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The ‘Reservation Hatao Andolan’ Isn’t a Gen Z Uprising. It’s a Rerun

The demand to “remove reservation” is one of the oldest, most recycled slogans in independent India’s political life, and it has failed, in more or less identical form, every single time it has been tried.

Re-investigate Judge Loya’s death: Sharad Pawar

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Anti-NRC sentiment now turns to target NPR: Bengal

Two prominent anti-NRC forums now want the Bengal government to stop work on the National Population Register (NPR) in the state.

Just released from detention, Ali Akbor faces double jeopardy as Assam’s border police issues him a ‘foreigners notice’ again!

After four years in Goalpara detention camp he was released on temporary bail on November 29, only to face another ‘foreigners notice’ from the Bongaigaon border police, compelling him to appear before the dreaded Foreigners Tribunal on December 10, international human rights day

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Hindus and Muslims help renovate a gurudwara in Pakistan

The gurudwara in Pakistan’s Sindh has no Sikh population and had been shut since partition

How the RTI is scuttled in Jammu and Kashmir, a sordid story

RTI-ed records reveal J&K's General Admin Dept. works at cross purposes with DoPT delaying application of Central RTI Act in J&K

Army’s plan of Code of Conduct for veterans draws flak

Retired officials severely criticised the news

Amit Shah misses BSF’s 55th Raising Day Parade

He had missed the ITBP Raising Day parade in the past too

WB: TMC continues to bolster party support with anti-NRC narrative

With a clean sweep of all three Assembly seats in the West Bengal bye-election, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has seemingly capitalised on the ire against the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in West Bengal.

Maha Vikas Aghadi bats for release for Bhima Koregaon activists

Leaders urge Maha CM Uddhav Thackeray to quash the cases against activists who have been fighting for marginalized sections of society

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The ‘Reservation Hatao Andolan’ Isn’t a Gen Z Uprising. It’s a Rerun

The demand to “remove reservation” is one of the oldest, most recycled slogans in independent India’s political life, and it has failed, in more or less identical form, every single time it has been tried.

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