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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
Why Opp MPs Strongly Dissented against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 and How
Dissent Note: Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016
No horsing around: CM Thackeray cancels contract of Guj firm for international horse fair
It had come to light that the project worth Rs. 321 crore was hiding severe financial irregularities
NPR 2020 to cost close to Rs. 4,000 crores; Centre silent on connection to NRC
When asked about the impending exercise of updating the National Population Register (NPR) in 2020, the Centre chose to give ambiguous answers. In providing answers to such questions, the discomfort of the government is evident. This raises questions on whether the government is trying to escape transparency of debate and discussion on an issue crucial to that right of all rights, citizenship of Indians
Assam: Detainees in camps down from 988 to 970 in 6 days
Elected representatives from opposition parties have been pulling up the government repeatedly on the question of detention centres in Assam, especially this winter session. In its answers the Modi 2.0 government has provided details with all nationalities of the inmates and re-iterated that there have been 28 deaths in detention camps so far.
Another blow to BJP: Principal spokesperson from Jharkhand quits party
Praveen Prabhakar switched to the NPP saying BJP needed to do some ‘soul searching’
Re-investigate Judge Loya’s death: Sharad Pawar
Fast on the heels of a new government in...
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
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
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Delhi SIR: Public audit finds 416 of 1,236 deleted voters still at their registered addresses
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