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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
Nine booked for illegal religious conversion in Indore
The complainant alleged that she was taken to a community hall by her parents for forcible conversion, against her will
Shashi Tharoor, Rajdeep Sardesai and other scribes charged with sedition for ‘fake news’
The FIR states that the tweets claiming that police shot a protester who died, provoked people to march to Red Fort
All eyes on Ghazipur farmers protest site
Security deployment increased, tension prevails as eviction expected tonight
Opposition parties to boycott President’s address to Parliament on Friday
The boycott is being done as an expression of solidarity with the farmers protesting farm laws
Encroachers to be evicted from Bodoland Territorial Region
Orders issued by BTC Secy to Circle Officers, 3.89 bighas currently encroached upon in tribal belt and BTR
Tripura: Peaceful sit-in of teachers disrupted; police use water cannons, tear gas
The teachers terminated due to irregularities in recruitment owing to former government,have been without a job since March 2020 and have had no respite from the ruling BJP government
SKM asserts farmers unity remains intact!
While clarifying that farmers' unity has not been shaken, nine farmer leaders now face the added brunt of police FIRs for allegedly causing the chaos of January 26.
Facing the Fanatics: Celebrating Gauri Lankesh’s legacy
Arundhuti Roy, Teesta Setalvad and Kavita Lankesh come together to pay a tribute to the slain journalist
Deep Sidhu defends himself! Claims Red Fort was a result of public anguish
Sidhu claims that the people accusing him of creating chaos are the same people accusing farmers of being terrorists.
Bihar circular on action against critics: Vague and disregards right to dissent
The circular issued by Bihar government asking police to take action against persons making objectionable or offensive comments aimed towards the government, goes against not just fundamental rights but also views held by the Supreme Court and its judges
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