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North Korea Drops Reunification Goal

By BPN News Desk
North Korea has formally removed references to reunification with South Korea from its revised constitution, marking a major shift in Pyongyang’s long-standing position on the Korean Peninsula. North Korea Revises Constitution On South Korea The revised constitution defines North Korea’s territory as bordering China and Russia to the north and South Korea to the south.
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Darjeeling Protocol Row Shows Mamata Banerjee Treats West Bengal Like a Personal Republic

By BPN News Desk
President Droupadi Murmu’s recent visit to the Darjeeling region for the International Santal Conference should have been a simple and dignified constitutional engagement. Instead, it turned into an episode that has raised uncomfortable questions about political conduct and respect for institutions. Matters became particularly serious when the President herself publicly
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Op-Eds Opinion

Kalyan Banerjee’s Threat to the Chief Election Commissioner Raises Serious Questions About Free Elections in West Bengal

By BPN News Desk
When a sitting Member of Parliament publicly threatens the Chief Election Commissioner of India, the issue stops being routine political rhetoric and becomes a serious test of India’s constitutional order. That is exactly what happened when Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee declared at a rally in Kolkata that he would have “cut the finger” of […]
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South India State News

Cabinet Clears Kerala Rename To Keralam

By BPN News Desk
The Union Cabinet chaired by Narendra Modi has approved a proposal to change the official name of the state of Kerala to “Keralam,” setting in motion the constitutional process required for the renaming through Parliament. Union Cabinet Approves Kerala To Keralam Name Change The decision follows a resolution passed by the Kerala Legislative Assembly seeking […]
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Explained: Why the Supreme Court Let Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Speak, Then Asked Her Lawyers to Take Over

By BPN News Desk
The recent Supreme Court hearing in which Mamata Banerjee personally addressed the bench triggered predictable confusion. Social media immediately split into two camps: one claiming she had no right to speak because she is not an advocate, and the other treating the episode as proof that political power bends judicial procedure. Neither reading is legally […]