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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
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Nankana Sahib jatha allowed to visit other shrines in Pakistan
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Over 1,200 garment workers re-hired after heavy lay-off during lockdown: Karnataka
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