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SIR West Bengal: Most Form 7 requests lead to deletions; Form 6 additions remain low

Election Commission data shows that 89.56% of Form 7 requests resulted in deletions, while 20.73% of Form 6 applications resulted in additions. Separately, voters challenging their removal face pending tribunal appeals and reported problems with notices, documents and access to orders.

Two Bengaluru activists helping migrants booked for provocation

The activists were allegedly booked under pressure by the builder lobby

Maha govt tells HC it will give foodgrains to ration card holders from 11 states

The state government has reached agreement with 11 states and asked them to port ration cards so that migrants stuck in the state can get ration

Zamser Ali granted bail in Assam

The human rights defender was arrested in a case of defamation

Victory! CJP helps three more detention camp inmates come back home in Assam

All three Bengali Hindu detainees hail from extremely impoverished backgrounds, one of them is homeless

Vizag gas leak: High Powered Committee meets stakeholders, begins probe

The Andhra government has begun the process of returning the styrene stock to South Korea to HQ of LG Polymers

One killed, one injured critically by lynch mob in Jharkhand

The men were attacked on suspicion of being goat thieves in Jharkhand’s Dumka district

“We must all plan for the new world reality”: PM to address the nation at 8pm today

According to the government’s own data in the last 24 hours,  3,604 new  COVID19 cases  have been confirmed and 87 people have died of the disease.

Eight political parties condemn arrests of students and activists in letter to the President

The letter questions the timing of these arrests and condemns the use of UAPA against scholars; Representatives of the Congress (INC), Samajwadi Party (SP), Aam Admi Party (AAP) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Trinamool Congress (TMC) and DMK are absent from the communication, though

Will the coronavirus be put on fast track when the special passenger trains start running?

If taking a rail journey was this simple even in the times of Covid-19, why are the state border sealed, public commute banned, and migrant workers still walking home?

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SIR West Bengal: Most Form 7 requests lead to deletions; Form 6 additions remain low

Election Commission data shows that 89.56% of Form 7 requests resulted in deletions, while 20.73% of Form 6 applications resulted in additions. Separately, voters challenging their removal face pending tribunal appeals and reported problems with notices, documents and access to orders.

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Led by the INDIA bloc, the October 12 march brought opposition parties, lawyers, student organisations and civil society onto Delhi’s streets, demanding a halt to the SIR process and accountability for alleged electoral manipulation

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Protesters allege custodial violence, journalists are detained despite press credentials, and lawyers face obstruction as thousands are rounded up across Delhi. The United Nations and Amnesty International condemn restrictions on peaceful assembly

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