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Sunday, 1 November 2026 · 4 min
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- 0:13 INDIA Bloc Holds Major Protest at Ramlila Maidan, Kharge Says Fight Will Continue Until CEC Resigns
- 0:45 ‘Ramlila Maidan Was 40% Empty’: Sambit Patra Calls INDIA Bloc Rally a ‘Flop Show’
- 1:11 Gaurav Gogoi Calls INDIA Bloc Rally in Delhi ‘Historic’
- 1:34 Dhubri Eviction Drive: Residents Cry Near Mazar as Over 50 Bulldozers Arrive
- 2:00 ‘Authoritarianism Begins When Society Becomes Afraid to Ask Questions’: Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan
- 2:27 Bodies of Two Missing Kuki Youths Recovered in Manipur’s Senapati, Tensions Rise
- 2:55 Amit Shah attacks Congress over rally held on Sikh riots anniversary
- 3:21 ‘We Didn’t Lose in Bengal, We Were Made to Lose’: Mamata Banerjee
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Good evening, and welcome to News Now.
It is Sunday, 1 November 2026.
Here are the 8 top stories of the day.
First, INDIA Bloc Holds Major Protest at Ramlila Maidan, Kharge Says Fight Will Continue Until CEC Resigns.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said the Opposition would continue its fight until Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar leaves office, addressing an INDIA bloc rally at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan.
The rally, attended by Rahul Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee and other opposition leaders, targeted Kumar over alleged electoral-roll irregularities.
Next, ‘Ramlila Maidan Was 40% Empty’: Sambit Patra Calls INDIA Bloc Rally a ‘Flop Show’.
BJP MP Sambit Patra called the INDIA bloc rally at Ramlila Maidan a “flop show”, claiming that nearly 40 per cent of the venue was empty.
He also criticised Rahul Gandhi’s speech, describing the time spent listening to it as a waste.
In other news, Gaurav Gogoi Calls INDIA Bloc Rally in Delhi ‘Historic’.
Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi described the INDIA bloc rally in Delhi as historic.
He said students, farmers and people from different sections had united to protect democracy.
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury also spoke about the large turnout at the rally.
Also, Dhubri Eviction Drive: Residents Cry Near Mazar as Over 50 Bulldozers Arrive.
The Dhubri administration launched a major eviction drive in Alomganj, deploying over 50 bulldozers to clear around 650 bighas of government land.
Some residents prayed at a mosque, while others were seen crying near a mazar as homes were demolished.
Next, ‘Authoritarianism Begins When Society Becomes Afraid to Ask Questions’: Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan.
Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan said authoritarianism begins when society becomes afraid to question.
Addressing a convocation in Meghalaya, he highlighted the importance of scientific temper, open debate, access to information and constitutional diversity in strengthening democracy.
In other news, Bodies of Two Missing Kuki Youths Recovered in Manipur’s Senapati, Tensions Rise.
Security forces recovered the bodies of two missing Kuki youths in Manipur’s Senapati district following a joint search operation.
Their disappearance had triggered a 48-hour shutdown in Kangpokpi.
The recovery came a day after three other Kuki men were killed in a separate incident in Noney district.
Also, Amit Shah attacks Congress over rally held on Sikh riots anniversary.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah accused Congress of hurting Sikh sentiments by holding a Delhi gathering on the anniversary of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
He said the Modi government reopened riot cases, extended ₹5 lakh assistance to victims and ensured Congress leaders were jailed.
And finally, ‘We Didn’t Lose in Bengal, We Were Made to Lose’: Mamata Banerjee.
Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that the TMC was deliberately made to lose the 2026 Assembly elections in Bengal.
Addressing the INDIA bloc rally in Delhi, she accused the Election Commission of interfering in voter lists and vote counting, and vowed to fight back through politics.
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