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The Battle of Belonging: Why India’s Passport Controversy Matters
A passport is undeniably a travel document, but it is also the republic’s assurance of belonging and sovereign protection in moments of crisis. Reducing it to mere travel facilitation strips it of its civic meaning, since passports are issued not to transients but to members of a political community.
How the RTI is scuttled in Jammu and Kashmir, a sordid story
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Retired officials severely criticised the news
Amit Shah misses BSF’s 55th Raising Day Parade
He had missed the ITBP Raising Day parade in the past too
WB: TMC continues to bolster party support with anti-NRC narrative
With a clean sweep of all three Assembly seats in the West Bengal bye-election, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has seemingly capitalised on the ire against the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in West Bengal.
Maha Vikas Aghadi bats for release for Bhima Koregaon activists
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This is probably the first case where the crucial issue of detention centres has been brought forth by Karnataka High Court. With the increasing furore around NRC (national Register of Citizens) and the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) which is yet to be tabled in the Parliament, the question of detention centres --which have their deplorable unaccountable trajectory in Assam-- has now a relevance in Karnataka.
Anti NRC-NPR sentiments run high in Mumbai citizens’ meeting
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At a meeting organised by Pahel foundation in Mumbai's...
Bengal BJP leaders, bitter over recent bye-elections debacle, seek blessings of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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