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Defence Ministry refuses to disclose data of armed forces vacancies

Congress President slammed BJP for its unwelcomed move, said real national interest demands the actual number of vacancies in the Armed Forces be made public

Online RTI Applications in the last 4 years

Right to Information: The RTI Online Portal received 4,43,245 applications till June 2024 and 21,94,015 applications in last 3 years, said MPPGP Minister in parliament

Why did the ECI decline to provide information on EVMs?

In April, 2024, the CIC had slammed the ECI for not replying to a RTI application for over a year. Thereafter, again, after the CIC order the ECI again avoided the issue by riding on the shoulders of the Supreme Court’s ADR judgement!

Redefining Indian Tradition Minus Christianity & Islam is Intellectual Dishonesty

I recently received information about a two-day national seminar organized by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on the theme "The...

Bangladesh Situation Tumultuous, But Does Not Signify Islamic Extremist Dominance

Longstanding Bangaldesh Observer and Senior journalist Suvojit Bagchi analyses the situation in the country following the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her...

Chaos in Bangladesh provides opportunity to right-wing social media to spread misinformation regarding Hindus, temples being attacked in the country

False news regarding rape of Hindu women, arson of Hindu temples being spread, fact-checkers take to busting these false narratives, sharing videos of students protecting temples in Bangladesh

In a historic verdict, SC allows sub-classification within Scheduled Castes but makes regressive comments on creamy layer

In a landmark ruling, while a 7-judge bench overturns the E.V. Chinnaiah judgment, allowing states to create sub-classification within SCs, four judges venture into the question of creamy layer that was not before the bench at all

Assam CM Sarma announces introduction on legislation to prohibit ‘Land-Jihad’, amendments to law on ‘Love-Jihad’

The proposed legislation will restrict exchange of land between people of different faith as no Hindu could sell their land to non-Hindus or Muslims, and vice-versa, without the prior permission of the state government.

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