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Caged in Police Vans, Beaten in Custody, Journalists Attacked: Delhi’s crackdown on anti-CEC protests draws UN condemnation
Protesters allege custodial violence, journalists are detained despite press credentials, and lawyers face obstruction as thousands are rounded up across Delhi. The United Nations and Amnesty International condemn restrictions on peaceful assembly
K’taka to repeal BJP’s controversial anti-conversion law; to remove Hedgewar from textbooks
Lessons on KB Hedgewar and Savarkar to be removed from textbooks, Poem on Ambedkar re-inserted
Biden administration should press Indian Prime Minister on media freedom during his visit: CPJ
An online discussion just before he Prime Minister’s visit to the United States, June 14, brings live the crucial issue of press freedom in India; India ranked 11th on CPJ’s 2022 impunity index, with unsolved cases of at least 20 journalists killed in retaliation for their work from September 1, 2012, to August 31, 2022.
Serious times, grave challenges: India 2023
I suggest a new civic movement needs emerge with the aim of defending the Constitution and democratic institutions. Human rights defenders, activists and the people, who respect the Constitution should come to gather to fight to secure it to emerge victorious over the menace that hovers above us all.
Our protest, why we want our names removed from NCERT textbooks: Suhas Palshikar
In this interview to MaxMaharashtra, political scientist Suhas Palshikar, a household name has outlined the rational from writing to the union of India in protest, asking for his and Yogendra Yadav’s names removed from NCERT texts
Himanta Biswa Sarma warns of overuse of fertilisers, calls it “Fertiliser Jihad”
Assam CM targets the Bengali Muslim community again, calls overuse of fertilisers a “sinister plan to attack the health of people”
Modi Govt said we will shut Twitter down, raid employee houses if orders are not followed: Jack Dorsey
Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, however, dismissed ex-CEO, Jack Dorsey’s claims as an outright lie; Dorsey also claimed that India put pressure on platform during farmers’ stir
Warning or threat, accused MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh sends ‘message’ to BJP’s top brass: UP
‘The main motive is to tell PM Modi and Amit Shah that he is in a position to damage the BJP’s prospects in Kaisarganj, Gonda, Balrampur, Faizabad and Shravasti constituencies’ and it is this political clout that he still carries a close associate of the MP told The Telegraph in Lucknow.
Protesting wrestlers will resume stir, say govt not ready to arrest WFI chief by June 15
The wrestlers, who participated in a Mahapanchayat with Khap leaders held in Sonipat on Saturday, June 10, reiterated their stand that they will not participate in the Asian Games later this year if the government does not meet their demands.
Bishops of India must protest & speak out for peace, against injustices in Manipur & India: Jesuit priest
In an open letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), senior Jesuit priest from Gujarat, Fr Cedric Prakash urges that they hold a press conference and voice the anguish felt by Christians and Tribals in Manipur and the rest of India
“Embarrassed” with textbooks: Suhas Palshikar, Yogendra Yadav ask NCERT to drop their names
Following recent controversial changes made to political science textbooks, the political scientists wrote to NCERT asking it to drop their names as chief advisors. We feel embarrassed that our names should be mentioned as chief advisors to these mutilated and academically dysfunctional textbooks,” they said.
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Caged in Police Vans, Beaten in Custody, Journalists Attacked: Delhi’s crackdown on anti-CEC protests draws UN condemnation
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India
Vote for Democracy seeks answers from ECI and TCS on ECI’s electoral database access and security
In a 16-question statement, VFD seeks transparency on database access controls, changes to electoral registration procedures, security audits and the Election Commission’s oversight of its digital infrastructure
India
Barricades and detentions fail to stop Delhi protesters marching against CEC
CPI(M) general secretary M.A. Baby, former Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, SFI activists, lawyers, journalists and AISA leader Neha Bora were among those detained as protests targeted Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
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Protest Denied, Dissent Policed: India’s crackdown on those challenging the Election Commission
From alleged house arrests and detentions to police checks on train journeys and restrictions in Delhi, activists say authorities are trying to stop citizens from reaching the October 10 protest demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over SIR
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Bihar adds 14 lakh voters after SIR, questions remain over those excluded from 2025 assembly polls
Nearly 14 lakh voters have been added to Bihar’s electoral rolls since SIR, the additions and subsequent enrolment exercise put the focus on eligible voters who have missed the 2025 Assembly election and the consequences of their exclusion
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Karnataka Form 7 Row: 91,278 deletion requests and bulk filing complaints—where was the ECI’s check?
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‘Serious Grievances’: Bombay HC backs students’ concerns, MPSC protests continue in Pune
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