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The Congress submitted a privilege notice to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that his national address on April 18 “cast aspersions” on Opposition MPs. A prime minister criticising the Opposition for not being able to pass a bill in Parliament was “unprecedented and a blatant abuse of power”, stated the party.

Party MP KC Venugopal wrote that the Constitution 131st Amendment Bill, “in the guise of implementing women’s reservation” in Lok Sabha and Assemblies, “surreptitiously sought” to do away with guardrails against delimitation.

“This is what the Opposition MPs in the Lok Sabha were protesting,” the Congress leader reiterated. Read on.

With two days to go for the first phase of polling in West Bengal, the Election Commission has announced several restrictions in the state. Among the curbs is a ban on motorcycles on roads during the night and tourists not being allowed to visit Digha, a popular beach destination in the state.

The sale of liquor was also banned in West Bengal for 96 hours ahead of polling on Thursday. The Election Commission usually mandates only a 48-hour ban on the sale of liquor before polling across the country. Read on.

Five workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party and four Trinamool Congress members were arrested after a clash outside a Kolkata police station last night. The clash erupted during the campaign for the Assembly elections, the first phase of which will be held on Thursday.

The supporters of the BJP’s Kolkata Port candidate Rakesh Singh had gathered at a meeting on Hossain Shah Road and shouted slogans. Trinamool Congress workers also shouted slogans in response, leading to violence.

Clashes between workers of the two parties were also reported in the Nandigram constituency. Read on.

Watch: As lakhs of Bengali Muslims lose their votes to SIR, who gains? BJP or Trinamool?

Petitioners seeking action against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told the Gauhati High Court on Tuesday that he had continued to make “religiously provocative, incendiary and needless comments” even after notices were issued to him. They also submitted to the court remarks made by Sarma in March and April, highlighting that the Bharatiya Janata Party leader continued to use the term “Miya”.

The petitioner urged the court to pass interim orders to restrict his speeches. The court did not accept the request and held that it must wait for Sarma’s response in the matter. It then granted four more weeks to the Assam government and the BJP leader to respond to the petitions seeking action against him for hate speech. Read on.

Has the Supreme Court gone soft on hate speech? writes Ratna Singh

Iranian state television reported that no delegation from the country has left for Pakistan to hold peace talks with the United States amid the conflict in West Asia. This came amid continuing uncertainty about whether fresh talks to end the war will take place between the two countries.

The two-week ceasefire in West Asia, which took effect on April 8, will end on Wednesday. Read on.

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