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“SIR is a Nazi-Fascist Project:” M.G. Devasahayam
Alleging that a staggering one crore persons will be finally excluded from the Karnataka state electoral rolls, MG Devasahayam, a former IAS officer, who was recently interviewed by the Kannada daily Vartabharati stated that opposition political parties had failed the voter while citizens groups had posed a robust challenge to the SIR process
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Reduce essential service cost, unburden the poor: Swaraj India
Members of Swaraj India demand that BESCOM reduce its electricity charges as previously directed by the Karnataka government.
Public buses continue of work bearing the brunt of the city
Following heated protests in Virar, SabrangIndia talked to commuters and public transport workers to weigh in on their opinions.
Friend or agent: US arm of OFBJP registers as foreign ‘agent’ of the Indian party
The group that lobbies abroad to further BJP’s international goals denies being under investigation by the DOJ though
Citizens speak up against flawed investigation into the February 2020 Delhi riots
Over 400 signatories endorse an open statement on the loopholes in the investigation into the Delhi riots of February 2020
UP just got its first detention camp
Construction at Nandgram site completed, could be inaugurated in October
Justice Katju to depose in Nirav Modi extradition case
The proceedings before a UK court will take place via video conferencing where the former SC judge will depose for the fugitive diamond merchant
BJP Vs BJP: From Savarkar to Swamy over flyovers, and onto Twitter
Kannada groups object to name flyover after VD Savarkar, while Swamy wants party to act on his complaints
Shrey Hospital Fire: The curious case of the missing phones
It is bad enough that eight people died in the fire that broke out in the ICU, but now it turns out their phones may have been taken away before the fire
Covid-19 vaccine hits road bump, as India speeds towards 100,000 daily cases
As Oxford Covid vaccine trials paused in UK, Serum Institute of India gets show cause notice
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“SIR is a Nazi-Fascist Project:” M.G. Devasahayam
Alleging that a staggering one crore persons will be finally excluded from the Karnataka state electoral rolls, MG Devasahayam, a former IAS officer, who was recently interviewed by the Kannada daily Vartabharati stated that opposition political parties had failed the voter while citizens groups had posed a robust challenge to the SIR process
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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
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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