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PM Narendra Modi’s frequent visits to Tamil Nadu, his “love” for Tamil culture exposed

Just before the election campaign dates were announced Prime Minister Narendra Modi started a spate of visits to Tamil Nadu, making his presence felt in several cities, combining official duties and party campaigns. In a high voltage campaign he declared an “affinity with the people of Tamil Nadu and the heritage of Tamil People”, the author, a young Tamil journalist exposes the Modi 2.0 government’s shoddy treatment of the state through a look at figures around allocation of central funds for the classical Tamil language, excavation of ancient sites as heritage and more

Ensure a Hate Free Election: CJP releases Handbook, urges SEC, M’tra to issue advisory to all district authorities, before Ram Navami

Ensure a communal violence and hate free and fair election 2024, CJP approaches the Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC)!

Just days before polling, two killed in fresh violence in Manipur

Following the brutal killings becoming public, the Indigenous Tribal Leaders' Forum (ITLF) has condemned in the strongest terms the killing of two Kuki-Zo village volunteers “by central security forces;” the ITLF alleged that it was the central security forces who aided Meitei militants by firing and shelling tribal positions in Phailengmol area of Manipur's Kangpokpi district on April 13; meanwhile the Committee of Tribal Unity, a Kuki-Zomi group based in Kangpokpi district, called for a 24-hour shutdown in the district on Sunday.

Media fraternity condemns government directed ban of independent media channels

After YouTube, notified by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, banned several independent media channels on its platform, including National Dastak and Bolta Hindustan, the Press Club of India and DIGIPUB have released statements condemning the issue.

Youth as game changers in Lok Sabha polls? Young voter registration ‘is so very low’

Young voters will be the game changers in 2024. Do they realise this? Does it matter to them? If it does, what they should/must...

CJP files three more police complaints against hate speeches delivered by Nitesh Rane and Ashwini Upadhyay

The reported speeches were given during the first three months of this year in Akola, Mahabaleshwar and Ghatkopar in Maharashtra

All India Union of Forest Working People (AIUFWP) lists out their demands before the Lok Sabha election 2024

From repealing the contended Forest Conservation (Amendment) Act 2023 to ensuring land titles for landless women, and demanding withdrawal of the 4 Labour Codes to increasing minimum living wage of Rs. 400 per day, AIUFWP has put out a long list of demands from the parties before the general election

Indians root for religious pluralism, farmer protests resonate, 55 % of Indians believe corruption has increased: CSDS-Lok Niti Pre-poll Survey

An overwhelming majority of respondents, as high as 79 %, root for the idea of India, that India belongs to all religions equally, not just Hindus while a staggering 58 % identify with the farmers protests and a significant 55 per cent of Indians believe that corruption has shot up in the past five years. These are the findings of the CSDS-Lokniti 2024 pre-poll survey released on April 11

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