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Scrap SIR, Restore Electoral Integrity: A national call to defend the right to vote

Public assembly demands the scrapping of SIR, accountability of the Election Commission and urgent safeguards against wrongful exclusion from electoral rolls

Fraternity @ Frontiers

Image Courtesy:currentaffairs.adda247.comOn December 21, 2020, the United Nations General...

Can Sanskrit ever be India’s national language?

What the Constituent Assembly debates on the Language Question tell us

Intellectuals Criticise Visva Bharati VC for Accusing Amartya Sen of Occupying University Land

"The allegations are a matter of shame and unfortunately, it is demeaning to Visva Bharati's prestige before the entire world," said Professor Anjan Bera of Calcutta University.

Why and How the Homes of Tughlaqabad’s Workers Should be Protected from Demolition

Thousands of people in Tughlaqabad, Delhi, will become homeless...

SRK’s ‘Pathaan’ survives the RW hate wave with massive box office opening

Pathaan is known to have surpassed ‘KGF 2’ in its advance booking numbers and the movie has gotten rave reviews for its action-packed content and impressive dialogue

Undesirable but prevalent inequalities in India

Indian society is ridden with inequality, while the Constitution explicitly warns against such a concentration of wealth

Celebrating the Republic @ 74!

Image: AFPAt a recent press conference held in Delhi...

‘ASI Protects None, Neither Monuments Nor People in Tughlaqabad’

“The ASI is hiding some key facts. We found that the 100-metre radius contains a government school and dispensary as well as houses of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ramesh Bidhuri. None of those buildings seems to have been earmarked for demolition,” said Sucheta De.

Rule of Law means Certainty that establishes Supremacy of the Constitution

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20,000 residents of Delhi near Tughlaqabad fort face eviction

Image: Nikita Jain / The CitizenResidents of a slum in...

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