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Scrap SIR, Restore Electoral Integrity: A national call to defend the right to vote
Public assembly demands the scrapping of SIR, accountability of the Election Commission and urgent safeguards against wrongful exclusion from electoral rolls
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After the failure to provide data for 2020, the Centre answered Lok Sabha questions with better figures on the state of jobs in India
MP: Scholar Shamsul Islam’s event cancelled on “gov’t orders”
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