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‘Forum for Electoral Integrity’ petitions NHRC over mass voter disenfranchisement under SIR

The Forum for Electoral Integrity has petitioned the National Human Rights Commission to urgently intervene in the Election Commission’s SIR process, citing UN concerns, the coalition alleges the arbitrary, mass deletion of 52 million voters, disproportionately targeting Muslim and Bengali citizens through organised campaigns and opaque AI systems

Art and Revolution: Top 10 posters from the Bharat Bandh

SabrangIndia picks out 10 posters that portray the strength of Monday’s nationwide strike called by farmers' and worker' groups

Singing and Spreading Radical Love: Kamla Bhasin (April 24, 1946 to September 25, 2021)

Firebrand feminist, activist, author poet, Kamla Bhasin, passed away on Saturday, succumbing to cancer

Mahant Narendra Giri death: 20 member CBI team will investigate the case

The Centre notified that the Central Bureau of Investigation will now investigate the death as having taken place under suspicious circumstances

PM CARES: Whose Fund is it anyway?

An Undersecretary in the PMO has admitted that the trust fund is not a fund of the GoI in a written submission before the Delhi High Court

CJP Impact: Gangadhar Pramanik’s Indian citizenship confirmed by WB gov’t

CJP had helped secure his release from an Assam detention centre, after the migrant labourer was declared “foreigner” by an Assam FT

Over 200 Ahmedabad schools served closure notice for violating fire safety norms

Municipal Corporation takes measure after enforcing similarly strict norms for hospitals

Accept farmers demands, end the struggle: SKM

Decrying repressive governments for hindering peaceful protests, SKM leaders say people are already mobilising in various states

Mahant Narendra Giri death: Disciple Anand Giri arrested, charged with abetment to suicide

Suicide note, also names Adya Tiwari, the chief priest of Hanuman Temple in Prayagraj and his son Sandeep Tiwari, who have reportedly been detained

Assam FT deems Assam NRC to be final NRC

Several aspersions, politically as well as officially have been cast on the finality of the NRC which was released on August 31, 2019 as the final NRC. A Foreigners Tribunal in Assam has deemed that this NRC is in fact, the final NRC

Over 1 crore people register for jobs on eSHRAM portal!

Within a span of one month, the portal has received a flux of registrations, especially from the agriculture sector.

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‘Forum for Electoral Integrity’ petitions NHRC over mass voter disenfranchisement under SIR

The Forum for Electoral Integrity has petitioned the National Human Rights Commission to urgently intervene in the Election Commission’s SIR process, citing UN concerns, the coalition alleges the arbitrary, mass deletion of 52 million voters, disproportionately targeting Muslim and Bengali citizens through organised campaigns and opaque AI systems

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