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West Bengal Draft Electoral List: Over 58 lakh names deleted under SIR exercise, urban seats & Hindi speakers see higher voter deletions

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Surprises afoot in store for the politically entrenched as the bogey of “infiltration” stands exposed; border minority areas show better documentation and inclusion in the Draft Electoral Roll for West Bengal published yesterday, December 16
Rule of Law

Bombay High Court allows Gautam Navlakha to return to Delhi, relaxes restrictive bail condition in Bhima Koregaon Case

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Court recognises financial hardship, prolonged trial delay, and the human cost of territorial bail restrictions on a 73-year-old activist; NIA conditions accepted to ensure continued oversight
India

Kerala’s LDF govt to defy Centre’s diktat, to screen all films as per schedule at IFFK

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Senior politicians associated with the left government made it clear on social media within hours of news of the censorship of first 19, then 15 films by the Modi government, the films were slated to be screened at the prestigious International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK)
Politics

Identity issue to the fore: Vande Mataram controversy

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The untimely raking up of this controversy by the BJP leadership is nothing short of a desperate attempt to divert national debate from key and pressing issues
Gender and Sexuality

Allahabad High Court registers suo moto PIL over delays in termination of pregnancy of rape survivors

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From September 2025, three months ago, the Allahabad High Court has registered a suo-moto Public Interest Litigation (PIL) regarding the issue of delay at different levels in taking appropriate steps while dealing with cases of termination of pregnancy of rape survivors
Communal Organisations

Street Pressure, State Power, and the Criminalisation of Choice: How Hindutva groups are pushing Maharashtra’s anti-conversion law

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From district collectorates to Assembly sessions, a coordinated campaign built on ‘love jihad’ conspiracies seek to import a legally contested, constitutionally suspect regime into Maharashtra
Education

Over-centralisation, Unaccountability, Political Considerations & Control: Stakeholders critique the VBSA 2025

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At a press conference held on December 15, 2025, Monday, over two dozen organisations and fronts working on higher education have critiqued the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhikshan Bill 2025 pointing out how this proposed law marks a structural shift to dismantle public funded higher education
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi

20 years of FRA 2006, J and K appoints Tribal Ministry as Nodal agency

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Despite the Union government’s tardy approach since the passage of the historic Forest Rights Act in 2006, states such as Jammu and Kashmir are now taking the lead in securing indigenous land rights. Groups including the Wullar Bachav Front and the All India Union of Forest Working Peoples (AIUWFP) have been engaging with the state administration on the issue
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The Double Stage: Caste’s Schizophrenic Modernity between Spectacle and Shadow

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12 Bengali migrant workers murdered in 6 states, Maharashtra tops the crime list

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