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To Karnataka’s Anti-SIR Movement: A note of caution and concern
While efforts have been afoot in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh by civil rights groups and people’s movements to ensure inclusion of the maximum number of eligible voters under the ongoing, expanded, SIR process. The author argues how these efforts may come to naught, given the structural issues involved: a compromised ECI, rushed timelines and the unlawful and rigid document-test for citizenship. In fact, robust efforts in Kerala, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu where similar efforts were made also came to naught.
K’taka to repeal BJP’s controversial anti-conversion law; to remove Hedgewar from textbooks
Lessons on KB Hedgewar and Savarkar to be removed from textbooks, Poem on Ambedkar re-inserted
Himanta Biswa Sarma warns of overuse of fertilisers, calls it “Fertiliser Jihad”
Assam CM targets the Bengali Muslim community again, calls overuse of fertilisers a “sinister plan to attack the health of people”
Bishops of India must protest & speak out for peace, against injustices in Manipur & India: Jesuit priest
In an open letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), senior Jesuit priest from Gujarat, Fr Cedric Prakash urges that they hold a press conference and voice the anguish felt by Christians and Tribals in Manipur and the rest of India
Ahead of 2023 state polls, Bajrang Sena merges with Congress in Madhya Pradesh, vows to defeat BJP
Rightwing Hindutva outfit Bajrang Sena on Tuesday, June 6, merged with Congress in Madhya Pradesh months ahead of the Assembly polls alleging the BJP had come to power in the state by cheating the people's mandate and has deviated from the path.
Odisha’s Balasore train accident: misplaced priorities, poor safety measures, CAG & key committee recs ignored: People’s Commission
Apart from CAG’s specific directives, Anil Kakodar committee recommendations, Justice Khanna Committee Report observations were ignored says the Peoples’ Commission on Public Sector and Public Services (PCPSPS)
Balasore tragedy: survivors found amidst corpses; unclaimed dead bodies still an issue
It’s been 5 days since the accident but the tale of survivors and those dead continue to haunt the families.
Mumbai: Silent protest organised to condemn the injustice meted out to women wrestlers
Maharashtra Pradesh Mahila Congress and Mumbai Pradesh Mahila Congress held a silent sit-in protest in support of the protesting women wrestlers
Modi magic or Hindutva not enough to win 2024 Lok Sabha polls: RSS’ organiser tells BJP
The RSS’ mouthpiece also noted that the Congress' national leaders played a minimal role in the campaign while the regional leaders took the front stage during the state election leading to a major victory in the Karnataka election
Kharge slams union govt for asking CBI to probe Odisha train accident: Letter to Modi
"...your government has no intent to address the systemic safety malaise, but is instead finding diversionary tactics to derail any attempts to fix accountability,” wrote the president of the Indian National Congress (INC), previously the union railway minister between 2013-2014.
Hate and the Balasore train tragedy: Welcome to 2023 India
A temple near the accident site, an ISKCON temple was dubbed a Mosque to spin conspiracy theories. If you thought that the worst train tragedy possibly since Independence should unite all Indians in a moment of stunned grief, think again. The sponsored Hate Ecosystem on Twitter and other social media found even this an occasion to spin hate tales and spew venom: Welcome to 2023 India
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