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Mamata Banerjee on Thursday arrived at the Calcutta High Court wearing a lawyer's robes to appear before Chief Justice HC Sujoy Pal in connection with a public interest litigation (PIL) related to alleged post-poll violence in the state following the 2026 State Assembly polls results.

A bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma said that the third member, other than the PM and LoP, should be a neutral person.

The Congress on Thursday formally announced Satheesan as the chief ministerial pick following the United Democratic Front's emphatic victory in the Kerala Assembly elections. He will take oath as the Kerala CM on May 18.

Activists argue that the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls undermines democracy and questions the fairness of recent elections in West Bengal.

Twenty-five foreign nationals were arrested in Tamil Nadu for fraudulent voting in the recent Assembly election.

The consultations are aimed at understanding the constitutional, administrative, financial and logistical implications of holding simultaneous elections in India.

Senior Congress leader KC Venugopal welcomed VD Satheesan's appointment as Kerala's next Chief Minister, ending an 11-day leadership deadlock after the UDF's assembly election win.