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Karnataka: SIR Interrogated
A report, The SIR Investigation Report—A Narrative of Betrayal and Tears was released by the Anti-SIR Alliance and the Citizens’ Vote Protection Committee today; the report documents the (mal) implementation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka
Literary critique and author, Ranjit Hoskote, wrongly accused of anti-semitism, resigns from Documenta ’16 committee
The petition signed by Hoskote decried Zionism as a “racist ideology calling for a settler-colonial, apartheid state where non-Jews have unequal rights” and called for “democratic and progressive forces in India to align their struggles with that of the Palestinians, Hindustan Times reported
Assam: Fourteen persons despatched to detention camp, families left frantic
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CJP Team Assam has been on ground, offering para-legal aid and moral support after 14 people were detained during a routine check on October 31, 2023.
IIT-Bombay: Faculty backs professor over Hamas claims calling out the malicious campaign of misinformation & falsehood
A group named the Vivek Vichar Manch has claimed that Prof. Sharmistha Saha and guest speaker Sudhanva Deshpande had glorified Hamas action against Israel during a discussion after the screening of a documentary film — Arna’s Children
Used for checking corruption, irregularities for 15 yrs, RTI being turned into ‘dead letter law’
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MHA further extends UAPA ban against 8 Meitei extremist organisations
The Union Home Affairs Ministry notification issued Monday, November 13m said the organisations were banned for five years for their “anti-national activities, and launching fatal attacks on security forces.”
Karnataka: A sudden heart attack takes away Sheikh Jaleel, Nadaswaram player
A lived examples of generational syncretic tradition of coastal Karnataka (Udipi), Shaikh Jaleel, passed away on Monday, November 13 following a heart attack
‘Probe on,’ says CM as frantic effort to rescue 40 men from collapsed tunnel continues
The newspapers, The Hindu, Times of India, Hindustan Times and Indian Express reported Monday, November 13 morning, the day after Diwali, that the workers were reportedly trapped behind 40 metres of rubble. Scroll.in reported that they have been provided oxygen, water and food through pipes.
Manipur: two dead bodies discovered after soldier’s family kidnapped
Tension has gripped the state in a stronger hold after two teenagers from the Meitei community went missing on Sunday, November 5 from West Imphal. Following this, four people from the Kuki-Zo community were kidnapped on Tuesday, following which two bodies suspected to be of the family were found by the police.
Manipur: 10 MLAs call out the excessive use of force against the Kuki-Zo community
As a cynical union and state government continues to abdicate its fundamental constitutional duty to ensure safety of life, limb and property in Manipur, with the conflict unchecked since May 3, 2023, 10 elected MLAs have released a collective statement alleging use of excess violence against the Kuki–Zo community.
CAG reporting of GOI expenditure slows down, reports not presented to Parliament, transparency & autonomy in peril say former civil servants
Shrinking of CAG’s autonomy and its reluctance to examine government spending in all departments and table reports in parliament and make them public is undermining the office, write 86 former civil servants in an Open Letter to the President
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