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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
UP Assembly passes anti-religious conversion Bill amid opposition
This 2021 Bill seeks to replace the Ordinance promulgated in November last year that makes conversion a non bailable and cognisable offence
Battleground Bengal: Communal hues grow darker
From rath yatras, to pitting deities, there’s nothing the BJP won’t do to consolidate its vote bank of supremacists
Dismiss false charges against farmers: SKM to President on Daman Pratirodh Diwas
Farmers groups demanded for immediate dismissal of false allegations and condemned local police for oppressing farmers’ protest.
Black flags welcome Modi in Assam
BJP continues doling out sops in the poll-bound state, but refuses to blink on Clause 6 Committee, CAA
All-Punjab Anganwadi Workers’ Union to hold a protest march on March 4
According to the Union President, the State Home Ministry has told workers that they cannot do anything to resolve their predicament.
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.
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