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Ensure transparency and inclusion in the 2027 Census: CCG

In a letter to the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India, over 90 members of the Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG), a collective of former civil servants from the All India and Central Services have urged that the Census process be transparent and inclusive; that OBCs be specifically enumerated, DNTs be enumerated as also the 1369 mother tongues in India be also separately classified (through supervision of the Anthropological Survey of India

Pegasus spyware trotting into ministers’ phones, who is next?

In Parliament, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw dismissed surveillance of journalists, however he too is on the ‘list’ say latest reports

Why are so many people mourning Danish Siddiqui?

The photographs he took showed truth to power, and had empathy with the common man

Malad’s slum-dwellers demand immediate rehabilitation

Trapped within the danger-zone that residents call a “dump,” Ambedkar Nagar residents stage a protest, as Maharashtra CM for homes

Over 27 lakh people deprived of Aadhaar benefits in Assam due to exclusion from NRC

Their biometrics were collected during the Claims and Objections process and suspended after publication of the final NRC

Role of RSS & police in communal riots, Aligarh: Parliamentary debates

In the debate held in Lok Sabha in December 1978, former Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi, leader of the opposition Y.B. Chavan, the then Prime Minister Morarji Desai, and many other veteran parliamentarians participated. The PM, Morarji Desai conceded on the floor of the house that U.P. PAC committed excesses against Muslims during 1978 communal riots in Aligarh.

Manipur activist jailed under NSA for Facebook post criticising BJP

Erendro Leichombam and journalist Kishorechandra Wangkhem have been booked under NSA for post against BJP leaders advocating cow dung as Covid cure

Can Delhi’s demolished church, and shattered trust be repaired?

Delhi CM puts the onus of church demolition on DDA, which denies charges

Heartless government poised to evict thousands amidst Covid-19, monsoon in Assam

Nearly 50 families living near a temple in Dhalpur have already been forced out of their homes, which were then bulldozed!

No beef within 5 kms of temples: Assam’s new cow protection bill

Neighbouring Meghalaya worried about impact on inter-state transport of cattle

Poll violence, attacks on Dalits, Muslims: What is happening in UP?

Dalits OBCs may get a couple of Cabinet berths, but nothing seems to have changed on the streets of the state

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