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Calcutta High Court stays ECI memo naming 800 people as “Trouble-Makers” for Bengal elections, says it can’t issue such “blanket direction”

OpIndia Staff -
The Calcutta High Court on 22 April, 2026, stayed the operation of an Election Commission of India (ECI) memo that had identified nearly 800...
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The Wire questions SIR process in Uttar Pradesh over deletion of over 2 crore names: Here is how there is no “Riddle” and the...

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The objective of SIR is simple and non-negotiable: no eligible Indian citizen should be left out, and no ineligible, duplicate, deceased, or shifted person should remain on the list.
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Nepal’s Home Minister Sudan Gurung, who led GenZ protests, resigns over corruption allegations

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Resigning just weeks after taking the oath as Nepal’s Home Minister, Gurung said that he wants to ensure a fair probe into the alleged questionable financial transactions.
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Vanishing maids of Gurgaon and Bengal election connection: Read about the strange phenomenon which hints at how a desperate TMC is playing its cards

Nupur J Sharma -
Why are maids of Gurgaon disappearing and where are they going? What is the West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 connection? Is TMC threatening them?
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‘Bhim Army’ chief Chandra Shekhar Ravan bats for separate electorate for Dalits: Read how Ambedkar himself had abandoned it and Indian Constitution explicitly prohibits...

Rukma Rathore -
The origins of the separate electorate can be traced back to British India, when the foreign regime acquiesced to the demands presented by the Islamists to facilitate their communal agenda. The British Parliament's Indian Councils Act 1909, also referred to as the Morley-Minto Reforms, proposed the creation of distinct electorates for Muslims.
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Mamata Banerjee invests ‘new history’, claims MK Gandhi and not Rabindranath Tagore returned knighthood over Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

OpIndia Staff -
Ahead of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha election, Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee was seen 'inventing' new history and claiming that Mohandas Karamchand...
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‘Amar b*l lage na’: Mamata Banerjee abuses PM Modi using vulgar slang again, had earlier used ‘b#ra’ meaning male genitalia

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The video was shared by journalist Shafiqul Islam of Arambagh TV.
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Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma rejects Kejriwal’s plea seeking her recusal in excise policy case, says she has 34 years of experience, and a litigant...

OpIndia Staff -
Justice Sharma stated that Kejriwal’s plea was based on “unfounded suspicions, conjectures and manufactured allegations” rather than any tangible conflict of interest on her part.
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Gujarat: Crime branch uncovers ₹1 crore ‘hawala money’ syndicate connected to AAP leaders in Surat, funds were to be used in local elections 

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As per the police, the money was sent by a Delhi-based businessman, Himanshu Pahuja, and received in Surat by two individuals, Akash Mishra and Ajay Tiwari.
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For decades, Assam’s political narrative was about Assamese Vs Bengalis, then Himanta Biswa Sarma changed it and united all Hindus: Story from a Bengali...

Dibakar Dutta -
Previously unheard and unseen in Assam politics, Himanta Biswa Sarma took an objective approach to draw a much-needed distinction between Bengali Hindu refugees (who migrated to the Indian State to flee persecution) and Bengali Muslim infiltrators (who came to Assam for economic opportunities).
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