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Rights group files complaint over electoral roll purges in North 24 Parganas

A formal complaint has been lodged with the Election Commission of India over what rights activists describe as arbitrary and unconstitutional deletions of bona fide citizens from the electoral...

Char Dham Yatra suspended amidst rising Covid cases

The Uttarakhand government finally gets its priorities right, only priests allowed to perform rituals at the shrines

Covid-19: Trying times reveal how citizens are coping and helping one another

Tired of waiting in queues to cremate bodies, some corpses abandoned on roadsides; good samaritans step up to to the challenge and provide relief as the crisis worsens

Increase Covid testing, cremation facilities: Uttarakhand HC issues directions

The court heard the matter on Covid management early on April 28 instead of May 10 due to the worsening situation

Covid-19: Scientists revise peak predictions upwards to 38-48 lakh cases in mid-May

Meanwhile, government remains remorseless, even as the healthcare infrastructure struggles to keep up

Shun selfishness and greed: Delhi HC on hoarding of medicines, oxygen cylinders

The High Court has been regularly hearing matters on Covid management in Delhi, making some strict observations

EXCLUSIVE: Hundreds die of Covid and data goes missing, UP gov’t remorseless

Not only does the government data not match the actual numbers, public is grief stricken

Entry in counting centre only if tested negative or fully vaccinated: EC

The EC issued fresh set of instructions for the counting of votes which will take place on May 2, in the light of rising covid cases

Covid-19: Plea to restrain UP gov’t from acting against people seeking oxygen, beds on social media

The plea was filed by activist Saket Gokhale before the Allahabad HC after a recent incident where a young boy was booked for seeking help on social media for leads on oxygen cylinders for his grandfather

Telangana HC questions SEC on steps planned for local bodies elections to prevent spread of Covid

The court pointed out that the state had not placed before it any plan of action of how these elections will be carried, so, the SEC has been issued notice to file an affidavit

HC intervenes, Centre increases Maharashtra’s Remdesivir allocation for 10 days

The Bench has noted that some Covid-care centres and hospitals are not distributing Remdesivir equitably

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