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Who controls access to voter records? ECINet audit raises fresh questions
An audit of ECINet reports Bengal-specific restrictions and controls that can switch access on or off across States, renewing questions about electoral officers’ authority, central oversight and accountability after earlier objections to the platform and changes to voter registration procedures
India needs to reject the ‘politics of ‘brand’
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TN govt drops cases against anti-CAA protestors, lockdown violators
The CM Edappadi K Palaniswami said that except cases linked to violence, about 10 lakh cases of less serious offences were being dropped!
Right to dissent is a hallmark of democracy: Justice Deepak Gupta
Justice (retd.) Deepak Gupta, in a panel discussion opined that India cannot progress if dissent is stifled
Will a Rs 6,000 annual dole lure Bengal’s fisherfolk?
Fisherfolk welcome the suggestion but say that there are plenty of existing schemes that Centre and state must implement
Railways more than double NJP train fare, Jalpaiguri commuters protest
Farmers, domestic helps and office goers decried the hiked train fare and mandatory reservation for an essential train in the northern region of West Bengal
Cong raises concerns about EVMs
Digvijay Singh highlights concerns raised by former IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan
23 Surat election candidates declare serious criminal charges against themselves: ADR report
The report analyzed the criminal, financial backgrounds of 452 out of 484 candidates, contesting in the Surat Municipal Corporation Elections 2021.
Puducherry govt faces political storm, floor test on February 22
Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan orders floor test after four Congress MLAs resign
Uttar Pradesh: Where women live in fear
Complex hierarchies of caste and apathetic state machinery, are a vulgar display of India’s contempt towards women, especially Dalits
Shabnam Ali likely to become first woman to be hanged in independent India
Shabnam and her partner were sentenced to death in 2010 for murdering seven members of her family
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