Polity & Governance Current Affairs One-liners — Saari news

Mon, 04 May 2026

• 4 May 2026 ko declare hui West Bengal Assembly ki 293 seats mein se 207 BJP ne jeeti, ruling Trinamool Congress 2021 ki 215 se ghatkar 80 par aa gayi, aur Bhabanipur mein Suvendu Adhikari ne CM Mamata Banerjee ko 15,105 votes se haraya.
• 4 May 2026 ke results mein CM N. Rangasamy ki All India N. R. Congress (AINRC) ke netritva wale NDA ne Puducherry Assembly ki 30 elected seats mein se 18 jeeti; AINRC ne 12 jeeti aur Rangasamy apni dono seats se jeete.
• Panchayati Raj Ministry ne 4 May 2026 ko New Delhi mein Panchayat Development Plans par do din ki national workshop shuru ki aur 2026-27 ke liye PPC booklet, GPDP quality committee report aur revamped eGramSwaraj planning portal launch kiya.

Sat, 02 May 2026

• Election Commission ne 2 May 2026 ko West Bengal Assembly counting ke liye 165 Additional Counting Observers aur 77 Police Observers Article 324 aur RP Act ki Section 20B ke tahat deploy kiye.
• Panchayati Raj Ministry aur Telangana ke Panchayati Raj Department ne 2 May 2026 ko NIRD&PR Hyderabad mein Atmanirbhar Panchayat workshop kiya; 400+ participants, jinmein OSR mein best 70 sarpanch the.

Fri, 01 May 2026

• Census 2027 Phase 1 ki house-to-house Houselisting 1 May 2026 ko AP, Arunachal, Haryana, Chandigarh, MP aur Chhattisgarh mein shuru hui; online self-enumeration, jise ab tak ~82 lakh households ne use kiya, 5 aur States/UT mein khula.

Thu, 30 Apr 2026

• ECI ne 30 April 2026 ko ECINET par QR code-based Photo ID module shuru kiya; 4 May 2026 ki counting (5 Assembly elections + 7 bye-polls) se lagu.

Wed, 29 Apr 2026

• West Bengal ka second aur final phase 29 April 2026 ko 8 districts ki 142 seats par hua; ECI ki final statistical reports (PN/085/2026) mein state turnout 93.71% — ab tak ka sabse zyada.

Tue, 28 Apr 2026

• PM Modi 28 April 2026 ko Paljor Stadium, Gangtok mein Sikkim ke 50th Year of Statehood ke closing ceremony mein the, 30+ projects shuru kiye; Sikkim 36th Amendment Act 1975 se full state bana.

Mon, 27 Apr 2026

• ECI ne 27 April 2026 ko bataya ki West Bengal mein 26 Feb se cash, liquor, drugs, precious metals, freebies ki seizure ₹510.10 crore ho gayi — 2021 ke ₹339 crore se zyada.

Sun, 26 Apr 2026

• Gujarat mein 26 April 2026 ko 15 municipal corporations, 84 municipalities, 34 district aur 260 taluka panchayats ke chunav hue; 4.18 crore+ voters; Amit Shah ne AMC mein vote diya.
• 26 April 2026 ke Mann Ki Baat (133rd) mein PM Modi ne Kalpakkam FBR ki criticality, 56 GW+ wind capacity (duniya mein 4th) aur WAVES OTT par Beating Retreat music ka zikr kiya.

Sat, 25 Apr 2026

• PIB backgrounder (25 April 2026): Census 2027 pehli digital census, 16th overall aur Independence ke baad 8th; caste enumeration bhi; outlay ₹11,718.24 crore.
• 25 April 2026 ko Manohar Lal ne NITI Aayog ki 'Moving Towards Effective City Government' report release ki — directly elected Mayor + Mayor-in-Council.

Fri, 24 Apr 2026

• 24 April 2026 ki Cabinet Secretariat notification se NITI Aayog reconstitute — VC Ashok Kumar Lahiri; members Rajiv Gauba, K. V. Raju, Gobardhan Das, Abhay Karandikar, M. Srinivas.
• 24 April 2026 (73rd Amendment ke 33 saal) ko MoPR ne FY 2023-24 ki PAI 2.0 report jaari ki — indicators 516 se 150, participation 97.30%.
• 24 April 2026 ko WB Phase I ke 152 aur TN ke 234 ACs mein Form 17A scrutiny hui — 44,376 aur 75,064 polling stations mein kahin repoll nahi.

Thu, 23 Apr 2026

• 23 April 2026 ko WB Phase I — 152 seats, 1,478 candidates, 3.60 crore voters, 44,376 PS; saath mein Umreth (GJ), Baramati aur Rahuri (MH) bye-polls.
• 23 April 2026 ko Tamil Nadu ki sabhi 234 seats par ek phase mein voting — 4,023 candidates, 75,064 PS; ECI statistical report mein final 86.03%.

Wed, 22 Apr 2026

• ECI: ESMS (26 Feb) se 22 April 2026 tak TN-WB mein ₹1,072.13 crore ki zabti — TN ₹599.24 crore, WB ₹472.89 crore.
• 22 April 2026 ki notification: Justice Lisa Gill (parent HC Punjab & Haryana) 25 April 2026 se AP High Court ki Chief Justice.

Tue, 21 Apr 2026

• CEC Gyanesh Kumar ne 21 April 2026 ko IIIDEM mein IEVP Phase II inaugurate kiya; 17 countries ke 34 delegates.
• 21 April 2026 ko Vigyan Bhawan mein 18th Civil Services Day; keynote VP C.P. Radhakrishnan.

Mon, 20 Apr 2026

• 20 April 2026: ECI ne polling areas mein 48 ghante aur counting day (4 May) ko dry day ka nirdesh diya.

Sun, 19 Apr 2026

• ECI (19 Apr 2026): 15 March se 11,000+ posts pe action; AI content 3 ghante mein.

Sat, 18 Apr 2026

• 18 April 2026: Parliament sine die; 31 sittings, 9 Bills passed, LS ~93%, RS ~110%.

Fri, 17 Apr 2026

• 17 April 2026: 131st Amendment Bill negatived — 528 present mein 298 Ayes, 230 Noes; two-thirds (352) nahi mila, Article 368(2).
• 17 April 2026: Harivansh unopposed RS Deputy Chairman chune gaye — teesri baar.
• 17 April 2026: ECI — TN aur WB mein 26 Feb se seizures ₹865 cr se zyada.

Thu, 16 Apr 2026

• 16 April 2026: teen linked Bills Lok Sabha mein pesh; introduction motion 251–185 se paas.