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SIR and the Making of a Stateless Citizen? | R. Rajagopal Speaks Out | Teesta Setalvad
Veteran journalist and former Editor of The Telegraph, R. Rajagopal, found himself excluded from West Bengal's electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. What followed, he says,...
Odisha’s Balasore train accident: misplaced priorities, poor safety measures, CAG & key committee recs ignored: People’s Commission
Apart from CAG’s specific directives, Anil Kakodar committee recommendations, Justice Khanna Committee Report observations were ignored says the Peoples’ Commission on Public Sector and Public Services (PCPSPS)
Protesting wrestling champs meet union sports minister, 2nd meet with govt in 5 days
Five demands raised were raised at the meeting at the minister’s residence: arrest of WFI president was a primary demand along with the appointment of a woman to head the federation body
Maharashtra: D’ty CM Devendra Fadnavis alleges ‘Love jihad’ to be cause of rising numbers of missing girls
Fadnavis also spoke about the state govt’s commitment to bring in legislation to tackle exploitation through ‘Love Jihad’
Balasore tragedy: survivors found amidst corpses; unclaimed dead bodies still an issue
It’s been 5 days since the accident but the tale of survivors and those dead continue to haunt the families.
Mumbai: Silent protest organised to condemn the injustice meted out to women wrestlers
Maharashtra Pradesh Mahila Congress and Mumbai Pradesh Mahila Congress held a silent sit-in protest in support of the protesting women wrestlers
Modi magic or Hindutva not enough to win 2024 Lok Sabha polls: RSS’ organiser tells BJP
The RSS’ mouthpiece also noted that the Congress' national leaders played a minimal role in the campaign while the regional leaders took the front stage during the state election leading to a major victory in the Karnataka election
Kharge slams union govt for asking CBI to probe Odisha train accident: Letter to Modi
"...your government has no intent to address the systemic safety malaise, but is instead finding diversionary tactics to derail any attempts to fix accountability,” wrote the president of the Indian National Congress (INC), previously the union railway minister between 2013-2014.
Hate and the Balasore train tragedy: Welcome to 2023 India
A temple near the accident site, an ISKCON temple was dubbed a Mosque to spin conspiracy theories. If you thought that the worst train tragedy possibly since Independence should unite all Indians in a moment of stunned grief, think again. The sponsored Hate Ecosystem on Twitter and other social media found even this an occasion to spin hate tales and spew venom: Welcome to 2023 India
FIRs suggest wrestlers had informed PM about their repeated sexual trauma in 2021
In the two FIRs filed against Singh, at least 12 incidents of molestation, groping, stalking, and intimidation were detailed
Decoding politics behind inauguration of new Parliament Complex on Savarkar’s Birth Anniversary
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