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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

Controversial comments on Taliban draw ire

Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq booked for Sedition, UP CM calls for “exposing” others who ‘support’ Taliban

Telangana activist Kalpana Dayala breathes her last

Dayala was vocal in the conditions of weavers in Telangana and worked to raise awareness among people.

Bhima Koregaon: Jailed activist Rona Wilson’s father passes away

 Wilson was arrested by the Pune Police in 2018 under UAPA charges in the Bhima Koregaon case

Hell, by any other name…

Changing the nomenclature of detention camps does not change the fact that conditions there remain abysmal!

Rising fuel prices: Gov’t tries to obfuscate the truth… again!

The timing of the recent moves to raise levies and retail prices by the governments and fuel marketers, respectively, is at odds with logic, especially at a point when the country is grappling with the impact of a pandemic

Will Taliban takeover of Afghanistan be used to attack Indian Muslims?

Anti-Muslim sentiments grow stronger on social media with questions like “Why are Indian muslims not condemning Taliban’s actions in Afghanistan?”

UP: Muslim man beaten while trying to hoist tricolour on Independence Day

As per reports, the man approached the SDM after the local police refused to lodge an FIR

Gov’t will help Afghanistan’s Sikhs and Hindus to come to India: MEA

CAA seeks to grant citizenship to Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, Christian and Sikh immigrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, but excludes Muslims

Afghanistan Crisis: What is India’s plan of action?

There are over 200 Indian citizens who are reportedly stuck in Afghanistan;Taliban has reportedly “assured” Hindus and Sikhs of safety

Sorry state of affairs’ in Parliament: Chief Justice of India

Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, added that “there was no clarity of laws” being enacted in the Parliament

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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