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Protest Denied, Dissent Policed: India’s crackdown on those challenging the Election Commission

From alleged house arrests and detentions to police checks on train journeys and restrictions in Delhi, activists say authorities are trying to stop citizens from reaching the October 10 protest demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over SIR

Odisha CM bats for centralised procurement of vaccines

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Torture of PDP leader Waheed Para by NIA accuse UN officials

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No mixing of Covid vaccines allowed yet: Centre

Dr VK Paul, Member (health) Niti Aayog clarified that government has not made any change in the vaccination SoPs

GDP contracts by 7.3 percent in 2020-21, an all-time low in the last four decades!

While the fourth quarter of the year recorded a 1.6 percent growth, the overall fall has negatively influenced nearly every sector of the Indian economy

Abba, they took away Maa: CJP reunites a mother and her children in Assam

Doyjan Bibi becomes the 40th person to be released from a Detention Camp on conditional bail with CJP’s help

A misguided attempt to revive Coal

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Untenable, unprecedented and unconstitutional: Mamata Banerji on WB Chief Secy’s transfer order

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Did Marx’s grandson endorse Savarkar’s Hindutva ideology?

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US Government lambasts India on Freedom of Religion

India is one of the very few democracies in the world today which pays scant attention to the religious freedom of her people – almost on par with dictatorial regimes

Give online applications for Indian citizenship under CAA: MHA

The Ministry issued notification inviting refugees belonging to non-Muslim communities from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh to apply for citizenship under the amended Citizenship Act.

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Protest Denied, Dissent Policed: India’s crackdown on those challenging the Election Commission

From alleged house arrests and detentions to police checks on train journeys and restrictions in Delhi, activists say authorities are trying to stop citizens from reaching the October 10 protest demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over SIR

Bihar adds 14 lakh voters after SIR, questions remain over those excluded from 2025 assembly polls

Nearly 14 lakh voters have been added to Bihar’s electoral rolls since SIR, the additions and subsequent enrolment exercise put the focus on eligible voters who have missed the 2025 Assembly election and the consequences of their exclusion

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