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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

Battleground Bengal: Unprecedented action by ECI

Top IPS and IAS officers suspended or transferred for failing to prevent injury to CM Mamata Banerjee, despite report by Special General Observers that injury was accidental

Don’t return farmers empty-handed: Meghalaya Governor on farmers’ struggle

The former Jammu and Kashmir Governor suggested that MSP be legalised so that protesting farmers can return to their farmlands.

Battleground Bengal: Not one Vote for BJP finds a curious resonance

It is as yet unclear what impact the peaceful,...

All that is real, feels far too unreal: Disha Ravi

Says the past few days have been beyond painful but feels fortunate to have received pro bono legal assistance

Nita Ambani may soon be teaching Women Studies at BHU

The University’s Women studies and Development center has invited Ambani, to be a visiting professor at the university

Sexual Harassment: Madras HC slams gov’t for not taking action against Special DGP

The court pulled up the Government for not suspending the former DGP and sought a status report by March 16

Punish anti-farmer BJP and its allies in upcoming elections: SKM

Speaking to the people of Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, farmer leaders asked citizens to support their struggle by not voting for the ruling regime

Stop showing “Bombay Begums” for depicting minors inappropriately:  NCPCR to Netflix 

The Child rights Commission said that it received two complaints on Twitter about the allegedly offensive depiction in the show

Don’t make the mistake of voting for BJP: SKM to Bengal voters

A delegation of SKM reached West Bengal on Friday where they addressed media persons and asked citizens not to support the ruling regime that has “oppressed protesting farmers”

Bad news for those still looking for gold in cow milk

Govt ‘admits’ no conclusive information available on difference in quality of milk of foreign breeds and indigenous cattle

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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