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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
Meghalaya sets stringent guidelines for migrant workers
Cabinet approves draft rules as per recently passed law to check influx of migrant labourers
CJI’s mother ‘duped’, Nagpur man arrested
Manager of the commercial venue owned by Mukta Bobde had allegedly ‘defrauded’ her of over Rs 2 crores!
Brazil and Canadian Unions promise their support to Indian farmers
While foreign organisations express solidarity with annadaatas, adivasis and students in India speak in support of farmers’ rights
Hindi literature and journalism will always remember the rich contributions of Manglesh Dabral
A poet and editor who was the voice of the marginalised
Karnataka passes Anti Cow Slaughter Bill
The law prohibits slaughter of cows, bulls, buffaloes under the age of 13
Anand Teltumbde declared Person of the Year 2020
Vancouver-based online magazine Radical Desi chose Teltumbde for courageously speaking out against state violence and repression
Punjabi Press Club of British Columbia condemns attack on Indian photo journalist
PTI photographer Ravi Choudhary, who took the now viral picture of a Sikh farmer being beaten, was attacked recently in Uttar Pradesh
Our Human Rights are denied!
In a systematic but brutal manner, the legitimate rights of people are not only denied but are crushed
The farmer is Hindustan: Oppn leaders back the revolution
Opposition leaders meet President, ask him to recommend that the Union Government repeal three Farm Laws
Farmers fight corporates, remove central government middlemen
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