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3,404 SIR Forms Found at Kharghar Xerox Shop: CJP, VFD and BCS demands answers from Maharashtra SEC

The discovery of original voter Enumeration Forms outside official custody, followed by the suspension of five BLOs, raises serious questions over the security and integrity of Maharashtra’s electoral-roll revision process; citizens groups demand a comprehensive inquiry

BJP has been laying the base for a new CAB (Citizenship Bill) since 2015

The issue of citizenship has turned into a major political concern with the regime’s efforts to shift the foundational base of citizenship. With a majoritarian regime driven by the RSS-BJP, faith has become the base for those who seek long term visas and finally citizenship of India. In its first term, NDA II failed to get the amendments through, now it is posed to bring them in Parliament, again. Even while the seven north-eastern states protest strongly against this amendment, a 2017 amendment in India’s Passport Rules reveals that the shift has already begun

So, what exactly is a ‘model’ detention camp?

The Modi government had released ‘model’ detention centre a manual in January 2019 containing provisions that would govern the functioning of such facilities across India. Though the manual has not been made public, some information has become available via answers to questions raised in the Parliament.

Swachh Bharat: Who Will Clean & Empty Out 9.8 Crore Septic Tanks/Pits?

Ideally, there should be machines but there is no such plan. That means govt. wants people to continue with manual scavenging.

The ‘middle’ ground in Kashmir has been completely wiped out: Yashwant Sinha

Srinagar: – The central government has completely wiped-out the middle ground in Kashmir with its hardcore polices and this might push more and more people towards violence, former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha said while ending his four-day visit to Kashmir.

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

Justice comes at a steep price, as close to 40 people connected with the case including witnesses and a journalist were killed to cover up the scam.

NRC & Citizenship Issue today a rights crisis of epic proportions, Assam: Fact-Finding Report

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.

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3,404 SIR Forms Found at Kharghar Xerox Shop: CJP, VFD and BCS demands answers from Maharashtra SEC

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From Adivasi students on hunger strike to Class 10 students demanding teachers, government schools without electricity and internet, and hundreds of schools facing the loss of grant-in-aid, Maharashtra’s education crisis is increasingly visible on the streets

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