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Policing Identity: Maharashtra’s birth certificate crackdown and the politics of belonging
What is framed as an administrative clean-up of fraudulent records in Maharashtra has unfolded into a securitised campaign in Mumbai — raising urgent constitutional questions about due process, discrimination, and the weaponisation of civil documentation
64 percent increase in Sedition cases since 2015
The conviction rate has been abysmally low; since 2015 a total of 279 cases have been registered and only 5 cases have ended in conviction
Battleground Bengal: Is BJP’s strategy backfiring?
Growing dissatisfaction among cadres over ticket allocation to TMC turncoats, crowds dwindling despite frequent parachuting of major national leaders
Punjab: Anganwadi workers continue working without food or funds
Anganwadi workers leader tells SabrangIndia that the state government has failed to provide adequate ration to centres in addition to failing in its promise to provide funds in this year’s Budget.
BJP trying to usurp power in Delhi with GNCDT Act 2021?
AAP to hold protest on March 17, to oppose move to recognise Lt. Governor as Delhi government
No separate list of exclusion of Gorkhas published in Assam’s NRC: MHA
The Centre has stated that 19,06,657 persons have been left out of the NRC
Anti-Privatisation Day: Over 1 lakh protests, video message to UNHRC and more
On March 15, farmers, trade unions and workers held protests, demonstrations and grassroot-level meetings across the country
MHA to allow self-updating NPR through web portals
The Ministry’s annual report states that NPR will be carried out by means of self updation, along with house to house enumeration
Battleground Bengal: Unprecedented action by ECI
Top IPS and IAS officers suspended or transferred for failing to prevent injury to CM Mamata Banerjee, despite report by Special General Observers that injury was accidental
Don’t return farmers empty-handed: Meghalaya Governor on farmers’ struggle
The former Jammu and Kashmir Governor suggested that MSP be legalised so that protesting farmers can return to their farmlands.
Battleground Bengal: Not one Vote for BJP finds a curious resonance
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