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Arunachal’s anti-dam protests intensify as arrests, militarisation and threats to press freedom fail to silence resistance
Communities resisting the proposed 11,200 MW project fear the loss of ancestral land, livelihoods and cultural heritage, with activists detained under the APUAPA
EXCLUSIVE: BJP Govt plans to evict 70 lakh Muslims, 60 lakh Bengali Hindus through its Land Policy (2019) in Assam
Cong protests push back sinister plan through vociferous protests in the Assam assembly yesterday. Now the policy will be discussed in January or February 2020
1984 riots: Manmohan Singh’s googly leaves Cong red-faced
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh set the cat among...
Is Harsh Goenka scared of criticizing the Modi government?
He tweeted a satirical tweet against the regime but quickly deleted it
SC to hear DMK’s petition on delimitation before TN local body polls
Elections for panchayats and other local bodies are scheduled...
CAB 2019 is not just Unconstitutional, it is meant to create communal divides
The proposed Citizenship amendment bill is an assault on...
SC releases P Chidambaram on bail
He had spent 106 days in jail following arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case
Sri Lankan refugees, the persecuted people that CAB is forgetting
While considering granting citizenship to Non-Muslim immigrants from neighbouring countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, the Centre has been conspicuous in excluding the more than 1 lakh Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka.
Assam remains popular subject current Parliament session; questions on NRC, D-voters continue
D voters are people whose position as voters has been dubbed 'doubtful' though the criteria for this exclusion has often be found to be somewhat arbitrary, being the responsibility of lower in the hierarchy officials of the Commission. The Election Commission started classifying citizens as D voter in 1997. The Border Police would refer suspected foreigners to Foreigners’ Tribunals - - again without preliminary investigation - - following which there would be a trial within Assam's Foreigners Tribunals where they would be required to prove that they are genuine Indian citizens. This system does not, so far, exist anywhere else in the country.
Meeting held to oppose nationwide NRC-NPR
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Mumbra: At a meeting organized by Awaaz-e-Niswaan (Women’s voice)...
The Great Indian ‘CAB’cophony
The Cabinet has passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), 2019 and its introduction is awaited in either houses of the Parliament any day now. The government expects and believes that the bill will be passed by the Parliament (both houses) by December 10. The opposition is unlikely to allow smooth sailing of the amendment that seriously alters the fundamentals of Indian citizenship
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India
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