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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

BJP removes Narada sting operation from YouTube channel, faces storm of criticism

Image Courtesy:jantakareporter.comThe ruling BJP has drawn serious flak after...

I am not the poster boy of BJP: Harpreet Singh, calls out party for using his photo without permission

Harpreet Singh, now well known as Harp Farmer, will also send a legal notice to BJP Punjab for using his ‘happy farmer’ photo for a propaganda poster

India fails to ratify International Convention on Enforced Disappearance that turns ten!

A closer look into the countries that are yet to ratify it and acknowledge the human rights violation

UP: Hand over cowshed project fund or we will release 15,000 cows!

Panchayat Chiefs express anger at the Yogi-government for failing to provide funds under the ‘Gaushala project,’ to build a shed for animal husbandry.

Our father, Sanjiv Bhatt is paying the price for being, honest, upright, courageous: Aakashi & Shantanu 

Sanjiv Bhatt has now spent over two years, and three months in jail, for a 30 year old case, his children wrote an open letter on his birthday December 21

Catch 22, the BJP CAA and Shah’s Chronology in Bengal ?

Mixed messages do not make for a clear electoral campaign and the aggressive Bharatiya Janata Party, which previously campaigned for the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the state, is now seen downplaying both, the implementation of CAA and NRC as Bengal gears into poll mode.

Tagore & BJP can’t go together: Students protest Amit Shah’s Visit to Visva-Bharati

Protesting Students burnt effigies of Shah, PM Modi and Visva-Bharati vice-chancellor Bidyut Chakrabarty near the varsity central office. The union home minister faced strong protests in Tagore’s karmabhoomi

AIFRTE slams Centre for suggesting scrapping reservation in IIT faculty recruitment

The move was also condemned by IIT Bombay’s Ambedkar Periyar Phule Study Circle for its casteist ignorance

CITU grieves the loss of beloved Punjab leader Raghunath Singh

Party members paid homage to the beloved leader who struggled for the state peasantry

Why is Bihar asking for a ‘Love Jihad’ law?

The demand comes from a Hindutva outfit members to curb the alleged rise in cases of religious conversions

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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

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

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

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

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

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

‘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.