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Karnataka’s new PRC rules are people-friendly, but will the ECI accept them?
While a sustained and rigorous campaign by anti-SIR activists across Karnataka has pushed the opposition Congress government to issue a fresh set of simplified guidelines for the issuance of Permanent Residency Certificates; the experience of West Bengal however shows that no amount of pro-activeness by any state government influences an ECI functioning under a non-transparent and non-accountable diktat
J&K forms task force to take on gov’t employees allegedly acting against ‘security of the state’
The administrative order draws its power from the Constitution which, in letter, empowers the President or Governor to take such action
Veteran Urdu publisher and writer Shahid Ali Khan dies
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Maharashtra: Think of lockdown after-effects, not just vaccination, says the Jan Arogya Abhiyan
The NGO recommends increased taxes on corporates and India’s richest one percent members for a COVID-response fund.
Battleground Bengal: Campaign ban on Mamata Banerjee parting shot by outgoing CEC?
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Covid-19: Centre fast tracks emergency approvals for foreign produced vaccines
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Retail inflation rises to over 5 percent while factory output decreases: NSO data
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Babri demolition case judge appointed UP’s deputy Lok Ayukta
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Dalit trailblazer, Vira Sathidar succumbs to Covid-19
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Walmart and Adani join hands to build massive warehouse in India
The tie-up signals Adani conglomerate jumping into the three-way battle between Amazon, Walmart and Reliance Industries for India’s online market.
SC judges to work from home after half the court’s staff tests Covid positive
Hearings to be held online as courtrooms get sanitised
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