Communal Organisations

The university has agreed to implement the students’ union constitution by May 15, 2027, and conduct elections under Lyngdoh Committee guidelines

Communities resisting the proposed 11,200 MW project fear the loss of ancestral land, livelihoods and cultural heritage, with activists detained under the APUAPA

In Karnataka, during the pandemic and lockdown, mid-day meals in government schools and anganwadis under the National Food Security Act (2013) [1], shut down indefinitely [2,3] amidst growing concerns about how this would affect vulnerable communities. In spite of demands, the state government has not yet undertaken a detailed post pandemic and lockdown survey to identify the immediate and long-term interventions to address and prevent malnutrition. Several visits have been made by civil society organisations, students, nutritionists and academics to different districts of Karnataka, during and after the Covid-19 pandemic and this commentary gives a broad overview of the observations made. There is a need for an in-depth quantitative and qualitative study.

A four-day door-to-door audit in Trilokpuri found voters marked absent, shifted or dead who were still living at their registered addresses, with 47.57 lakh names missing from Delhi’s draft roll, affected voters have until October 30 to file claims

Barely 771 “foreign nationals” identified in Karnataka and a miniscule 1,600 in six other Indian states; yet the hysterical bogey of the “ghuspetiya” (illegal immigrant) has been used to render 130 million plus Indian without the right to vote?

The Court holds that failure to identify who inflicted the fatal injuries does not absolve the accused under Section 149 IPC, relying on evidence of their participation in an armed mob that assaulted the victim, Monish

As the hunger strike enters its third week, students allege that the administration is using disciplinary action and restrictions on campus life to weaken a movement demanding elected representation

Separate Supreme Court proceedings concern the failure to issue rejection slips to nearly 19.07 lakh excluded people and identity cards to more than 3.11 crore people included in the final register