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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

Medical fraternity rallies to #FreeDrKafeel as he languishes in jail during the pandemic

The medicos have said that the UP government is being vindictive towards Khan and using him as a scapegoat to hide its shortcomings

Varavara Rao is in hospital today, but the risk to his life is not over: Family

Rao’s s bail hearing is due on July 17, his family fears that police may get Rao certified ‘stable/normal’ and present this report to HC

Forest officials allegedly harass, intimidate Adivasis in Chitrakoot 

Public officials are allegedly not only forcefully evicting Adivasis from forest land, but also digging up their farm land, cutting off their access to the land, thus affecting their livelihood 

Indian Names: Pride and Prejudice

India’s renaming of streets, cultural sites and cities, shows the country’s reluctance to reconcile its complicated history with its nationalist present.

Perpetrators must be neutralised soon: BJP Gen Secy on Waseem Bari’s murder

Political battle in J&K revived as Ram Madhav takes a dig at regional parties, and adds that legislative Assembly will be formed after delimitation

Union Govt fines Press Trust of India Rs 84 crore for ‘breaches’ in office building

This is the second big action against PTI, since it interviewed the Chinese Ambassador to India, Sun Weidong

Bhima Koregaon case: Gautam Navlakha denied default bail; NIA granted 10 days custody

The NIA sought extension of time of 180 days to file chargesheet, which was granted by the special court

CJP soldiers on in Assam despite cyclones, floods

From securing release of people from detention camps, to their economic rehabilitation to providing food and essentials to lockdown-affected people, CJP's work continued despite extreme weather conditions

Three decades on, many Sardar Sarovar Dam affected persons still await rehabilitation

The third and final part of the series on the project is an overview of the shortcomings of the government in providing resettlement and rehabilitation to project affected persons

Don’t Kill Varavara Rao in Jail!

Family members of the noted Telugu poet say he is incoherent, and his  health is deteriorating fast

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