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SIR’s elusive illegal immigrants: Bogey Busted but will the injustices heaped be corrected?
Barely 771 “foreign nationals” identified in Karnataka and a miniscule 1,600 in six other Indian states; yet the hysterical bogey of the “ghuspetiya” (illegal immigrant) has been used to render 130 million plus Indian without the right to vote?
Backdoor NPR-NRC? Parents DOB for KYC; great grandfather’s address for passport re-issue
Residents cite that the banks and government agencies like the passport office are asking for never before asked details related to parents and ancestors
Kanhaiya attacked for 8th time during campaign in Bihar
He is on a state-wide tour, the ‘Jan Gan Man’ Yatra which will conclude with the theme ‘nagrikta bachao, desh bachao’
UP ADM is judge, jury & executioner: Muzaffarnagar protests
On February 12, the Muzaffarnagar Additional District Magistrate (ADM) ordered 53 people to pay a total of Rs 23.41 lakh for ‘damage’ caused to property during an anti-CAA protest on Dec 20 in what appears to be a one-sided evaluatory exercise
NCP cross with Shiv Sena’s consent of Bhima Koregaon case transfer to the NIA?
NCP’s Anil Deshmukh said that CM Uddhav Thackeray had “overruled” him
Ghatnandur Gram Panchayat in Beed passes resolution against CAA-NRC
The resolution was passed keeping in mind the dangers to the larger population and the Adivasi community
UP police monitoring 21 organizations ahead of PM’s Varanasi visit
The PM is slated to visit his LS constituency on February 16
Armed men with JCB machines target migrant workers in B’luru
The men razed over 30 dwellings rendering around 150 people homeless
AAP’s Amanatullah Khan’s kin beaten by UP police for election win
Khan’s family members reported that the police tortured them and even misbehaved with the women
Telangana issues Census notification, sparks fear of NPR-NRC
Many have called the Census to be a backdoor for the NPR and implementation of NRC
NPR process to begin in M’tra on May 1, conclude on June 15
Festivals related to all faiths and traditions except Islam have been listed as memory markers for the birth date when the officials come to your home to “register your birth date”
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SIR’s elusive illegal immigrants: Bogey Busted but will the injustices heaped be corrected?
Barely 771 “foreign nationals” identified in Karnataka and a miniscule 1,600 in six other Indian states; yet the hysterical bogey of the “ghuspetiya” (illegal immigrant) has been used to render 130 million plus Indian without the right to vote?
Rule of Law
2020 Delhi Riots: Delhi High Court upholds seven-year sentence for five men in 22-year old Muslim migrant worker’s death
The Court holds that failure to identify who inflicted the fatal injuries does not absolve the accused under Section 149 IPC, relying on evidence of their participation in an armed mob that assaulted the victim, Monish
Rights
Jamia’s Answer to Student Protest: Online exams, hostel closures and police detentions
As the hunger strike enters its third week, students allege that the administration is using disciplinary action and restrictions on campus life to weaken a movement demanding elected representation
India
Assam NRC: Seven years after 19 lakh people were excluded, rejection slips remain a non-starter
Separate Supreme Court proceedings concern the failure to issue rejection slips to nearly 19.07 lakh excluded people and identity cards to more than 3.11 crore people included in the final register
India
UP CEO apologises for minority remark on official X handle, but who is responsible?
After discrepancies in Uttar Pradesh’s electoral rolls prompted AAP leaders to question the Election Commission, the state’s Chief Electoral Officer posted a remark invoking caste and religion, following criticism, the handle apologised for its language, who was responsible for the post, what action has been taken, and why is it still online?
India
Karnataka’s final SIR roll delete electorate by nearly 1 crore; Bengaluru loses over 43 lakh names
Karnataka’s final SIR roll published on October 27, lists 4.55 crore voters, down from 5.54 crore before the SIR, the draft roll deleted 1.08 crore names, while the final net deletion stands at 99.32 lakh, Bengaluru alone saw over 43 lakh names removed
Communalism
Economic Boycott as Hindu Solidarity: BJP leader Nitesh Rane calls for Muslims to be shut out
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India
SIR Karnataka: Six major ‘conspiracies’ exposed in the final electoral roll
The author argues that for six cogent reasons, the final, post-SIR electoral roll has ensured the deletion of not just 99.3 lakh voters as has been admitted; this includes 75 lakhs of voters in the “shifted” and “absent” category; hence 99.3 lakhs plus another possible 27 lakhs by a gross under-representation of the elector-population ratio (EPR); roughly this means that the deletions swell to an approximate 1.26 crore voter deletions in total that is a staggering 18 per cent of the state’s electorate