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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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Trade unions launch nationwide protest Centre’s anti-worker policies
Protests were held across the country and supported by the working class of India
Privatising Indian Railways is anti-national: CITU
CITU calls upon the major railway employees’ unions to resist the ‘anti-people’ move
Will pulling ad revenue from Facebook impact its policies around hate speech and disinformation?
While major corporates have pulled their ads for a month, the social media giant mostly generates ad revenue from small to medium businesses
Can raising the right questions ever be dubbed ‘anti-national’?
AB Vajpayee had raised questions as a Rajya Sabha MP during the 1962 war
Appellate Authority also says PM CARES not public authority
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Splintered
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Assam floods: 14 lakh people in 25 out of 33 districts affected
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Modi announces free grains for poor till Chhath Puja, ‘One nation one ration card’
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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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