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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
CJP enables reunion of man released from detention camp and his long-lost daughter
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Inmate Abdul Khalek had essentially been left to rot behind bars till CJP intervened
UP gov’t accepts Priyanka Gandhi’s proposal of arranging 1,000 buses for migrant workers
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