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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
Dilip Ghosh’s Gorkha comment angers GJM
Binay Tamang threatens protest if statement is not retracted.
Minister’s pro-CAA campaign falls flat in her own constituency
Debasree Chaudhuri had visited Raiganj in West Bengal to propagate support for CAA and was met with angry protestors
Maha seeks to implement Delhi education model for civic schools
Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar praise efforts of the AAP seeking to replicate the success of the same in Maharashtra
NRC creates question phobia in Bengal’s Birbhum
People are scared of answering questions in any kind of survey, suspecting it to be connected with NRC
Bengaluru BJP workers threaten design school over Modi graffiti
BJP workers covered the graffiti of PM Modi saying ‘Sab Changa Si’ with saffron paint, warn students and faculty
Why I am an Indian
This editorial by the late Khushwant Singh appeared in 'The Illustrated Weekly of India' 50 years ago. It is being reproduced today on account of relevance given the socio-political scenario.
CAA is first big step towards Savarkar’s Akhand Hindu-Rashtra
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) is being vaguely labelled as...
Jamia students demand FIR against police, cancellation of exams
The university admin has cancelled exams and will “explore the possibility of moving court for the registration of FIR”
UP claims Pilibhit houses majority of the 32,000 ‘identified’ refugees
It has submitted a report made by an NGO which has identified refugees from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan
The policeman, the patsy and the true tale of terror
What does the arrest of Dy SP Davinder Singh mean for the Afzal Guru case as well as the wider narrative surrounding terror attacks in India?
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