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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
Assam’s future citizens: The ‘haves’ and the ‘have-nots’
High power committee on implementation of clause 6 of Assam Accord has submitted its report to centre. Will discrimination be legitimized?
Kashmiri students re-arrested in Hubli after right-wing protest outside police station
The three students had been arrested earlier for allegedly featuring in a video where they said “Pakistan Zindabad”
Anxiety in Assam: Hurdles in releasing detention camp inmates, delays in NRC rejection slips
Amicus curiae Prashant Bhushan submits report showcasing plight of innocent people, even as family of detention camp inmate threatens hunger strike.
UIDAI sends notices to 127 people asking to prove citizenship
Facing backlash, it issues a press release saying it did so on complaints of the State police who suspected the people to be illegal immigrants
A look at how the Tibetans became the most successful refugee community in India
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Madhya Pradesh won’t implement NPR: CM Kamal Nath
The MP CM clarified his stand after a threat by Congress MLA Arif Masood against the government’s decision to update NPR
Deep Sea Mining: Boost for economy but bane for future generations?
Will the exploitation of the ocean floor leave the future generations bereft of its bounty?
Hajela in hot water again!
Former NRC chief faces a total of five FIRs for alleged misappropriation of funds and data forgery
The wall of contempt shields Donald Trump’s eye from Ahmedabad’s reality
While a wall is being constructed to shield the dark world of Ahmedabad’s slums from Donald Trump, we hope the international media (at least) will breach the wall and make efforts to reach the slums and tell their tale; also tell the stories of not just those who face caste violence in Gujarat but families of girls who were recently humiliated in Bhuj
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