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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
First Covid, now floods; NRC work still on hold in Assam
Given the twin blows, the process of issuing rejection slips has been delayed even further in the state
Brinda Karat files police complaint against IPS Nageswar Rao
Demands Home Minister prosecutes the IPS officer for his recently made political statements
GN Saibaba denied bail to see his dying mother
Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court has rejects temporary bail to the former DU prof, now a serving a life sentence
Thok do s***e ko: Bachchan declares war on trolls
The actor, who has been in the hospital since he tested positive for Covid-19 wrote a hateful letter to internet trolls, inciting his fans to commit violence against those who wish him ill
Prof Hany Babu is NIA’s 12th arrest in Bhima Koregaon case
He is the third person to be arrested during the Covid-19 lockdown after Prof Anand Tentumble and writer Gautam Navlakha
Concerned citizens urge SC to withdraw contempt case against Prashant Bhushan
The signatories include former judges, former civil servants as well as renowned social activists who have raised concern over stifling criticism through this statement
Ram Mandir bhoomi-poojan: Why August 5?
Was it just an auspicious date, or was there another nefarious agenda... one to assert dominance of the ‘majority’
Delayed Assembly session leading to Constitutional crisis in Rajasthan
Former law ministers, and civil society leaders, remind Governor Kalraj Mishra to ‘follow the law’
How is Varavara Rao’s health?
The 80-year-old undertrail poet, a Covid-19 patient, has been in hospital for 12 days, and his family is yet to get any official update
Rajasthan political crisis and the intervention of the courts
The case of the disqualification of Sachin Pilot and the dissident MLAs is going back and forth between the High Court and the apex court, even as the Constitutional validity of the Tenth Schedule remains at stake.
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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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