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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.
J&K: Row over Proposed Move to Make Hindi Language ‘Mandatory’ for Students
The NC and CPI(M) leaders said that they are not hostile to the Hindi language but argued against its imposition without taking into account the social and historical realities of Jammu and Kashmir.
UP cancels Adani’s tenders even as RSS’ Organiser inspires a social media onslaught alleging a conspiracy against ‘Adani brand of nationalism’
UP and AP are two Indian states apart from the Maharashtra HNPT that have cancelled Adani tenders and penalized the conglomerate for concealing facts, bad business practice; yet RSS’ Organiser and BJP IT cells trolls equate the exposure of Adani by Hindenburg to an attack on ‘India’
Census is not a priority for the Union government
India has never missed the mark on its decennial census since independence and citing COVID as a reason, the Union is hesitant on carrying out the most important exercise in a democracy
To what extent can an MP’s remarks be removed from Parliament records?
The person presiding over the House is authorized to expunge remarks
If India is the ‘mother of democracy’ should not dissent be the first born child?
For over the two years, with the last bid aimed at white-washing international indictments of its regime, the Modi 2.0 regime has been propagating India as the ‘mother of democracy’
Over 16 lakh Indians renounced citizenship since 2011, 2.5 lakh in 2022 alone: GoI
While canvassing for India as the ‘mother of democracy’ the union government is forced to admit that large sections of middle to high net worth Indians seeking fortunes abroad
A total of 6,775 URLs blocked by the IT Ministry in the year 2022
In the ongoing session of the parliament, the govt. provided that new IT rules, 2021 were introduced, 3 Grievance Appellate Committees formulated to regulate social media.
Jammu and Kashmir on Edge as Fear of ‘Eviction’ Haunts Residents
The J&K administration's demolition directive triggered a row, with many terming it a draconian move that would render lakhs of people homeless.
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