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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
Ban on social media lifted in Kashmir, key voices still missing
Still no news from Omar Abdullah, Mehboooba Mufti or any other Kashmiri leaders
Process of serving rejection slips to NRC excluded persons to begin from March 20
Is this the end of the BJP fueled drama in the state? Can people of Assam, finally, move on?
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights files intervention application in SC against CAA
MEA opposes move, saying it is an ‘internal matter’
Delhi School of Social Work Students’ Union demands alumni Kapil Mishra’s arrest
“We are ashamed of Kapil Mishra”, they say in their statement
Silent protests against violence in Khambhat, Delhi, Aligarh: Gujarat
More than 50 people assembled in a demonstration which was allowed without any written police permission and only an oral assurance from the police
Maharashtra govt. in process of taking possession of temporary detention centre: Senior bureaucrat
He also said that till now no illegal immigrant has been detained in Maharashtra
SC refuses to pass orders in Shaheen Bagh case
Court admonishes Delhi Police, adjourns case till March 20
90% of cancelled ration cards in Jharkhand genuine finds J-PAL study
In 2017, lakhs of ration cards were deleted by the BJP authorities without informing the families of the ration card holders
Bihar resolves not to implement NRC
Bihar Assembly on Tuesday passed unanimous resolution on conducting NPR in the state according to 2010 format
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