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Congress leader of the opposition Kerala Assembly writes to Modi, Fadnavis over arrest of a Malayali priest in Nagpur

In a strongly worded letter to Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and Maharashtra Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis, V.D. Satheesan, Congress leader of the opposition Kerala Assembly has sought urgent intervention regarding the detention/arrest of twelve individuals, including Father Sudhir, a priest of the CSI South Kerala Diocese, arrested by the Maharashtra Police following a complaint filed by Bajrang Dal activists

Systemic flaws or deliberate sabotage? A probe into mass voter roll manipulation stall across Maharashtra & Karnataka

A series of electoral irregularities in Tuljapur, Panvel, Uran (Maharashtra) and Aland (Karnataka), involving tens of thousands of duplicate and bogus voter applications, point towards a sophisticated, multi-state operation to manipulate electoral rolls, despite FIRs being filed and a High Court order being issued, investigations have been systematically stonewalled

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No vote can be deleted online by the public, ECI refutes Rahul Gandhi’s claim but refusal to share data raises doubts

In response to Rahul Gandhi’s explosive claims of mass voter deletions in Karnataka’s Aland, the Election Commission called the allegations baseless and insisted votes can’t be deleted online—yet its refusal to share critical data and silence on repeated CID requests makes ECI’s defence increasingly indefensible

Manufactured Realities: Assam BJP’s AI video and the politics of fear

A dystopian campaign film weaponises misinformation, vilifies Muslims, and rewrites Assam’s history — exposing the dangerous nexus of technology, politics, and communal polarisation

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“Vote Chori Factory”: Rahul Gandhi accuses ECI of protecting electoral fraud, demands action in 7 days

Rahul Gandhi alleges a centralised voter fraud using fake logins, automated deletions, and identity theft; accuses CEC of shielding culprits; demands ECI release data to Karnataka CID within 7 days or face institutional accountability

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Periyar's interaction with Ambedkarites in the Hindi belt are extremely crucial to understand his philosophy on Untouchability and caste discrimination

ECI’s nationwide SIR plan: a ‘unified’ push, applied differentially across states

The Election Commission is stepping into a nationwide rollout of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) with a unified goal — but state-level realities remain fractured, as Bengal revisits 2002 data, Assam ties voter rolls to citizenship, and Bihar faces Supreme Court scrutiny

Jagdeep Chhokar: A relentless pursuer of electoral and democratic reforms passes away

Since his retirement from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, he was co-founder of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR); besides, he had also been associated with ‘Aajeevika’ Bureau for over a decade, working on internal migration related issues

PUCL slams recently passed Rajasthan anti-conversion bill as “draconian and unconstitutional”

Civil liberties body says bill criminalises faith, dialogue, and choice; demands Governor/President intervention

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