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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
Every citizen of India is Hindu, or so claims UP CM Yogi Adityanath
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath makes claims all Indians are “Hindu” while accusing the Congress party of indulging in divisive politics in Kerala.
New IT Rules: How Centre is planning to address online grievances
The Government has set up a strict grievance redressal mechanism for users in a bid to make the online world more transparent and accountable
RSS worker killed in clash with SDPI members in Kerala’s Alappuzha
Eight persons arrested after the 23-year-old RSS worker, identified as Nandhu, was hacked to death
Nasrin: A documentary on an Iranian woman defending human rights
A screening on March 9, will be followed by a panel discussion of HRDs across the world, who will discuss the state of women rights defenders in Iran.
Who will BJP stand by: Pamela Goswami or Rakesh Singh?
Goswami accused of drug possession, has alleged she was framed by Singh because she rejected his ‘advances’
Ethics Code for Social Media, rules for OTT platforms, online news
Provision for identification of first originator of information on messaging services
Mamata Banerjee rides electric scooty to protest rising fuel prices
Calling the central government “anti-people,” Banerjee said the BJP government only made false promises, while the price of petrol and diesel rose by the day
Revisiting Northeast Delhi a year after the February 2020 pogrom
Senior activists, lawyers and experts working on-ground with Delhi pogrom survivors discuss with SabrangIndia the progress, or the lack of it, in the case of communal attacks in Northeast Delhi
Kerala Government to drop Sabarimala, anti CAA protest cases
The anti CAA protests had led to the registration of 530 cases and the SC order in the Sabarimala issue had triggered 17,000 cases in 2018
Move to rename Sardar Patel stadium after Modi, draws flak
Many see it as an insult to Sardar Patel, others view it as a sign of Modi’s possible narcissism
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