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Who will collect India’s data? Modi-led government opens census to private individuals

The Centre’s amended Census Rules allow private teachers, members of societies and trusts, and other government-approved individuals to collect household information, without the notification setting out clear safeguards against political interference

Govt lawyers absent for FRA hearing as millions of tribals inch closer to froced eviction

Central government lawyers remained absent as Supreme Court inched...

UN Rapporteurs demand answers from Indian government about threats made to journalist Swati Chaturvedi

They expressed serious concern at the alleged threats, including...

Problems faced by foreign nationals in Indian prisons at every step of criminal justice process

Excerpts from “Strangers to Justice: A Report on Foreigners...

NIT Calicut administration denies permission for LGBTQ lecture

On 6 September 2018, the Supreme Court of India...

20 killed, 40 injured in Pulwama Terror Attack: J & K

 At least 20 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were...

Has the government decided to sacrifice Forest Rights Act to benefit corporates?

Opposition leaders, tribal activists and people’s organisations said that...

Hunger in India is reflection of rural distress arising out of the agrarian crisis, poor livelihood options

Kavita Srivastava and Dipa Sinha, conveners, Right to Food...

TRAI’s Cable TV Regulation: Coming of Ambani Raj

Remember what happened to the Indian telecom sector after...

Can Indian citizens rise for activists when authorities look away?

There were raids all over India on those who...

Why can’t Govt of India disclose Cabinet note, materials regarding 10% quota law under RTI?

Readers will remember, in January 2019, Parliament approved the Central...

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Who will collect India’s data? Modi-led government opens census to private individuals

The Centre’s amended Census Rules allow private teachers, members of societies and trusts, and other government-approved individuals to collect household information, without the notification setting out clear safeguards against political interference

Manipur SIR: Sabar Institute’s report records 1.59 lakh removals, two-thirds in hill constituencies

Using official ASD lists, this preliminary report examines 158,677 names removed from Manipur’s electoral rolls during the 2026 Special Intensive Revision across all 60 Assembly constituencies and 3,014 polling booths, analysing geography, gender, age and recorded reasons for these removals

JNU revokes rustication of five students after hunger strike, agrees to withdraw FIRs and review CPO manual

The 13-point charter also called for the restoration of GSCASH, the return of JNUEE and action on wider concerns over campus infrastructure and governance

India’s Electoral Crisis is fast becoming a civil-liberties crisis

The resistance to any form of democratic questioning, dissent or protest marks the Indian government’s response to widespread protests around #VoteChori

Jamia’s Missing Students’ Union: Two decades without elections, and a protest met with rustication

Students on Hunger-striking students allege physical assault and punitive disciplinary action; a seven-member committee has been formed, but the administration yet to commit to restoring elected representation

After ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ protests, Neha Bora Moves Delhi HC against police notice; CJP leaders’ release remains unresolved

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Books Under Siege: Bengal’s Left bookstalls, the Calcutta High Court’s intervention and the warning from Hitler’s Germany

The bulldozer retreated, and the court offered temporary relief. But who gets to decide which ideas can occupy Bengal’s public spaces?

After 772 Days in Detention, Ajabha Khatun Returns Home: CJP helps secure her release

Ajabha Khatun’s conditional release brings relief to her family, while her pending legal case and her plea for another detainee underline the fight that remains