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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
No central “love jihad” law on the cards: MHA
The Centre failed to provide data on forced religious conversions, shifting the burden on the States
India shocked as Sri Lanka cancels international partnership for ECT project
Giving in to the mounting pressure of local workers Unions, the Sri Lankan government cancels the 2019 agreement including India and Japan in a major port project.
Shashi Tharoor, Rajdeep Sardesai move SC over sedition FIRs
Six journalists and Dr. Tharoor have been booked for their alleged misleading tweets that claimed that the Police shot dead a Sikh youth during the Republic Day tractor parade
Budget Session: How the Centre justified farms laws in Lok Sabha
The Agriculture Minister justified the urgency of passing the laws during a pandemic and gave reasons why civil courts jurisdiction has been barred
Gov’t will not compensate families of farmers who died during protests: MHA
The Ministry of Home Affairs even justified the use of tear gas and water cannons on protesting farmers
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
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