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INDIA BLOC'S MEGA SHOWDOWN: Rahul, Mamata Lead March Against CEC | Breaking News

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By Eivind Menes and Manasa Chandrika

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INDIA BLOC'S MEGA SHOWDOWN: Rahul, Mamata Lead March Against CEC | Breaking News

Opposition parties under the INDIA bloc staged a major protest march in New Delhi on November 1, 2026, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee, Akhilesh Yadav and other opposition leaders participated in the 'Chalo Dilli' march towards Ramlila Maidan under the banner of 'Vote Bachao, Desh Bachao'. The protest marks an escalation in the Opposition's confrontation with the Election Commission, with parties alleging large-scale voter deletions and electoral manipulation. The Election Commission has denied political bias in the revision exercise.

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Bengaluru-based Nature Classrooms releases new butterfly migration game

Bengaluru-based Nature Classrooms releases new butterfly migration game Bengaluru-based Nature Classrooms releases new butterfly migration game Recent events around the hijab ban in Azerbaijan, or the execution of a Bangladeshi couple by Saudi authorities on grounds of committing "immoral acts" in the precincts of the holy mosque in Mecca, all point essentially to the same thing: all the old anxieties around religion are once again surfacing. The major wars in India's neighbourhood have always been framed in religious terms, though economic reasons underpin their core. Periodic cliché pronouncements on Kashmir notwithstanding, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is being torn apart from inside between apparent irreconcilable differences between member-states: Sunni against Shia, Sunni vs Sunni, and so on.

By Manasa Chandrika, Business Desk and City Desk

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Hormuz Strait to remain shut until U.S. meets interim deal conditions, Iran says

DUBAI, Aug 18 (Reuters) - The Strait of Hormuz will remain shut until the U.S. meets the conditions ​of an interim deal signed with Iran in June, the top ‌Iranian negotiator Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said in comments published by state media on Tuesday. These conditions include ​the U.S. lifting its blockade of Iranian ports, lifting ​oil sanctions, releasing Tehran's frozen assets, and ending threats and military ⁠operations on all fronts, Qalibaf told parliament

By Anita Sharma

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ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ವಿಧಾನಸಭೆಗೆ ಆಗಸ್ಟ್ 14ರಂದು ನೂತನ ಸ್ಪೀಕರ್ ಆಯ್ಕೆ

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ವಿಧಾನಸಭೆಯ ನೂತನ ಸ್ಪೀಕರ್ ಆಯ್ಕೆ ಆಗಸ್ಟ್ 14ರಂದು ನಡೆಯಲಿದೆ. ಕಳೆದ ಜೂನ್ 3ರಂದು ಯು.ಟಿ. ಖಾದರ್ ಅವರು ಸ್ಪೀಕರ್ ಸ್ಥಾನಕ್ಕೆ ರಾಜೀನಾಮೆ ನೀಡಿ ಸಚಿವ ಸಂಪುಟಕ್ಕೆ ಸೇರ್ಪಡೆಯಾದ ಬಳಿಕ ತೆರವಾಗಿದ್ದ ಸ್ಥಾನಕ್ಕೆ ಇದೀಗ ಚುನಾವಣೆ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿದೆ.

By Anita Sharma

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