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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
10 shot dead by gunman in Colorado
Shooter in custody, motive not known yet; one cop among the dead
Ashoka University and India’s dwindling academic freedom
The resignation of renowned intellectuals as faculty members of the University has invoked responses from not just Indian, but also international academicians, and academic freedom is now being debated
LS passes contentious GNCTD Bill
The Bill was introduced in the house on March 15 and has ever since invoked outraged among the Delhi government as well as opposition in the Parliament
Jignesh Mevani calls for gathering on March 23 to demand justice for Amrabhai Boricha
The Dalit RTI activist was hacked to death, allegedly by upper caste men, in his home in Sanodar village of Ghogha taluka in Bhavnagar district earlier this month
Covid-19: 46,951 new cases registered in the last 24 hours
Centre directs Uttarakhand to follow stringent SOPs during Kumbh Mela, state CM, LS speaker test positive
Sitaram Yechury raises concerns about EVMs, electoral bonds in letter to CEC
Also raises concerns about VVPATs and demands that both issues be addressed urgently
Parambir Singh-Sachin Vaze controversy: Will Maha Vikas Aghadi survive?
All eyes on the Shiv Sena-Congress-NCP alliance to see if they will sacrifice Anil Deshmukh
Saradha scam: CBI raids six locations in Mumbai
Raids at homes and offices of SEBI officials connected with the Ponzi scheme that rocked West Bengal; timing curious as polling begins in a few days
Modi in Bangladesh: Visit to Hindu Matua shrine aimed at wooing community in Bengal elections?
Activist Saket Gokhale writes to EC seeking curb on trip coverage, MP Saugata Roy says PM using foreign visit for election purpose
Assamese made a compulsory subject for non-Assamese school students
Decision taken by state government with eye on the upcoming polls, hopes to consolidate Assamese nationalist vote
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