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‘Forum for Electoral Integrity’ petitions NHRC over mass voter disenfranchisement under SIR

The Forum for Electoral Integrity has petitioned the National Human Rights Commission to urgently intervene in the Election Commission’s SIR process, citing UN concerns, the coalition alleges the arbitrary, mass deletion of 52 million voters, disproportionately targeting Muslim and Bengali citizens through organised campaigns and opaque AI systems

Boy who ran away from home, declared ‘foreigner’ in Assam

Amit Basu had run away from home after being reprimanded by his father for alcohol consumption, now he is in Silchar detention camp

Railway privatization is anti-railway, anti-employee and anti-people: AIUTUC

Trade Unions write to Railway Minister protesting move inviting private bids for over a hundred train routes

No Eid-ul-Adha prayers at AMU, other states list Dos and Dont’s

Some allow 50 worshipers in mosques, others ban animal sacrifice in public, some others want ‘drone surveillance’

Anti-Christian hate crimes up 40.87 percent in India: Report

Persecution Relief report details increasing attacks on the community including murders, rapes, lynchings,vandalisation, excommunication, urge PM to break his silence on the subject

Bakrid and the forced controversy around animal sacrifice

Every year around Bakrid, a new controversy around animal slaughter erupts dampening the festive spirit for the Muslim community

First Covid, now floods; NRC work still on hold in Assam

Given the twin blows, the process of issuing rejection slips has been delayed even further in the state

Brinda Karat files police complaint against IPS Nageswar Rao

Demands Home Minister prosecutes the IPS officer for his recently made political statements

GN Saibaba denied bail to see his dying mother

Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court has rejects temporary bail to the former DU prof, now a serving a life sentence

Thok do s***e ko: Bachchan declares war on trolls

The actor, who has been in the hospital since he tested positive for Covid-19 wrote a hateful letter to internet trolls, inciting his fans to commit violence against those who wish him ill

Prof Hany Babu is NIA’s 12th arrest in Bhima Koregaon case

He is the third person to be arrested during the Covid-19 lockdown after Prof Anand Tentumble and writer Gautam Navlakha

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