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Karnataka: SIR Interrogated
A report, The SIR Investigation Report—A Narrative of Betrayal and Tears was released by the Anti-SIR Alliance and the Citizens’ Vote Protection Committee today; the report documents the (mal) implementation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka
Alleging Govt Apathy, All India Kisan Sabha Demands MSP for Apple Farmers
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Should any person saying “Murdabad” be behind bars, asks senior advocate Mihir Desai critiquing recent judgements denying bail
The misinterpretation of terms like ‘comrade’ even in the judiciary makes it hard for advocates of personal liberty says the advocate speaking on recent judicial orders staying acquittal of professor GN Saibaba and refusing bail to Umar Khalid and Jyoti Jagtap
One more migration, last Kashmiri Pandit woman in terror-hit village, migrates
Her departure, reported on October 28, comes after all other seven Pandit families living in the village quietly migrated to Jammu following the recent targeted killings in the valley
MP: Tribal Dies by Suicide After Forest Dept Razed his PMAY Sanctioned House
Forest department officials claim that the tribal man was building a home on encroached forest land, which was removed a month ago, and he was served a notice.
Samyukta Kisan Morcha stages Peoples panchayat in Hariram
On 22nd October farmers under the banner of Samuyukta...
Targeted killings, govt neglect compels migration of Kashmiri Pandit families from Valley
Attacks on life and property and a climate of insecurity and fear have now pushed another 9 families to flea says the Kashmiri Pandit Sangharsh Samiti (KPSS)
Migrant labour Bengali couple wrongfully detained as ‘Bangladeshi’ in Karnataka
News of the detention of a migrant labour couple, Palash Adhikary & Shukla Adhikary with their one and a half year old child, from the Tele village of Jourgram panchayat under Jamalpur Police station in East Burdwan, West Bengal for being wrongfully dubbed Bangladeshi has let loose a storm of protest
‘Won’t Give an Inch to Dalmia Cement’, over 5,000 Adivasis in Odisha Protest ‘Illegal’ Land Acquisition
After marching 100 km to the district collector's office, the protesting members of the Adivasi community were forced to spend the night out in the cold before their demands were heard by the administration reports Orissa TV.
Gauhati HC grants bail to Muslim individual declared foreigner in Assam
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