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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

SC dismisses Andhra CM’s complaint against Justice NV Ramana

Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy had complained to CJI Bobde that Justice Ramana was trying to influence the state judiciary to destabilise the government

Assam elections: Akhil Gogoi in jail, elderly ailing mother leads the campaign

Thousands of people head to Sivasagar in support of the jailed activist

EC orders UP govt to suspend IAS officer for power misuse in Bengal polls

The Election Commission has said that disciplinary proceedings should be initiated against Narendra Prasad Pandey under India Service Rules

Parliament passes GNCTD Bill by voice vote; Opposition stages walkout in RS

The Bill passed by Lok Sabha on March 22 and has been contested by the Opposition as well as the ruling AAP government of Delhi for usurping powers of the elected government

Can detain activists, cannot detain anger: Jignesh Mevani

On Ambedkar Jayanti, activists will “free encroached land of Dalits in 14 villages of Gujarat”, continue seeking justice for Amrabhai Boricha

UP: ‘Unsuitable” to continue as public servants, 3 IPS officer get retirement orders

Inspector General Amitabh Thakur, currently posted as the Joint Director Civil Defence, two others have been retired

SC expresses concern over the possible misuse electoral bonds, reserves its order on the matter

Attorney General KK Venugopal, claims that after electoral bonds were launched in 2018, black money in election funding, has been kept under check

SC directs Param Bir Singh to approach Bombay HC

Singh had moved SC demanding an “unbiased, uninfluenced, impartial and fair investigation” into the allegedly “corrupt malpractices” of Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh

Mosque loudspeaker impedes yoga, puja, govt duties: UP Minister

Uttar Pradesh minister Anand Swaroop Shukla writes to Ballia district magistrate, asking volume be fixed according to High Court order

Pay five-months salary or we stop work: JNU sanitation workers 

Members of the AICCTU condemned the college authorities for failing to pay employee dues as well as failing to provide them basic necessities such as identity cards 

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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

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

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’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

Jamia’s Missing Students’ Union: Two decades without elections, and a protest met with rustication

Students on Hunger-striking students allege physical assault and punitive disciplinary action; a seven-member committee has been formed, but the administration yet to commit to restoring elected representation

After ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ protests, Neha Bora Moves Delhi HC against police notice; CJP leaders’ release remains unresolved

More than 100 protesters were detained in Delhi as police blocked the planned flag march, while demonstrations in Mumbai and Bengaluru took different courses

Books Under Siege: Bengal’s Left bookstalls, the Calcutta High Court’s intervention and the warning from Hitler’s Germany

The bulldozer retreated, and the court offered temporary relief. But who gets to decide which ideas can occupy Bengal’s public spaces?

After 772 Days in Detention, Ajabha Khatun Returns Home: CJP helps secure her release

Ajabha Khatun’s conditional release brings relief to her family, while her pending legal case and her plea for another detainee underline the fight that remains