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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
Siddique Kappan’s co-accused arrested based on intelligence inputs: UP Gov’t tells Allahabad HC
They were arrested by UP police enroute to Hathras and charged for sedition and raising funds for terror acts under UAPA
Truth has been hijacked to serve political interests: Brinda Karat on Delhi violence
On Tuesday, the Left organisation remembered the atrocities suffered by residents of Northeast Delhi and condemned the central government for stifling dissent.
Mob Lynching in 2020: Misleading Exception than a Norm
Excerpts from a piece that appeared originally in Secular Perspective, February 16-28, 2021 edition
Delhi violence: Government pays compensation to over 2,000 affected
Over 26 crores paid as compensation to families of the dead, people who were injured and for damage to property
Gurmukh Singh: Beaten but not broken
Veteran soldier says he will never forget being called a “terrorist” after fighting three wars for India. He promises to return to Delhi borders once his health improves.
Will the two Union Ministers condemn Patanjali?
WHO rejected its claim on Coronil being approved for Covid 19
Puducherry: Will Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan seek President’s Rule?
Chief Minister V Narayanasamy resigned after the Congress government lost its majority on Monday
I feel choked, I have become part of the choking: TM Krishna
In an open letter, the noted musician, urges against staying quiet amidst growing injustice
IMA questions Health Minister’s support to Ramdev’s Coronil
The Association said it was surprised that the Health Minister himself who is a modern medicine doctor by qualification is promoting a drug
YSR Congress sweeps Panchayat polls in AP
Jagan’s popularity ensures his party wins in all the panchayats that went to polls in Pulivendula
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