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West Bengal: Over 58 lakh names removed in SIR draft; 24 lakh voters dead, 19 lakh relocated and 12 lakh missing

Rukma Rathore - 16 December, 2025

The West Bengal assembly elections are set for early next year after the SIR program is completed in the state.

TMC leader, a close aide of Sheikh Shahjahan, among two arrested in ‘staged’ crash of key Sandeshkhali witness

OpIndia Staff - 16 December, 2025

Police have arrested two men, including a Trinamool Congress zilla parishad member, for their alleged role in a conspiracy to eliminate Bholanath Ghosh, a...

News Reports

Person behind popular X handle BefittingFacts arrested in Bengal over Mahua Moitra e-cigarette post, hours after criticising TMC for Messi event fiasco

OpIndia Staff - 15 December, 2025

It has turned out that the person behind the X handle, Befitting Facts, was arrested on a complaint filed by the TMC State General Secretary, IT & Social Media Wing, Nilanjan Das.

News Reports

SC rules that nation’s interest lie above rights of terror accused in 2010 Jnaneshwari Express sabotage case: Here is everything you need to know...

Aditi - 13 December, 2025

The Supreme Court noted, “The rights of an individual are always subservient to the nation’s interest, the High Court fell in error in granting bail.”

News Reports

Witness in Sandeshkhali gang-rape case meets with suspicious accident with 2 deaths, but attack on Kolkata snack vendor more important for TMC, Zubair and...

Rukma Rathore - 11 December, 2025

TMC and its liberal ecosystem united to disregard the issue surrounding Ghosh's accident and propagate Muslim victimhood.

News Reports

Mamata Banerjee threatens unrest over removal of names in SIR in West Bengal, urges women to attack ECI officials with kitchen tools

OpIndia Staff - 11 December, 2025

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee vows to stage a dharna if even one eligible voter’s name is removed during the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision. She calls on women to stand strong with kitchen tools and accuses the BJP of political manipulation.

News Reports

Sandeshkhali witness targeted: Key testifier against TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan injured in an ‘accident’ en route to court, 2 killed as family alleges conspiracy

OpIndia Staff - 10 December, 2025

Biswajit Ghosh, the elder brother of Bholanath Ghosh has alleged that it was not an accident but a conspiracy orchestrated at Sheikh Shahjahan’s behest to kill the witness. Biswajit added that Shahjahan earlier attempted to have his father killed.

News Reports

27% properties on Umeed portal with less than 1% registration from Bengal: Why Waqf Boards failed to meet deadline upheld by SC, despite centre’s...

Rukma Rathore - 9 December, 2025

According to the reports, Karnataka and Jammu & Kashmir registered the most Waqf properties. on Umeed website.

Crime

Beheading threat at ‘Babri Masjid’ foundation: Man vows to cut off heads and play football if anyone tries to stop construction of the mosque...

Divya Bharti - 7 December, 2025

A video from a mosque event in Murshidabad, led by suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir, went viral after a man threatened to "cut off heads and play football" with opponents. BJP's Amit Malviya attacked the Mamata government, calling the threat "state-sponsored fundamentalism."

Law