (2.5 MMT) in Karnataka, on a Public-Private Partnership mode.
Editor's picks

PM Modi in Lok Sabha on West Asia conflict: Electrification of railway network cuts India’s oil dependence

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi highlighted that electrified rail operations have reduced diesel use and import reliance, helping India cushion global energy shocks. He also pointed to ethanol blending and renewable expansion as key measures ensuring stable energy availability.
News Reports

War, pandemic or disaster: How supply shocks lead to hoarding, black marketing and inflation across the world

Shriti Sagar -
This crisis has resulted in the release of oil from the International Energy Agency’s emergency oil reserves.
Crime

UP: Yogi govt suspends 2 cops for failing to invoke SC/ST Act and anti-conversion law against Rameez who pretended to be Vikas to entrap...

OpIndia Staff -
Rameez pretended to be 'Vikas' on social media and entrapped a Hindu Dalit woman in a love relationship for 2 years. The Muslim man promised to marry the victim but instead made intimate videos, which he later used to blackmail her.
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