TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2026 Journalism of Courage NEW DELHI, LATE CITy, 26 PAGES ₹7.00 (₹8 RAIPUR, ₹15 SRINAGAR) l www.indianexpress.com DAILy fROM: AHMEDAbAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, jAIPUR, kOLkATA, LUCkNOW, MUMbAI, NAGPUR, PATNA, PUNE, vADODARA TOP COURT HEARS PETITION ON EXCLUSIONS IN WEST BENGAL S.I.R. If win margin 2%, deletions 15%... what will happen: SC We are getting blinded by fury of an impending election: Bench Express News Service New Delhi, April 13 CALLINGTHErighttovotethe “biggest expression of nationality and patriotism...in a democratic government”, the Supreme Court Monday raised questions on the exclusion of voters in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal andflaggedconcernsoverdeletions in the context of winning margins. Hearing a petition on the adjudication of appeals against »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 At tribunals’ door, time running out: ‘No one understands our fear’ DECISION 2026 Sweety Kumari Kolkata, April 13 CLADINawhitekurta-pyjama, 87-year-old Manmatha Nath Bhowmik stands outside the Syama Prasad Mookerjee National Institute of Water and SanitationatJokanearKolkata, clutching a plastic folder, and carrying a bag slung sideways. His eyes, clouded with age and distress, are scanning the Cen- Business as Usual By EP UNNY Manmatha Nath Bhowmik outside the Tribunal office at Joka near Kolkata. He has citizenship papers from 1959. PARTHA PAUL tral force deployment at the gates of the institute, where the 19 tribunals to hear appeals of the 27 lakh “deleted” from the final voting list in West Bengal are to sit. Bhowmik has come alone. »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Iran, India in touch on passage of ships: Envoy Shubhajit Roy Washington, Dubai, April 13 »CONTINUED ON PAGE 15 morE rEPortS, PAgE 21 INDIA AND Iran are in contact with each other on the passage of Indian ships through the Strait of Hormuz and the Iranianembassyissendingafresh consignment of about 20,000 kg of medicine from India on Monday night, an Iranian diplomattoldTheIndianExpress on Monday. So far 45,000 kg of medi- Iran’s Ambassador Mohammad Fathali in New Delhi, Monday. ANI cineshavebeenshippedtoIran in two batches since the war »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Conversion, sexual Violence in Noida as assault FIRs: Before factory workers protest TCS unit arrests, tip-off seeking higher wages and undercover cops Investigation underway: Tata Sons chairman Mohamed Thaver Nashik, April 13 IN FEBRUARY this year, when a local political party worker in Nashik,located180kmnorthof Mumbai, approached the Nashik City police alleging that a Hindu woman in her early 20s working at a BPO unit of TCS there was observing fasts during Ramzan, it would set off a series of events that would end with nine FIRs ranging from allegations of sexual abuse and religiousconversion,sevenemployees being placed under ar- Happening today lPRIME MINISTER NARENDRA Modi will inaugurate the Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor in Dehradun. TRACK THIS AND MORE ON www.INDIANExPrEss.cOm POlITIcs Pm: SPECIAL SESSIoN to ENd dECAdES of WAIt for WomEN’S qUotA PAgE 14 I-PAC dIrECtor hELd By Ed IN WESt BENgAL CoAL ‘SCAm’ CASE PAgE 9 द�ी का अपना चनल ै New Delhi, April 13 Trevor Hunnicutt & Parisa Hafezi THEUSmilitarybeganablockade of ships leaving Iran’s ports on Monday, President Donald Trump said, and Tehran threatened to retaliate against ports of its Gulf neighbours Launch OF WEST BENGAL US begins blockade of Iran’s ports, Tehran threatens to hit Gulf; oil again tops $100 Blockade won’t impede transit to or from non-Iran destinations: US ANNOUNCES THE rest, and a pause in the unit's operations. On Monday, N Chandrasekaran,theTataSons chairman, said a thorough investigation is underway to ascertain what transpired. According to the police, the localpolitical party workertold themthatthewomanhadbeen influenced to follow the teachings of Islam at her workplace, where “something amiss” was going on. Police did not disclose which party the worker is affiliated with. When the police contacted her family, the girl’s parents said they had stopped her from going to work after she started observing fasts and living “in an Islamic manner”, an officer, who was part of the team assignedtoprobethematter,said »CONTINUED ON PAGE 15 During the protests in Noida, Monday. EXPRESS Drishti Jain Noida, April 13 THOUSANDS OF factory workers from dozens of units across Noida’s industrial belt protested violently to demand better wages and working conditions on Monday, throwing stones, smashing vehicles and setting several of them on fire. REKHA GUPTA Chief Minister, Delhi KAPIL MISHRA PARVESH SAHIB SINGH Minister for PWD, Irrigation & Flood Control, Delhi PANKAJ KUMAR SINGH Minister for Law & justice, Labour & Employment, Delhi ATISHI MANJINDER SINGH SIRSA Minister for Industries & Environment, Delhi Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Delhi MP (Rajya Sabha) & Treasurer, Congress SATISH GOLCHA, IPS SHIBANI KASHYAP SUDHIR YADUVANSHI MORE REPORTS, P 8 Theviolencemarkedasharp escalation of tensions that had beensimmeringinthefactories since Friday, and the latest in a series of labour protests that have broken out in at least four other cities across North India over the past couple of months. 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