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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.
Losing game: BJP’s footprint shrinks from 71% in 2014 to 40% in 2018
The numbers dwindled after it lost Maharashtra to the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance
Indian Army recruits ‘religious teachers’ to help soldiers battle stress
The Institute of National Integration has trained over 7,000 religious teachers since 1985
Vyapam scam: 31 found guilty
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NRC & Citizenship Issue today a rights crisis of epic proportions, Assam: Fact-Finding Report
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Interim Report of the Fact-Finding visit to Assam on the Updating of the NRC
An all-India NRC, coupled with CAB aims to threaten, destabilise & stigmatise Indian Muslims: Arundhati Roy
Roy delivered the Jonathan Schell Memorial Lecture for 2019 on November 12 in New York City organized by The Nation. The text has appeared in The Nation and The Caravan and is now being published here.
Centre not budging on paddy procurement: Chhattisgarh CM
On Monday, at the winter session of the Chhattisgarh legislative assembly, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel lashed at the Centre for refusing to procure paddy at the rate of ₹ 2,500 per quintal.
In Jharkhand, Forest Rights Could Decide Votes In 77% Assembly Seats
New Delhi: Tribals’ dissatisfaction with the slow implementation of...
Mamata seeks to give land rights to refugees in West Bengal
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All is not well for the Mid-Day Meal Scheme in India
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Maharashtra gov’t formation: SC orders floor test
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