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Policing Identity: Maharashtra’s birth certificate crackdown and the politics of belonging
What is framed as an administrative clean-up of fraudulent records in Maharashtra has unfolded into a securitised campaign in Mumbai — raising urgent constitutional questions about due process, discrimination, and the weaponisation of civil documentation
No data on number of prisoners testing Covid positive: MHA
The Ministry however presented data collated by NCRB on overcrowding of prisons and number of undertrials as of 2019
CAA rules yet to be framed, NRC in Assam yet to be notified, says MHA
The government was faced with questions about NRC in Assam and CAA on the second day of budget session
UP: Maximum prison CCTVs, yet maximum custodial deaths?
The Ministry of Home Affairs was questioned on number of CCTVs and video conferencing facilities in prisons
Electricity workers and farmers unite for Feb 3 protests
Concerned about the possible enactment of the Electricity Bill, peasants and workers will come together on Wednesday to decry the anti-people policies of the central government.
Government tries to dodge questions about NRIC, says no decision yet
Says it will use social and traditional media to dispel fears about Census and NPR
Delhi riots: Court directs FIR registration for mosque arson
During the 2020 pogrom, Madina Mosque in Shiv Vihar was allegedly burnt and desecrated
Solidarity is the biggest need for Indian journalists today
Journalists targeted under serious charges; is this just a bad dream, or has the emergency been declared again?
Budget 2021-22 disappointing: Farmers’ Unions
Farmers and trade unions say the Centre continues to peddle lies and brazen privatisation while betraying people’s demands
Sub-standard testimony of survivor, no scuffle: Bombay HC acquits rape accused
The trial court had acquitted the man under the POCSO Act but convicted him for rape under the Indian Penal Code
Coming soon! The Right to Laugh: a virtual comedy show
South Asian American comedians stand up for jailed Indian comedian Munawar Faruqui, who remains in jail, to hold online show on February 6
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