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The Guardians of the Ballot: Supreme Court hearing the legality of executive primacy in ECI appointments
Across two days of intense legal arguments, the Supreme Court scrutinising the 2023 Act governing the appointment of Election Commissioners, as petitioners argued that replacing the Chief Justice of India with a Union Minister creates a "Home Umpire" system, while the Bench questioned the limits of parliamentary power, counsel warned that executive dominance over the "referee" of democracy threatens the basic structure of free and fair elections
Complete process of issuing NRC rejection slips on “mission mode”: Centre to Assam
This reminder comes in the middle of Assam Assembly elections after BJP has promises a “corrected NRC”
UP govt withdraws cases against BJP leaders accused in 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots
The decision was taken by the government in December 2020 and the trial court has accepted the application, thus effecting the withdrawal
Will Assam tea party sink the BJP’s ship?
Tea tribes have been demanding higher wages, and though the BJP government cleared a marginal hike in daily wages, it was put on hold due to a court case
Assam Assembly Elections: Phase one passes without incident
72.14 percent voter turnout, no reports of violence as polling remains peaceful
Battleground Bengal: EVM malfunction, secret tapes mark first phase of Assembly Elections
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Battleground Bengal: So, is it Advantage Didi in Singur and its neighbourhood?
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Will Modi’s visit to Hindu temples in Bangladesh help BJP win in WB?
PM Modi prays to goddess Jeshoreshwar Kali to rid world of Covid, visits Orakandi temple, for Matua community outreach, even as protests are held against his visit in Dhaka
BJP may have accessed personal information for votes in Puducherry: Madras HC
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