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Bihar “Infiltrator” Hysteria: Samrat Choudhary’s claims of disenfranchising 22-lakh people corresponds to ECI’s “deceased voters” figure

Over the past weeks—even before replacing Nitish Kumar as Chief Minister of Bihar on April 15—Samrat Choudhary has, while campaigning for the Bharatiya Janata Party, claimed that 22-lakh people would be struck off Bihar’s electoral rolls, with their driving licences and other benefits cancelled. The irony, however, is this: the figure of 22-lakh—drawn from the recently conducted, controversial SIR exercise in the state—corresponds only to deceased voters

Farmers’ movement: UP Govt using police to intimidate protesters?

As farmers organisations have promised rising participation from protesting farmers from Uttar Pradesh, the Adityanath regime uses the state police to verify this participation and “address their grievances”

UP college students booked for Sedition for demanding union elections

Principal N D Pandey, accused them of chanting "indecent and anti-national slogans like Le ke rahenge azadi" 

RSS worker confesses he spread anti-farmer-protests content at Singhu border

Caught by farmers near Delhi border, the worker confessed that he was told to discourage people from the protest by an RSS leader

Arhtiyas call I-T raids an ‘act of revenge’ by central government

Karnal commission agents continue to keep grain markets shut to condemn multiple I-T raids conducted on arhtiya leaders on December 18 and December 19.

Adv Mehmood Pracha’s Office raid: Court summons IO for video footage

Mehmood Pracha moved the Patiala House Court for preservation of the video footage taken during the raid and for continuous monitoring

Why did Nagpur Central Jail refuse to accept essentials sent for Professor Saibaba? 

Fed up with attitude of  jail staff, lawyer Aakash Sarode pens a bare-all letter, puts jail authorities on notice to fulfill their legal responsibility to look after the wheelchair bound, diabled professor

Farmer leaders call for talks with Central Gov’t on December 29

Send proposal to Centre for discussion and criticise the Prime Minister for making false claims of help to farmers.

Advocate dies for farmers’ struggle, leaves behind a note for “Modi, the Dictator”

The farmers movement witnesses its third death by suicide at Tikri border.

Love Jihad: Madhya Pradesh approves draft Bill

The new draft Bill provides for jail term up to five years and a fine of Rs 25,000 for forceful conversions and mandates maintenance of women and children from such marriages

A 2020 Report of 10 Worst Victims of Apathy: India’s Migrant Workers

How the unplanned and sudden lockdown led to chaos, suffering and even death

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