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Procedure for tabling bills on women’s reservations & delimitation both opaque and non-consultative: Experts and Citizens
Even as media accessed the three bills tabled without consultation in Parliament, experts and citizens groups have criticized the opaque and non-consultative methods employed by the Modi 3.0 government
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The Citizenship Amendment Act is in pursuit of the...
Withering Lotus: BJP’s most embarrassing electoral debacles of 2019
2019 may have given a new lease of life to the ruling regime by bringing back Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a second innings, but it was also the year when the electorate dealt several body-blows to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Chidambaram slams Gen Rawat for remark on CAA protestors
The Congress leader asked the Army Chief to mind his own business and not interfere in political matters
Tit for Tat
The niggardly standard of Indian diplomacy with respect to three of its neighbouring countries : Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh, is getting exposed.
Karnataka: New year, new detention centre
The state’s first detention centre is a building which was formerly a hostel for SC/ST students maintained by social welfare department. It is set to open on January 1.
Delhi Police detain more than 300 anti-CAA protestors outside UP Bhawan
The Jamia Coordination Committee releases a press statement condemning police action
Cong MP demands removal of Hitesh Dev Sharma
A biased official is all set to dilute and discredit the NRC
“Are you going to ban each and every protest?” K’taka HC raps govt
The High Court bench led by the Chief Justice will look into the legality of the prohibitory orders issued by the state and expressed dismay over the manner in which protests in bangalore were handled.
‘Protestors should pay’: Karnataka to seize properties of alleged ‘rioters’
K’taka is the 2nd state after UP to hold protestors liable for damage to public property
Bengaluru to hold NPR in two phases
Officials continue to emphasize that there is no link between the NPR and the NRC
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