Election Commission actions under SIR risk disenfranchisement of genuine voters in Bengal: Mamata to CEC
Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday (March 31, 2026) wrote to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, alleging that the poll panel’s actions under the SIR exercise risk disenfranchisement of genuine voters in Bengal. In her three-page letter, she also alleged that the actions of the Election Commission were undermining the democratic and fundamental rights of the people.
Trump tells affected nations to go to Hormuz and ‘get your oil’
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (March 31, 2026) “the hard part” in the war against Iran was done and asked other countries affected by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz to buy oil from America or go to the Strait and take it. On Monday (March 30, 2026), Mr. Trump had threatened to attack Iran’s power plants, desalination plants and oil fields if Tehran refused to make a deal with the U.S. quickly. Tehran has said it received a proposal from the Trump administration through intermediaries, but said the U.S. demands were “very excessive, unrealistic and irrational”.
Bill to recognise Amaravati as A.P. capital likely to be tabled in Lok Sabha
