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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
LS passes contentious GNCTD Bill
The Bill was introduced in the house on March 15 and has ever since invoked outraged among the Delhi government as well as opposition in the Parliament
Jignesh Mevani calls for gathering on March 23 to demand justice for Amrabhai Boricha
The Dalit RTI activist was hacked to death, allegedly by upper caste men, in his home in Sanodar village of Ghogha taluka in Bhavnagar district earlier this month
Covid-19: 46,951 new cases registered in the last 24 hours
Centre directs Uttarakhand to follow stringent SOPs during Kumbh Mela, state CM, LS speaker test positive
Sitaram Yechury raises concerns about EVMs, electoral bonds in letter to CEC
Also raises concerns about VVPATs and demands that both issues be addressed urgently
Parambir Singh-Sachin Vaze controversy: Will Maha Vikas Aghadi survive?
All eyes on the Shiv Sena-Congress-NCP alliance to see if they will sacrifice Anil Deshmukh
Saradha scam: CBI raids six locations in Mumbai
Raids at homes and offices of SEBI officials connected with the Ponzi scheme that rocked West Bengal; timing curious as polling begins in a few days
Modi in Bangladesh: Visit to Hindu Matua shrine aimed at wooing community in Bengal elections?
Activist Saket Gokhale writes to EC seeking curb on trip coverage, MP Saugata Roy says PM using foreign visit for election purpose
Assamese made a compulsory subject for non-Assamese school students
Decision taken by state government with eye on the upcoming polls, hopes to consolidate Assamese nationalist vote
CAA is unconstitutional as it distinguishes on the basis of religion: Justice V.G Gowda
Says that amending a law after over 70 years of independence in a country where 50 percent people are unlettered and do not maintain records, is problematic
Two Congress MPs dissociate from the Standing Committee’s ECAA decision
Congress MPs and Standing Committee members Ulaka and Unnithan state that they were not present on March 18 when the implementation of ECAA was recommended in the report.
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