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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
Professor G N Saibaba tests Covid-19 positive in Nagpur jail
His wife, human rights activist AS Vasantha Kumari has demanded his release and treatment at a private hospital equipped to handle his comorbidities
Disruptors threaten and abuse interfaith couples on Zoom press conference
At an event organised by Dhanak to celebrate love and choice, some disruptors cast slurs at Muslim men and issued rape/death threats
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Bihar Covid data fudged: Opposition demands inquiry
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Gujarat: Over 3 lakh farmers register for chana sale MSP
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Mahapanchayats in UP, Rajasthan and Haryana from Feb 12
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At least 25,000 people gather for Punjab’s first Mahapanchayat
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