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“Inside the SIR”: Booklet flags ‘mechanical disenfranchisement’ in electoral roll revision

CJP–VFD publication combines training manual and ground documentation to question ongoing voter verification exercise

Shaheen Bagh, the mother of them all

Protest site dismantled, 10 protesters including six women detained

NPR: Jharkhand passes resolution, TN demands watered down version

​​​​​​​Jharkhand government wants NPR as per 2010 format, in TN, AIADMK wants to avoid too many personal questions

Mohalla Clinics crucial in fight to combat Covid-19

“No entry for those without masks,” there is a...

7 days lockdown in Assam from Tuesday evening

No proper arrangements in Assam to check spread of Corona Virus, no protection for livelihood for the daily wage labourers! 

States announce relief measures; Centre still mum on economic aid for Covid-19

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said an economic package would be announced “as soon as possible”

Delhi violence: Mapping the damage

Delhi Minority Commission fact-finding committee maps NE Delhi, seeks answers from Delhi Police 

Racists target Indians from North-East amidst Covid pandemic

Nine Naga youths forced into quarantine in Gujarat, Delhi man spits at Manipuri girl!

Covid-19 update: Positive cases over 400, 7 deaths; lockdown in 75 districts

Maharashtra has the highest number of coronavirus patients at 89, followed by Kerala at 67

Delhi violence: Volunteers submit memorandum of demands to Delhi gov’t about relief and rehabilitation

A group of volunteers and concerned citizens have submitted a list of demands related to relief, reconciliation, reparation and reparation of survivors in the NE Delhi riots

Doctors need more protective gear now, before COVID-19 cases explode

AIIMS doctors on alert for shortage in supplies of essentials like face masks and gloves

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