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Who will collect India’s data? Modi-led government opens census to private individuals
The Centre’s amended Census Rules allow private teachers, members of societies and trusts, and other government-approved individuals to collect household information, without the notification setting out clear safeguards against political interference
Battleground Bengal: Was BJP attempting to bribe voters?
Rs 1000 coupons distributed in Raidighi, BJP first claims these are receipts for donations, then says these are encashable coupons used to pay vendors
Political blame game continues as Covid-19 infections rise making India 3rd worst hit country
India has now reported 1,26,789 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, another unfortunate milestone has been set and the second wave of infection continues to gain speed
Missing CRPF jawan’s family demands answers
Rakeshwar Singh Manhas is missing since Saturday, and his family has been protesting in Jammu seeking a government response on the plan of action to secure his safe return home
Union Health Minister blames states, citizens for Covid surge
Dr Harshvardhan, has lashed out at Government of Maharashtra, and blamed citizens for the rise in cases, but makes no mention of crowds at election rallies, Kumbh Mela
Mumbai’s prominent union leader Datta Iswalkar passes away
Union members and journalists paid their respects to the respected leader on social media.
Battleground Bengal: Giasuddin Molla, Dilip Ghosh attacked
The state minorities minister and TMC candidate sustained head injuries, while in a separate incident the Bengal BJP chief’s vehicle was attacked
Allegations of sexual assault against CRPF jawan in West Bengal
Derek O’Brien writes to Election Commission about incident in Hooghly
Covid-19: Highest surge so far as 1,15,736 new cases reported across India in a single day
Around 55,000 cases detected in Maharashtra, 9,921 in Chhattisgarh, over 5000 cases each in Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi
England cricketers, sports fans clean bowl Taslima Nasreen’s xenophobic comments on Moeen Ali
England’s cricketing stars give a befitting reply to Bangladesh-born author Taslima Nasreen who targeted their teammate Moeen Ali for his faith
Kerala: Sabarimala issue re enters the spotlight even on poll day
Nair Service Society (NSS) general secretary G. Sukumaran Nair said Ayyappa devotees were “still bitter” about the events that “hurt their faith, political reactions flew thick and fast
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Who will collect India’s data? Modi-led government opens census to private individuals
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India
Manipur SIR: Sabar Institute’s report records 1.59 lakh removals, two-thirds in hill constituencies
Using official ASD lists, this preliminary report examines 158,677 names removed from Manipur’s electoral rolls during the 2026 Special Intensive Revision across all 60 Assembly constituencies and 3,014 polling booths, analysing geography, gender, age and recorded reasons for these removals
Education
JNU revokes rustication of five students after hunger strike, agrees to withdraw FIRs and review CPO manual
The 13-point charter also called for the restoration of GSCASH, the return of JNUEE and action on wider concerns over campus infrastructure and governance
India
India’s Electoral Crisis is fast becoming a civil-liberties crisis
The resistance to any form of democratic questioning, dissent or protest marks the Indian government’s response to widespread protests around #VoteChori
Rights
Jamia’s Missing Students’ Union: Two decades without elections, and a protest met with rustication
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India
After ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ protests, Neha Bora Moves Delhi HC against police notice; CJP leaders’ release remains unresolved
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India
Books Under Siege: Bengal’s Left bookstalls, the Calcutta High Court’s intervention and the warning from Hitler’s Germany
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Minorities
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