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Two Election Commissioners complained over work allocation changes; RTI records reveal why Cabinet Secretariat declined action
RTI records reveal why Cabinet Secretariat declined action on two Election Commissioners’ complaints against a senior officer amid objections over centralised voter database control, changes in oversight and an electoral roll officer’s departure during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision exercise
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Home Minister Amit Shah chairs key meetings, reviews Covid-19 situation in National Capital
Bombay HC seeks data on pending bail applications from district courts
This order was passed in a petition filed by PUCL, raising concerns over slow pace of decongestion of prisons, and availability of health care to inmates
Tributes pour in on veteran journalist Shujaat Bukhari’s second death anniversary
Bukhari, the founder of Rising Kashmir, was shot outside his office on June 14, 2018
American Bar Association asks courts to uphold India’s moral and legal obligations and release Safoora Zargar
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Surat ban beaten by locals, forcibly evicted from rented home on suspicion of Covid-19
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Media, right-wing spew venom over Sushant Singh Rajput’s death
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Police fail to file chargesheet, Amulya Leona gets bail
She was thrown in jail for shouting allegedly pro-Pakistan slogans at a rally, earlier this year
Adieu Justice Suresh: His voice was his conscience
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Remembering Hosbet Suresh: A voice for the voiceless and my chamber mate of 37 years
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