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Karnataka Form 7 Row: 91,278 deletion requests and bulk filing complaints—where was the ECI’s check?

Karnataka has received 91,278 Form 7 applications seeking voter deletions, but officials say no names have been deleted so far. Complaints from Mangaluru, Kodagu and other districts allege bulk filings against eligible voters, including Muslims, as police investigate and electoral hearings continue

Three young people allegedly die by suicide in Gujarat’s Banaskantha region in one day!

While one couple was found hanging from a tree, another man was found dead in a hotel room

Assam: 100 FT members continue in office even after expiry of terms!

Union Home Ministry yet to decide whether to extend their terms

Rights groups express solidarity with Afghanistan in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru

SabrangIndia co-organises solidarity meet in Mumbai with Forum Against Oppression of Women, Bebaak Collective and Awaz-E-Niswaan; creative peaceful demonstrations held in Delhi

Can we positively reframe “Partition Horrors Remembrance Day”?

It does nothing to help the people to move on, it can only perpetuate hatred, animosity and distrust

Indian Muslims must reject the ‘Islamic Emirate’ in Afghanistan: IMSD

Image Courtesy: FacebookAround 150 Indian Muslims, supported by others...

Mumbai with Afghanistan

Activists and human rights groups come together in Mumbai, to demand freedom, democracy and justice for citizens of Afghanistan, who are at present suffering under the Taliban regime

Livelihood a bigger issue than rations for migrant labourers: MRC

Experts appeal to governments to look into job security and better wages for migrant labourers along with food security

Afghanistan crisis: A tool to target Islam?

A Supreme Court AoR has drawn parallels between the Taliban and Turkish leader Bakhtiyar Khilji

Connecting the dots to reach the roots

The music of Raj Mohan, lyricist, singer and musician in Sarnami Bhojpuri is an ode to the history of Indians taken there by colonists to work as indentured labourers

10 months on, Siddique Kappan still in jail!

The journalist along with three others, was arrested under UAPA charges on October 5 last year on their way to Hathras

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Karnataka Form 7 Row: 91,278 deletion requests and bulk filing complaints—where was the ECI’s check?

Karnataka has received 91,278 Form 7 applications seeking voter deletions, but officials say no names have been deleted so far. Complaints from Mangaluru, Kodagu and other districts allege bulk filings against eligible voters, including Muslims, as police investigate and electoral hearings continue

‘Serious Grievances’: Bombay HC backs students’ concerns, MPSC protests continue in Pune

Bombay High Court directs Maharashtra government to explain recruitment backlog and restore trust; two of three protest sites remain occupied, with Rohit Pawar-led agitation refusing to move

Police detain Adivasi students for second day, force them out of Mumbai

Students who marched from Nashik are denied Azad Maidan protest, prevented from leaving Tilak Bhavan and forcefully transported out of the city

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

Why Majoritarianism today is the single most acute threat to democracy

Majoritarianism that plagues India and many other democracies is the perversion of Dr. Ambedkar’s idea of democracy. While Dr. Ambedkar’s definition of democracy lays stress on effective and proportionate representation and safeguarding minority rights, majoritarianism is the dominance of a particular religious community, caste group, or racial group over the rest of the population.

From Nashik to Mumbai: Adivasi students’ protest meets police detentions

Weeks of agitation over tribal hostels and schools culminate in alleged detention of protesters ahead of planned Azad Maidan march

‘Free the Temple’, ‘Protect the Faith’, ‘Take Up Weapons’: How September’s festivals became stages for anti-Muslim hate

From contested places of worship to demographic fearmongering, a series of speeches used Hindu religious identity to construct Muslims as an existential threat and recast exclusion as religious defence

Karnataka: SIR Interrogated

A report, The SIR Investigation Report—A Narrative of Betrayal and Tears was released by the Anti-SIR Alliance and the Citizens’ Vote Protection Committee today; the report documents the (mal) implementation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka