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Odisha: senior Bhubaneswar municipal official assaulted on duty, told to “apologise” to BJP leader

In an incident reported on June 30, the motley group of BJP supporters then allegedly started assaulting him without any provocation and demanded that he apologise to Pradhan, reports the Indian Express.

Independent experts, not government servants must be part of the CEC while deciding the challenge to Forest Conservation Act: Former bureaucrats to SC

Urging that independent experts must be part of the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) advising the SC on the impacts, adverse of otherwise of the Forest Conservation Amendment Act (FCAA), 2023 –currently under challenge-- sixty former civil servants have in an open letter warned against the possibly “comprised stand and conflict of interest of the present CEC advising the Court

How Prisons Become Spaces of Quiet Erasure

The refusal to deliver a letter with posters to Gulshifa was not a surprise. Many who write to political prisoners have faced similar outcomes.

Bihar 2025 Election: EC drops parental birth document requirement for 4.96 crore electors and their children in Bihar

Amidst ongoing protest, opposition and debate surrounding the hastily announced revision process in Bihar, the Election Commission of India has now taken a step back; it has uploaded the 2003 Bihar electoral rolls, exempting 4.96 crore electors, and their children born after 1987, from submitting parental birth documents; individuals not on the 2003 list can still use its extracts for parental details, directly by the voters themselves

Business requirement? Modi’s quiet push for English in Gujarat despite Sangh’s swadeshi garb

This blog is a continuation of my story "English proficiency for empowerment: Modi’s SCOPE vision contrasts Amit Shah’s remark". I personally found nothing unusual in the...

Poonch Court orders FIR against Zee News, News18 for falsely labelling deceased teacher as “Pakistani terrorist” during Operation Sindoor coverage

While court orders FIR for defamation and public mischief, CJP had earlier filed complaint with broadcaster highlighting defamatory, Islamophobic coverage

Azad Maidan erupts in protest as Maharashtra set to enact sweeping law aimed at silencing dissent

Left fronts and opposition unite in massive mobilisation as controversial law heads for tabling and passage without any heed to objections raised

Disregarding Due Process: Debunking the justification of push-outs in Assam

1)  Disregarding Due ProcessSince May 23, 2025 individuals declared to be Foreigners (Bangladeshi) (DFN) by the Foreigners Tribunals (FT), which are quasi-judicial bodies tasked...

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