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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

India seals all entry points along Myanmar border

Mizoram CM Zoramthanga holds virtual meet with Myanmar’s Foreign Minister, had also written to PM Modi asking political refugees be given asylum 

Activists in Bangladesh are opposing Indian PM Modi’s visit

PMO said PM Modi is visiting Bangladesh on invitation of PM Sheikh Hasina, to commemorate birth centenary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Kerala Police file FIR against Enforcement Directorate team probing gold smuggling case

Team is accused of pressuring key accused Swapna Suresh to falsely implicate CM Pinarayi Vijayan

Hindu houses attacked in Bangladesh, two cases registered, hundreds sued

Attack in retaliation to a Facebook post by a Hindu man against Hefazat-e-Islam joint secretary general Mamunul Haque

Gurgaon’s no-meat Tuesdays are political, not sentimental

Municipal Corporation of Gurugram has announced that all meat shops in the city will remain closed on Tuesday

Jignesh Mevani demanded suspension of policeman involved in murder of Dalit activist

He was evicted from the Gujarat Assembly after he repeatedly interrupted the address of a BJP Minister, demanding arrest and suspension of the sub-inspector

Haryana passes recovery of damages to property bill, amidst slogans, by a voice vote

A similar law was passed by BJP led UP government after the anti-CAA protests in December 2019

Öztürk Türkdoğan, Co-chair of Human Rights Association Turkey arrested

Amnesty calls the arrest of human rights leader as a mockery of Erdogan’s “Human Rights Action Plan”, demands his release

US flags to fly at half-mast to honour Atlanta shooting victims

President Biden and Vice President Harris will be meeting members of victims' families and the Asian-American community today

SC to hear plea seeking stay on the sale of electoral bonds on March 24

The petitioners have alleged that the electoral bond scheme increases illegal and illicit funding of political parties

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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