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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
Rihai Manch slams UP administration for wrongdoings
Members of the Rihai Manch also spoke about how the UP gov't is trying to curtail dissent through wrongful prosecution and false charges
Only 36 out of 543 Lok Sabha MPs have declared assets after May 2019 elections
The RTI query also reveals that no Congress MP has furnished details of assets and liabilities
K’taka: Migrant laborers called for verification; govt asks for report seeking reasons
A day after Karnataka Police carried out a verification...
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in Assam is different from rest of the country
The hearing of Assam and Tripura will be held separately
Multipurpose National Identity Card, recall from 2003
MNIC was started in 2003, then integrated into Aadhaar and now the government is looking to revive it; so what was MNIC in the first place and what role will it play if brought in today?
Twitter makes BJP leader eat humble Poha!
Kailash Vijayvargiya trolled after he claims people who eat poha are Bangladeshi
Gandhi’s favourite hymn still in the Republic Day playlist?
Band continues to practice “Abide with me”, Vande Mataram an addition, not replacement
Two women assaulted by locals in Kota and WB over fears of collecting NRC data
They were collecting data for the economic census and a rural initiative for women, Internet Saathi, respectively
Punjab CM sends ‘Mein Kampf’ copy to SAD Chief to show implications of CAA
Amarinder Singh said that the Centre was trying to replicate “Hitler’s agenda” in India
India plummets 10 place on Global Democracy Index
For the first time it scored below 7 in a range of 0 to 10
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