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Manipur Violence: Two years down, health rights activists demand restoration and spread of essential services all over state

Marking two years of the Manipur violence and unrest, health rights activists and movements across India have appealed to President of India, Draupadi Murmi for the immediate creation/restoration of an effective public health infrastructure, personnel, services with safety and appropriate budgetary allocation– in the valley, hills and relief camps of Manipur

Legal storm brews: criminal complaint by adv Mehmood Pracha alleges massive election manipulation by ECI and senior BJP leaders

Detailed complaint outlines systematic election manipulation favouring BJP and calls for for investigation due to allegations of EVM tampering and procedural violations.

Ensure stay on new ‘anti-democratic’ criminal laws: 2,900 citizens’ Letter Petition to Chandrababu Naidu

Seeking support from the newly elected Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Chandrababu Naidu, whose Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is also an ally in the recently formed NDA government at the Centre, citizens from across India have urged urgent intervention from the BJP ally

M’tra: Similar Symbols, a failed ECI and seats lost: the case of Satara

ECI's allocation of visually similar symbols in several constituencies raises concerns over its independence and autonomy

Remove illegal and unstable hoardings, signboards & electric signages immediately: Mumbaikars to BMC

In an open letter to petition to the Municipal Commissioner of Greater Mumbai, over 540 Mumbaikars have demanded the immediate removal of all illegal and unstable hoardings, signboards and electric signages in Mumbai district and strict action against offenders following the disastrous incident of the collapse of illegal hoarding at Ghatkopar on the evening of May 13, 2024, leading to the loss of 17 lives and causing serious injuries to several innocent people

M’tra: Shiv Sena UBT’s Amol Kirtikar from Mumbai NW alleges election manipulation, files complaint with CEC, SEC

In a strongly worded complaint to the Central Election Commissioner (CEC) and State Election Commissioner (SEC), Maharashtra, Amol Gajanand Kirtikar, Shiv Sena candidate (Udhav Balasaheb Thackeray) has alleged tampering with EVMs as also a failure to follow due standard operating procedures (SOPs) laid down for storage of the microprocessor and Software Loading Unit (SLU) as per the SC guidelines in its April 26, 2024 order; Kirtikar will also be challenging the election itself in Court

An Open Letter to Prashant Kishor, Who Has Misled Indians

The real reason why you are so unambiguously hostile to the Congress is because you saw yourself as a saviour of the Grand Old Party once it would have been annihilated in the 2024 general elections.'

Untangling the Electoral Web: A path towards transparent financing

Investigating pathways to a more transparent election financing system that promotes free and fair elections.

My June 4 Story: The Day Results to the 2024 Elections came in

In his inimitable style, the senior journalist captures what millions felt last Tuesday, June 4

BJP loses its shine in Assam and the Northeast

While BJP has managed to grab nine of the 14 seats in Assam, the same as in 2019, it came down to second position in terms of vote share as INC took the lead there with the share at 37.48%

Dent in saffron party’s hold on Gujarat? Congress secures one seat after a decade, INDIA bloc lessens winning margins in at least four districts

An analysis of the 18th Lok Sabha results shows the decreasing hold of BJP in Gujarat in comparison to 2019, vote spitting one of the reasons why Congress lost Patan

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Manipur Violence: Two years down, health rights activists demand restoration and spread of essential services all over state

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