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Barricades and detentions fail to stop Delhi protesters marching against CEC

CPI(M) general secretary M.A. Baby, former Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, SFI activists, lawyers, journalists and AISA leader Neha Bora were among those detained as protests targeted Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.

Shaheen Bagh shooter warmly welcomed, then coldly expelled by BJP

Kapil Baisla Gujjar, who opened fire at Shaheen Bagh was officially welcomed into the BJP, then reportedly sacked after massive public outrage

Hearts full of scepticism, farmers agree for talks with Centre on Dec 30

Wondering whether the central government will be as open-minded as they are trying to project, farmers formally accept the government's offer to talk on December 30.

Bihar govt repression continues: 10,000 farmers lathi charged in Patna.

Deprived of APMCs years ago, Bihar farmers decry the anti-farmer laws of the Centre and demand the restart of local markets only to suffer lathi-charge by state police.

Farmers lament Centre’s vague and nonspecific letter for talks

Let down by the central government’s unimpressive letter for talks on December 30, farmer leaders assert their demands and discuss future protests

Louis Kahn’s family writes to IIMA

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Centre agrees to meet farmers on December 30, end of stalemate?

Two days after farmer leaders sent their proposal, the central government agrees to talk to farmers on December 30 instead of December 29.

A 2020 Report of Victims of apathy: People of Assam

How this year, the Covid-19 pandemic, lockdown and floods, further added to the misery caused by the citizenship crisis, and impacted the lives of ‘others’

Gujarat: Dalit lawyer dies after being assaulted in a casteist attack

Local residents allegedly harassed and verbally abused the 65-year-old lawyer before calling more people to attack him

Advocate dies for farmers’ struggle, leaves behind a note for “Modi, the Dictator”

The farmers movement witnesses its third death by suicide at Tikri border.

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Barricades and detentions fail to stop Delhi protesters marching against CEC

CPI(M) general secretary M.A. Baby, former Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, SFI activists, lawyers, journalists and AISA leader Neha Bora were among those detained as protests targeted Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.

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

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Police detain Adivasi students for second day, force them out of Mumbai

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Scrap SIR, Restore Electoral Integrity: A national call to defend the right to vote

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Why Majoritarianism today is the single most acute threat to democracy

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