Bench headed by CJI Surya Kant declines direct relief to petitioners; Justice Bagchi signals that court may separately examine the right to remain on electoral rolls
West Bengal is sensitive to the BJP’s illegal immigration discourse—and Mamata Banerjee knew it would hit the Bengalis hard, given that many have their roots in Bangladesh.
In Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak’s Lucknow Cantt, deletion over 34%. Among top 15 seats with deletion rates exceeding 25 percent, 13 are represented by BJP and two by SP.
For Hindu nationalists, the size of the Muslim electorate lends extraordinary significance to Bengal. It's one of the biggest prizes for the BJP’s ideological project.
‘Fate is playing a cruel joke on us’: In Cooch Behar’s chitmahals, SIR has shattered the sense of belonging of Bangladeshis who were made Indian citizens in 2015.
Notices issued for verifying documents of such electors in 12 states. On age gaps between children & parents, Justice Bagchi asked if we are in a country 'where there is no child marriage'.
With elections 3 months away, Bengal CM accused Election Commission of targeting voters with electoral roll revision exercise. A meeting collapsed after Mamata accused CEC of bias & humiliation.
Election Commission says in affidavit to Supreme Court that petitioner's claim of mass disenfranchisement of voters through SIR was to 'serve vested political interest'.
The CPI(M) and Congress barely made it to the headlines. While newspapers have written about the two parties, they have been almost completely ignored by television news.
By pairing Indian drone engineering with Japanese semiconductor expertise, the two firms aim to develop more advanced autonomous systems tailored to both defence & commercial use.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
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