Email: sabrangind@gmail.com
Punjab SIR draft roll published; 20 lakh electors marked ASDD, claims open till September 12
Nearly 1.94 crore (19.4 million) enumeration forms digitised during SIR; over 20 lakh electors categorised as absent, shifted, dead or duplicate (ASDD), Voters whose names are missing from the draft can file claims for inclusion till September 12, even as complaints on social media during the enumeration phase highlighted difficulties faced by electors
Oppo. denies all allegations of instigating farmers’ struggle and demand repeal agri-laws
Political parties address Prime Minister’s claims of ‘instigating unrest’ once and for all and assert that the current agitation is being led by India’s farmers.
Assam BJP meet to lay roadmap for its mission ‘100-plus’ ahead of Assembly Polls 2021
The state unit faces challenges on how to unite Assam’s diverse electorate to vote in its favour, and clear its stand on Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)
After teachers gheraoed, Jadavpur University VC, threatens to quit
Students and teachers have been clashing over overhauling JU Management System software used to publish results online, that is stated to be faulty
Rajasthan: Experts call for urgent need to review State Food Commission
Two leaders from peasant and academic organisations write a letter to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to voice concerns about the appointments in the State Food Commission.
No Boris Johnson visit to India, till demands met: Farmers to write to British MPs
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson had said that it would be a "great honour" to attend the Republic Day parade in Delhi.
Ex-bureaucrats miffed over Central Vista project, write open letter to PM
69 former civil servants have sent an open letter to the PM questioning the rationale behind the project when the country is facing a severe health and economic crisis.
Farmers leaders dismiss false claims of the central government
Tired of the Centre’s repeated fake assurances, leaders promise that the farmers’ movement will only grow in size and strength.
AIKS Maharashtra thanks political parties for strong support
Having reached Kota, Rajasthan, the farmers’ organisation thanks villagers and political parties across Maharashtra for their strong support in the Vehicle Jatha.
Tihar Jail inmate alleges beating: Delhi HC directs inquiry
The Metropolitan Magistrate has been directed to file its report within 2 weeks of the completion of the investigation
They call me a terrorist, beat me up: ex Congress councillor Ishrat Jahan
Most undertrials have told courts that they are being harassed, and called terrorists by other jail inmates
Related VIDEOS
ALL STORIES
ALL STORIES
India
Punjab SIR draft roll published; 20 lakh electors marked ASDD, claims open till September 12
Nearly 1.94 crore (19.4 million) enumeration forms digitised during SIR; over 20 lakh electors categorised as absent, shifted, dead or duplicate (ASDD), Voters whose names are missing from the draft can file claims for inclusion till September 12, even as complaints on social media during the enumeration phase highlighted difficulties faced by electors
Communalism
When Faith Becomes a Licence for Control: The 2026 Kanwar yatra, violence, vigilantism and the politics of meat
From attacks on vehicles and commuters to the targeting of Muslim-owned businesses and meat shops, the 2026 pilgrimage raises urgent questions about vigilantism, selective policing and the State's accommodation of majoritarian demands
India
Maharashtra SIR: 2.08 crore (20.8 million) voter forms “uncollected” hence may not be listed in August 24 draft electoral roll
More than 1 in 5 voter enumeration forms have remained “uncollected” on the final day of Maharashtra’s SIR exercise, with urban districts accounting for a large share of those bureaucratically “excluded”-- nearly 95 lakh forms were uncollected in Thane, Mumbai and Pune, though voters left out of the draft will get a month to seek inclusion or correction
Minorities
Jharkand government accused of continued communal lynchings by fact-finding team
The fact-finding team that comprised representatives of Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha, Karwan e Mohabbat, Sajha Kadam and United Milli Forum has demanded that both the family of the deceased (lynched) man and victim survivor be provided protection and an impartial probe be conducted
India
Sumit Sarkar: Engaged scholarship, ways of historical thinking, an enduring legacy
Scholar of modern India with a path breaking approach to research and his discipline, historian Sumit Sarkar transformed how modern Indian history was understood, bringing ordinary people and their experiences to the centre of historical scholarship
Gender and Sexuality
When Family Becomes Custody: Allahabad HC holds adult women’s faith, residence and liberty cannot be placed under parental control
Holding that an alleged unlawful conversion cannot become a licence for private confinement, the Court separates the legality of religious conversion from the legality of detention—and holds the father and Uttar Pradesh State jointly liable for ₹25 lakh in constitutional compensation
India
‘How Can Rehabilitation Work If We Are Not Safe?’ Sanjay Tickoo on the fresh threat to Kashmiri Pandit employees
Sanjay Tickoo speaks to Sabrang India on repeated threats, targeted killings and security lapses have eroded Kashmiri Pandit employees’ faith in the State.