Mamata Banerjee SIR Challenge and Supreme Court Pushback: Limits of State Resistance in Federal India

By BPN News Desk February 10, 2026

Op-Eds Opinion

The Supreme Court’s warning that no impediment will be allowed to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls was not just another procedural order in an election season dispute. It came after the West Bengal government raised objections to how the voter verification exercise was

South India State News

MK Stalin Backs Sudershan Reddy to Defend Constitution

By BPN News Desk August 25, 2025

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has expressed strong support for Justice B. Sudershan Reddy, the INDIA bloc’s Vice-Presidential nominee. Speaking at a rally in Chennai, Stalin criticized the BJP’s attempt to project its candidate, C.P. Radhakrishnan, as a Tamil choice, calling it a superficial tactic. He said politics should be guided by ideology rather […]

South India State News

Tamil Nadu Forms High-Level Panel on State Autonomy Amid Centre-State Tensions

By BPN News Desk April 15, 2025

On April 15, 2025, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin announced the formation of a high-level committee to examine and recommend measures for enhancing state autonomy. The committee is chaired by retired Supreme Court Justice Kurian Joseph and includes former IAS officer Ashok Vardhan Shetty and Dr. M. Naganathan, former Vice Chairman of the State […]

Government Policies

Punjab Government Rejects Centre’s Draft Policy on Agricultural Marketing

By BPN News Desk January 12, 2025

Punjab opposes Centre's agricultural marketing policy, citing federal concerns.