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    • ECI to meet social media firms on poll misinformation, deepfakes ahead of state polls

      The talks will focus on tackling AI-generated content, misinformation and improving coordination with platforms during upcoming assembly elections

    • Election Commission publishes final electoral roll for Madhya Pradesh with 5.3 crore voters; over 34 lakh names dropped

      The state now has more than 5.39 crore voters, as per the final electoral roll.

    • Final electoral roll published in Kerala after SIR; around 9 lakhs names removed

      According to data released by the ECI at a press meet on Friday, the revised electoral roll has 2,69,53,644 voters, compared to 2,78,50,855 before the Special Intensive Revision began in October last year.

    • Explained: Why Hindu & Buddhist Ministers in Bangladesh Cabinet Matter

      angladesh has a new government under Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, and for the first time in decades, the Cabinet includes minority leaders. Nitai Roy Chowdhury, a prominent Hindu politician, has been appointed Minister of Cultural Affairs, while Dipen Dewan, a Buddhist Chakma leader, is now Minister for Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs.These appointments come amid rising communal violence and attacks on minority communities. Analysts say including Hindu and Buddhist ministers sends a message of inclusion and reassurance, both domestically and internationally.

    • The Eastern Window: From critic to partner? BNP's win tests India's ability to turn the page in Dhaka

      The rise of BNP and end of the Yunus-led caretaker government is a good opportunity to improve India-Bangladesh relations. But there are several hurdles including resistance from the pro-Pakistan Jamaat e Islami, which is extremely critical of India

    • Beyond the BNP Landslide: The women voters who drew the line against extremism in Bangladesh

      In an election that was as much about the future as it was about the ghosts of the past, Bangladesh has handed the BNP a decisive victory while elevating Jamaat-e-Islami to a powerful opposition

    • 'Illegal and unconstitutional': Sheikh Hasina rejects election results as Tarique Rahman’s BNP secures majority

      Sheikh Hasina rejected Bangladesh’s parliamentary election as illegal and fraudulent, accusing authorities of manipulation, while unofficial results showed Tarique Rahman’s BNP winning a landslide amid political upheaval after 2024 protests.

    • Bangladesh election: Why India sees BNP’s landslide as ‘least risky’ outcome after Hasina’s fall

      India views the BNP’s landslide in Bangladesh as the least risky post-Hasina outcome, with former foreign secretary Kanwal Sibal saying the absence of Jamaat from power eases strategic concerns.

    • How Bangladesh’s main parties performed: BNP’s comeback, Jamaat’s test and the student bloc’s collapse

      Bangladesh’s first election after Sheikh Hasina’s fall delivers a landslide for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, returning Tarique Rahman to power as Jamaat underperforms and student-led forces collapse electorally.

    • Bangladesh polls: ‘Will reach out to BNP’ — Hasina’s son signals next steps, vows Awami League comeback

      Sajeeb Wazed signals possible outreach to the BNP during Bangladesh’s 13th parliamentary elections, criticises Jamaat-e-Islami, and insists the barred Awami League remains politically relevant despite its absence.

    • Bangladesh: Ahead of polls, congressional briefing flags ‘coordinated’ violence against Hindus

      At a US congressional briefing, activists and experts alleged coordinated violence against Hindus in Bangladesh ahead of the February 12 election, urging sanctions and stronger international action.

    • Bangladesh Election 2026: Poll dates, voting hours, voter numbers and results — all you need to know

      Bangladesh votes on February 12 in a high-stakes general election and constitutional referendum, with 12.77 crore voters choosing a new parliament after months of political unrest.

    • BNP chief Tarique Rahman wraps up campaign, pitches ‘self-reliant’ Bangladesh ahead of February 12 polls

      BNP chief Tarique Rahman concluded his election campaign, promising a self-reliant, democratic Bangladesh with jobs, women’s empowerment and constitutional reforms, as voters head to polls on February 12.

    • Bangladesh polls: Days before vote, Jamaat and BNP workers clash, several injured

      Fresh violence ahead of Bangladesh’s February 12 election injured more than 40 people, underscoring rising political tensions as voters prepare for the country’s most consequential poll in over a decade.

    • Bangladesh polls: Jamaat-e-Islami election manifesto highlights diplomacy, lacks guarantees for Hindu safety

      Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami manifesto emphasises foreign engagement, Muslim-world ties, and Rohingya advocacy, while remaining vague on minority protections and proposing compulsory military training, raising concerns for India and security analysts.

    • Clashes erupt outside Bangladesh chief adviser Muhammad Yunus’s residence ahead of elections

      With six days until Bangladesh’s general election, government employees clashed with police outside Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus’s residence, demanding implementation of the Ninth National Pay Scale amid rising political tensions.

    • Bangladesh polls: BNP unveils election manifesto emphasising unity, religious freedom, and economic reform

      The BNP, led by Tarique Rahman, unveiled its February 12 election manifesto focusing on national unity, religious freedom, economic reforms, anti-corruption, foreign policy, security, governance reforms, and sustainable development.

    • Thailand election explained: Why winning the vote may not mean winning power

      Reformist parties are once again leading in the polls, but Thailand’s royalist-military establishment still holds decisive influence over who governs.

    • Trump says he had to win election 'for my own ego,' again rejects 2020 loss

      US President Donald Trump said he needed to win the 2020 election “for my own ego,” again alleging it was rigged, despite courts upholding Joe Biden’s victory.

    • TMC attacks PM Modi, asks whether he called over 1 crore 'SIR-affected' people of Bengal 'ghuspaithiya'

      TMC's deputy leader in Rajya Sabha Sagarika Ghose accused the prime minister of using foul language, stating that stopping infiltration is the Centre's task.

    • OPINION | Mamata Banerjee, the first sitting CM to argue a case in SC, seizes the initiative from BJP

      After 15 years in power, and weighed down by the weight of anti-incumbency, Banerjee showed her political savvy by converting the SIR issue into one of Bengali self-respect. It forces BJP into a reactive position

    • Georgia county sues FBI to recover 2020 ballots seized in Trump-backed probe

      Fulton County officials have sued the FBI to recover 2020 election ballots seized in a Trump-backed probe, warning the investigation could undermine election integrity ahead of the November midterms.

    • Mamata Banerjee to appear before Supreme Court over Bengal SIR plea today, likely to argue the matter herself

      The matter will be heard by a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi.

    • Mamata Banerjee likely to appear before Supreme Court over Bengal SIR plea

      The TMC supremo, who has been demanding a halt to the voters’ list cleanup exercise in West Bengal, is in Delhi along with SIR-affected families from her state. She reached Delhi on Sunday.

    • WB CM Mamata Banerjee to meet CEC Gyanesh Kumar today in Delhi over SIR

      The CM has filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the ongoing SIR in West Bengal

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