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The Guardians of the Ballot: Supreme Court hearing the legality of executive primacy in ECI appointments

Across two days of intense legal arguments, the Supreme Court scrutinising the 2023 Act governing the appointment of Election Commissioners, as petitioners argued that replacing the Chief Justice of India with a Union Minister creates a "Home Umpire" system, while the Bench questioned the limits of parliamentary power, counsel warned that executive dominance over the "referee" of democracy threatens the basic structure of free and fair elections

Indian American groups demand justice for Sanjiv Bhatt

The former cop is scheduled for a bail hearing before the Supreme Court on January 22

Tandav controversy: Convenient distraction from an on ground crisis?

Makers and the web streaming service have been accused of insulting Hindu gods on the series  

South Asian activists in Canada burn copies of unjust Indian laws on Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday

The members of Indians Abroad for Pluralist India (IAPI) came together to reject controversial Indian laws on the night of Friday, January 15

Delhi Police to decide on Farmers’ entry into Delhi for Republic Day rally: SC

The Delhi Police had filed a plea in the top court seeking a ban on the proposed tractor rally by farmers citing security issues

Kisan Parade will showcase floats and tableaus reflecting state of agriculture: SKM

Farmers organisations appealed for city and state police’s cooperation to ensure no anti-social element infiltrates the parade.

Those summoned may not appear before NIA as a mark of protest: Farm union leaders

Khalsa Aid urges international bodies, monitoring agencies to hold India to account, say summons are politically motivated

Love Jihad Ordinance criminalises interfaith unions, assault on Article 21: Petitioner to Allahabad HC

Objecting to the submissions made by the Uttar Pradesh Government, the petitioner has submitted that marriage between adults should not concern the state or social watchdogs

10,000 people assemble at Azad Maidan! Mumbaikars put Centre’s claim to shame

Punjab farmer leaders who travelled to the city for the Saturday event thanked attendees for refuting the ‘only-Punjab-Haryana-protest” narrative of the Government of India.

Ram Mandir fundraising campaign a tool to gauge BJP’s popularity in Bengal?

Lines blur between church and state as President of India becomes first contributor to the fund to build the temple in Ayodhya

Mentally challenged man killed in UP on suspicions of being a cattle thief

Victim was beaten up, shot in the stomach, police have registerd a case of murder against villagers

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