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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
Allahabad HC: NHRC directed to probe into AMU police excess
The High Court directed that the inquiry be completed within a month
Maha CM compares JNU violence to 26/11 terror attack
Saying the JNU incident was a 'blot on the country', he assured nothing like this would ever happen in Maharashtra
BJP leaders face a blockade in Karnataka with their pro CAA propaganda drive
BJP leaders were stopped from entering Chalavadikeri area in Hosapete, Karnataka as they had come there to increase awareness about CAA
After silencing protests by violence, UP starts implementing CAA
Yogi Adityanath’s Uttar Pradesh unleashed the worst of police atrocities on its people; those who were protesting as well as those who were not. Yet, undeterred by public resentment, the state has started process for implementing CAA.
Enactment of the CAA has sparked a primordial fear among Muslims
Structural Violence deepens roots of Communal violence in India: the enactment of the CAA has sparked a primordial fear among Muslims, who see the government’s meddling with citizenship laws as nothing short of an existential threat.
Huge rally of women in Malegaon against CAA, NRC
Image Courtesy: indianexpress.comMalegaon witnessed its second massive protest against...
Eerie calm at JNU, women students leave hostel
In light of the violence, many women students have left campus fearing for their safety
Come rain or cold, Assam protests go on
The artists community in Assam was joined by the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) for a protest rally against CAA. The eastern India is indeed keeping the flame of protests burning. Bengal also simultaneously held protest marches with its Matua community and Gorakha Janmukti Morcha (Tamang) marching on.
MP Elamaran Kareem urges President to probe JNU violence
The Rajya Sabha MP in his letter to the President also appealed to him to evict the Vice Chancellor of JNU
Police failure to protect JNU from terror attack needs to be independently investigated
Image Courtesy: countercurrents.orgThe terror attack on JNU last night...
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