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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...
News Reports

Odisha: Chief Electoral Officer orders strict verification after complaints over ‘wrongful deletion’ of 9.8 lakh voter names during pre-SIR exercise

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After these concerns came to light, the CEO’s office received around two lakh Form-7 applications after 2nd April.
News Reports

Massive cleanup of voter lists after SIR in 12 States, ECI deletes 5.2 crore ineligible names, UP tops the list with 2.05 crore removals:...

Divya Bharti -
The Election Commission of India has removed 5.18 crore ineligible names from electoral rolls across 12 states and UTs following a Special Intensive Revision.
News Reports

Islamists and liberals play victim about ‘Muslim names’ being deleted from electoral rolls: How illegal migration is the highest in Bengal, and how their...

Shriti Sagar -
Initially, the EC deleted 58.25 lakh voters who were found to be deceased, absent, shifted, or had duplicate entries in the draft rolls published last December.
News Reports

‘Everyone must break their necks, spines, and arms’: TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee under fire for instigating violence against the BJP, complained filed

OpIndia Staff -
The BJP highlighted how, during the 2021 assembly elections in the state, post-poll violence happened at the behest of TMC leadership.
Crime

West Bengal: Police arrest TMC goon who threatened people from voting for the BJP in viral video

OpIndia Staff -
Ahead of the West Bengal election, the police have arrested a Trinamool Congress (TMC) goon named Raju Mondal, who was seen threatening people from...
Crime

‘Take care of my children if something happens to me’: Female judicial officer, who was gheraoed by mob in Muslim-dominated Malda, pleads for help

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A day after a mob trapped 8 judicial officers (including 3 women) inside the BDO office in Malda’s Kaliachak, an audio clip of one...
Editor's picks

SC slams Mamata govt after mob gheraos judicial officers in Muslim-dominated Malda, calls West Bengal ‘most polarised State’

OpIndia Staff -
A Bench comprising Surya Kant, Joymalya Bagchi and Vipin Pancholi strongly criticised the Mamata government of West Bengal, saying there was a clear “abdication of duty” on its part.
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ECI adjudicates cases of 37 lakh ‘doubtful voters’ out of 60 lakh in West Bengal, publishes 2nd supplementary voter list ahead of election: Read...

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The Election Commission of India will publish the third supplementary list of voters on 3rd April this year. 
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ECI adjudicates cases of 29 lakh ‘doubtful voters’ out of 60 lakh, publishes 1st supplementary voter list ahead of West Bengal election: Read about...

OpIndia Staff -
As per the directives of the Supreme Court, the Election Commission is mandated to publish the supplementary voters' list to ensure the accuracy of the electoral rolls.
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