Assam ramps up use of the 1950 Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act, issuing 24-hour exit orders to two women in Biswanath and 15 in Nagaon. Detained at Matia camp, deportations target Bangladesh border amid CM Sarma's drive. First used in Sonitpur.
TMC’s Krishnanagar MP Mahua Moitra has been expelled from the Lok Sabha after the Ethics Committee tabled its report on her corruption and bribery. She was expelled after the tabled report was debated and a vote was sought from MPs.
Ram Krishna Dwivedi, a Congress veteran and Indira Gandhi's close aide, had defeated a former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh in a byelection from Maniram constituency of Gorakhpur in 1971.