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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
Gadchiroli, Maharashtra: Pregnant Woman walks 6 km from village for childbirth, dies
Twenty-four-years-old Asha Santosh Kiranga, resident of Aaldandi Tola in Etapalli taluka in Gadchiroli district, was nine months pregnant; Devendra Fadnavis, Maharashtra Chief Minister is the “guardian minister” for the district
Congress leader of the opposition Kerala Assembly writes to Modi, Fadnavis over arrest of a Malayali priest in Nagpur
In a strongly worded letter to Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and Maharashtra Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis, V.D. Satheesan, Congress leader of the opposition Kerala Assembly has sought urgent intervention regarding the detention/arrest of twelve individuals, including Father Sudhir, a priest of the CSI South Kerala Diocese, arrested by the Maharashtra Police following a complaint filed by Bajrang Dal activists
Poetry award for Ipsa Shatakshi at the world book fair, January 2026
Activist and poet, Ipsa Shatkashi, will be awarded the kritya Yuva Puraskar 2026 at the World Book Fair on January 15, 2026
West Bengal: SIR unravelled
Multiple reports of serious anomalies in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process being unilaterally conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in West Bengal have come to light; exclusion of Matuas, immigrants from erstwhile east Bengal, is only one of them
Girija Gupte, trade unionist passes away
Girija Gupte, an activist widely recognised for her sustained...
Searchlight on 2025: The polished window and the dry rot
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Beyond Victory and Defeat: Why the ‘Does God Exist’ Debate Was Not a Win for Religion
Until religion can solve the problem of evil without resorting to circular belief, it cannot claim victory over reason
SIR: Over 3.5 Crore electors flagged for removal across 12 states in SIR, Uttar Pradesh will publish its draft rolls on December 31
More than 3.5 crore electors have been provisionally deleted from electoral rolls across 12 states and UTs following the publication of draft rolls under the SIR, Uttar Pradesh, which has the largest electorate in the country, is scheduled to publish its draft electoral rolls on December 31, 2025, marking the next major phase of the ongoing controversial revision exercise
Kishore Theckedath: an exceptional Marxist intellectual and mass organiser
Kishore Thekedath who passed away at 89 in Mumbai hailed from Kerala and was among the founder members of the Bombay University and College Teachers Union (BUCTU) in 1966, remaining on the Executive Committee of the body for fifty years until 2016; he was also the Vice President of the Kerala People's Education Society (KPES), which has been running the large Adarsh Vidyalaya in Mumbai very well for several decades. This tribute, by Ashok Dhawale, senior CPI-M leader brings alive Thekedath’s contribution to the collective struggles of teachers and students
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