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Kajri: When the Village Sang Together in “Sawan”
Harē Rāma rim-jhim barsē pāniyā, Jhūlē Rādhā rāniyā hē Hari. Hari kī saṅgē jhūlē vṝndāvana mēṁ, Śyām saṅgē jhūlē vṝndāvana mēṁ, Chāī ghāṭā ghanaghōrā hē Hari… Harē Rāma rim-jhim barsē pāniyā, Jhūlē Rādhā rāniyā hē...
Foot in the door? SC agrees to hear ADR’s plea seeking stay on disputable electoral bonds scheme
A bench led by the CJI SA Bobde has agreed to hear the plea by ADR in January
Systematic crackdown on critics in India: CIVICUS Monitor
India’s global rating downgraded to ‘repressed’, in same bracket as Brunei, Nigeria and Madagascar.
EXCLUSIVE: BJP Govt plans to evict 70 lakh Muslims, 60 lakh Bengali Hindus through its Land Policy (2019) in Assam
Cong protests push back sinister plan through vociferous protests in the Assam assembly yesterday. Now the policy will be discussed in January or February 2020
1984 riots: Manmohan Singh’s googly leaves Cong red-faced
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh set the cat among...
Is Harsh Goenka scared of criticizing the Modi government?
He tweeted a satirical tweet against the regime but quickly deleted it
SC to hear DMK’s petition on delimitation before TN local body polls
Elections for panchayats and other local bodies are scheduled...
CAB 2019 is not just Unconstitutional, it is meant to create communal divides
The proposed Citizenship amendment bill is an assault on...
SC releases P Chidambaram on bail
He had spent 106 days in jail following arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case
Sri Lankan refugees, the persecuted people that CAB is forgetting
While considering granting citizenship to Non-Muslim immigrants from neighbouring countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, the Centre has been conspicuous in excluding the more than 1 lakh Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka.
Assam remains popular subject current Parliament session; questions on NRC, D-voters continue
D voters are people whose position as voters has been dubbed 'doubtful' though the criteria for this exclusion has often be found to be somewhat arbitrary, being the responsibility of lower in the hierarchy officials of the Commission. The Election Commission started classifying citizens as D voter in 1997. The Border Police would refer suspected foreigners to Foreigners’ Tribunals - - again without preliminary investigation - - following which there would be a trial within Assam's Foreigners Tribunals where they would be required to prove that they are genuine Indian citizens. This system does not, so far, exist anywhere else in the country.
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