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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
Did Centre direct Assam to release non-Muslims from detention centres?
MHA denies move in wake of CAA provisions, but 2016 notification says otherwise.
EC files affidavit stating electoral bond donation details before SC
It says it received sealed covers from 105 political parties
Kashmiri youth beaten brutally, succumbs to injuries in Rajasthan
Was repeatedly hit on the head, eye witness friend also threatened with dire consequences
Wife among four arrested in right winger Ranjeet Bachchan’s murder
Police said that Smriti, Bachchan’s second wife reported that Bachchan was creating hurdles in their divorce
Growing tensions against NPR-NRC halt Census work: WB
The recent mob attack on a volunteer collecting information for an NGO have made teachers to be chosen for the Census exercise anxious
Ram Mandir Trust: Five ‘gurus’, a doctor, a lawyer, a ‘royal’ and a Dalit
No women among 9 permanent members in the 15-member trust, six nominated members should be practicing Hindus
No decision to prepare NRIC: MHA to LS
MHA submits before Lok Sabha that no decision has been taken to prepare a National Register of Indian Citizens, contradicts Amit Shah’s previous declaration.
Pinjra Tod condemns govt for rampant use of sedition charges
The organization slammed the ruling disposition for the interrogation of children and silencing dissent
Ujjal Dosanjh raises concerns about Assam detention camps
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Indore reverberates with the chant of ‘Hum Kaagaz Nahi Dikhaenge”
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