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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
MEITY blocked over 9,000 accounts and websites in 2020
This was sudden increase from 3,603 websites and accounts blocked in 2019
Assam elections: Denied ticket, Shiladitya Dev threatens to quit BJP
The sitting MLA from Hojai has a long history of making communal and hateful statements
Battleground Bengal: Mamata Banerjee injured in Nandigram
She was allegedly heckled and pushed while interacting with villagers in East Midnapore
Withdraw decision to privatise Vizag Steel Plant: Protesting employees
After four days of protests out on the streets, employees state they will observe a huge strike to condemn the central government’s decision
20 years after they were destroyed, Bamiyan Buddha resurrected virtually
Taliban had destroyed the historical treasures in 2001, in Afghanistan's Bamiyan valley as the world watched in horror
No road dug up at borders due to protesting farmers: MHA to RS
However, the Ministry of Home Affairs said that the barricading was strengthened to prevent repetition of the January 26 violence
Deliberate attempt to communalise Assam assembly elections?
Doctored video of AIUDF Chief Badruddin Ajmal shows him making communal statements, goes viral in poll-bound state
No proposal to release 2011 caste-based census data: MHA to RS
In the Budget session, the Centre informed that Socio Economic and Caste census 2011 is finalised sans caste data
Is the MHA still looking for ‘bomb factories’ in Bengal?
Union Home Ministry, had responded to an RTI, stating no information was viable on Amit Shah’s claim
Muzaffarnagar riots: Case closed against BJP MLA accused of circulating inflammatory video
The closure report was filed by SIT and the complainant, a cop, was killed in a mob attack in 2018
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