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The Uneasy Calm in Assam: The Limits of Control of a Nervous Government
The first wave of mourning is over in Assam. Posters have curled in the rain, loudspeakers have fallen silent. What followed was not silence but saturation — endless debates,...
SC to ECI: Explain alleged irregularities in deletion of 65 lakh voters from Bihar’s draft electoral rolls
Supreme Court directs ECI to respond to allegations of irregularities in deleting 65 lakh voters in Bihar's draft electoral rolls; the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) states thats ECI failed to disclose identities of 65 lakh deleted voters and denied political parties access to block-level lists
Beed Sarpanch Murder: Special court finds prima facie evidence of organised crime syndicate, rejects Karad’s discharge plea
Special Judge cites digital, forensic, and witness evidence linking Walmik Karad to a crime syndicate behind the abduction and killing of Sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh over a ₹2 crore extortion racket
India to allow return of elderly Pakistani-origin woman wrongfully deported despite decades-long residence in J&K
High Court’s SOS, government’s U-turn, and the ongoing legal battle over rights and sovereignty
The true story behind a ‘real’ photograph of Rani Lakshmibai
A seven-year-long forensic search that went from India to...
Bihar SIR: Kishanganj, with a high poverty index & Muslim majority in focus as 65 lakh deleted from electoral rolls
Estimates put the deletions in the draft list of the Bihar SIR released at a staggering 65 lakhs with concentration on underprivileged, minority and poverty ridden districts
‘Election Commission involved in vote theft’: Rahul Gandhi repeats charge, now drops ‘atom bomb’ ahead of Bihar poll, also says ‘won’t spare you’
Rahul Gandhi, speaking outside the Lok Sabha on August 1, once again alleged that the EC is involved in vote theft. He claimed an independent investigation revealed serious misconduct linked to recent polls. This is a continuation of the leader of the Opposition (LoP)’s sustained campaign on the issue, in and before June 2025
No category of suspicious voters as per the RP Act, 1951: ECI told in Rajya Sabha
In the Rajya Sabha, yesterday, July 31, the ECI admitted (informed) the house that, in election law, no category of 'suspicious voters' exists
CJP-Led Legal Victory: Bengali-speaking Muslim woman with limited mobility declared Indian
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Accused as a foreigner in a 2002 case but served notice only in 2022, Banasha Bibi is vindicated after CJP exposes false investigation and proves lifelong Indian identity
Manuvadi Hindutva – Rewriting Culture, History and Right to Equality
In this perceptive article CPI(M) Polit Buro member Subhashini...
‘An Explosive Situation’: Gun licences, evictions, and the manufacturing of a majoritarian crisis in Assam
In a state gripped by communal rhetoric and corporate land grabs, the Assam government’s “explosive” policies are fuelling polarisation, dispossession, and repression, while the poorest bear the cost of a political project masked as governance
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