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‘Forum for Electoral Integrity’ petitions NHRC over mass voter disenfranchisement under SIR

The Forum for Electoral Integrity has petitioned the National Human Rights Commission to urgently intervene in the Election Commission’s SIR process, citing UN concerns, the coalition alleges the arbitrary, mass deletion of 52 million voters, disproportionately targeting Muslim and Bengali citizens through organised campaigns and opaque AI systems

Sanction to prosecute Shehla Rashid over 2019 Tweets on Army given by Delhi L-G

This sanction relations to a 2019 FIR against Rashid registered under Section 153A of the Indian Penal Code reported Hindustan Times

J&K: Muslims take part in last rites of Sikh man in village

Until the arrival of rest of the Sikh members, the Muslims in the village took care of the deceased person

UP: FIR Against Farmers After Stray Cattle Herded Into School; Union to Hold Protest

Farmers say the Adityanath government’s cow protection moves have failed on the ground, leaving them to bear the worst brunt in the form of crop damage and loss of lives

60 scientists ask Govt of India to withdraw ‘gag order’ denying right to speak: GM mustard

Why are Indian scientists being silenced on issues related to science and rationality

Staggering 35 % vacancies, only 10 % women directors in public sector bank management boards

In recent years, whenever Parliament sessions are held, the...

Is the Election Commission vigilant enough in safeguarding India’s election process from the influence of social media?

A former bureaucrat, secretary to the GOI, EAS Sharma raises pertinent questions

Rejection of Republic Day tableau kicks off a row: Karnataka

In the midst of a political row over the rejection of the state’s tableau for the Republic Day parade, for the first time in 13 years, the state’s nodal officer issues a “clarification”

Food, Housing, Health- limitations of post Covid-19 Migrant workers’ related policies

A close look at some of governments post pandemic policies for migrants reveals that key structural exclusions in the labour codes, the one nation, one ration card (ONORC) and PMAY schemes threaten serious exclusions

Union Home Ministry seeks further six months to frame CAA rules, has implementation however begun?

Without the rules being framed, the Citizenship (Amendment) Act cannot be implemented; MHA’s claims in its annual reported reveal however that some measure of implantation may have begun

Prominent Muslim writers excluded from Kannada Sahitya Sammelana, allege scholars, alternate meet called

Several academics and senior writers have told The Hindu, New Indian Express snd The News Minute that the state has hundreds of Muslim Kannada writers, however, only a select few have been considered for the event.

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‘Forum for Electoral Integrity’ petitions NHRC over mass voter disenfranchisement under SIR

The Forum for Electoral Integrity has petitioned the National Human Rights Commission to urgently intervene in the Election Commission’s SIR process, citing UN concerns, the coalition alleges the arbitrary, mass deletion of 52 million voters, disproportionately targeting Muslim and Bengali citizens through organised campaigns and opaque AI systems

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The clarification may address the immediate controversy, but years of preventive action against movements have deepened distrust

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In his viral video, Prakhar Shrivastava, a pro-Hindutva commentator on history, calls the Quit India Movement a “super-duper flop.”  Shrivastava’s claim is similar to the decades of the extremist Hindu organisations’ arguments downplaying 1942. Viceroy telegrams, Churchill’s private remarks, and Bose’s own broadcasts say otherwise.

Mumbai stands with students, but the state pushes back

From Shivaji Park to Chaityabhoomi, solidarity protests continue as criminal cases, restrictions and allegations of surveillance intensify

Youth Uprising: A protest, a brute crackdown, a continuing countrywide response

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