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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.

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AIKSCC alleges Centre and state government trivialise farmers’ protest

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Boycott Ambani-Adani products, ‘Thali Bajao’ on December 27 during PM Modi’s Mann Ki Baat.

Leaders promised to participate in all farmers’ protests and mark the one-month completion of the Delhi Chalo programme with a Boycott Ambanid-Adani campaign.

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Our father, Sanjiv Bhatt is paying the price for being, honest, upright, courageous: Aakashi & Shantanu 

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AIFRTE slams Centre for suggesting scrapping reservation in IIT faculty recruitment

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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

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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?

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‘Serious Grievances’: Bombay HC backs students’ concerns, MPSC protests continue in Pune

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