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Owner of collapsed illegal hoarding in Mumbai previously booked for rape, known for illegal banners
Bhavesh Prabhudas Bhinde remains absconding after the incident, BMC now removes other hoardings; yesterday’s collapse of hoarding resulted in 14 deaths and left 76 injured till now
UN-linked body GNAHRI defers accreditation of NHRC India for second term, flags absence of autonomy and diversity
A major impact on India’s ability to vote at the Human Rights Council and some UN General Assembly bodies, as NHRC’s failure to effectively discharge its mandates to respond to the escalating human rights violations in India, lack of pluralism in selection and appointments of its duty holders and insufficient cooperation with human rights bodies
Disclose authenticated record of voter turnout, citizens tell ECI
A delegation of citizens submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission of India on Tuesday, May 14
International report asserts India’s “rise” on world stage under PM Modi is ‘a mirage’
Neither in popularity nor as a leader who has excelled in all sectors, Modi fares poorly on the international front, claims the report, Modi Mirage
Reports of poll guidelines breached as India completes fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections
BJP candidate forces Muslim women to unveil themselves at polling booth, in one of the instances of violations that took place during the fourth phase of the general assembly elections in India.
Journalist beaten at Amit Shah’s rally in UP after recording women saying they were paid to attend rally
A Delhi based journalist; Raghav Trivedi was reportedly beaten by BJP workers at a rally for Amit Shah in Uttar Pradesh’s Raebareli. The journalist was beaten after the workers reportedly thought he was a Muslim.
Modi ‘losing steam’, returns to time-tested divisive communal issues
BJP has a strong electoral machine, well backed up...
Press Club of India dismayed at the ECI, not holding a single press conference: urges release of all poll data
PCI, Delhi has demanded that the Election Commission of India (ECI) holds a press conference after every phase of voting and entire data, including absolute number of votes polled and final percentage of voting be released by the next day of polling, stressing citizen’s right to be informed
#GrowASpineOrResign: Citizens’ mass city-wide protest against inaction by ECI over PM Modi’s hate speech & suppression of voters rights during ongoing election
Civil society groups and citizens creatively designed send mass postcards and joint statements in over a dozen cities, condemning the lack of action against malpractice by BJP in election campaigning, urges the constitutional authority to abide by their mandatory requirement of unbiased fairness
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