Justice Subhash Vidyarthi of the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Monday ‘recused’ himself from hearing an FIR against LoP Rahul Gandhi over his alleged British citizenship filed by BJP worker S Vignesh Shishir.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address a large women’s convention in Varanasi on April 28, 2026, during a two-day visit to his parliamentary constituency. The event, often referred to as a Mahila Sammelan, is expected to witness participation from thousands of women and is being seen as a significant political outreach programme ahead of upcoming elections.
In a surprise move, the government is reportedly set to appoint former railway minister and veteran politician Dinesh Trivedi as high commissioner to Bangladesh.
Amid the ongoing campaign for the 2026 West Bengal
Legislative Assembly election, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the BJP would ban the beef trade in West Bengal if it comes to power in the state. He also accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of “misleading people” regarding food habits.
Olympic tennis legend Leander Paes on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the West Bengal government, raising concerns over rising migration of youth from the state, even as the political tussle between the BJP and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) intensified over alleged violations of the Model Code of Conduct.
The Women’s Reservation Act, 2023 (Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam), which provides a 33% reservation for women in the Parliament and state legislatures, came into force on Thursday, ahead of Friday’s 4pm vote in the Lok Sabha which is discussing on the amendments to operationalise it.
Ahead of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has launched the ‘Matri Shakti Bharosa Card’, a key welfare promise aimed at women voters in the state. The initiative was unveiled in Kolkata on April 15, 2026, by senior BJP leader Smriti Irani as part of the party’s broader election campaign.
BJP leader SamratChoudhary was sworn in as the chief minister of Bihar on Wednesday, the first from the saffron party to hold the post. Governor Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (retd) administered the oath of office and secrecy to Choudhry.
The INDIA bloc has signaled a major recalibration of its political strategy, announcing that a formal, unified stance on the contentious issues of national delimitation and the caste census will be unveiled after April 15. The decision comes amidst a heated legislative environment as the government moves to fast-track the Women’s Reservation Act by delinking it from the ongoing 2026-27 Census.
