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Documents Cannot Decide Democracy: How CJP is training communities to navigate the SIR process

Through a series of trainings in Maharashtra with community groups and civil society organisations, CJP and VFD are helping vulnerable communities understand the SIR process, resist panic, and protect their voting rights amid growing fears of exclusion and disenfranchisement

Bengaluru: Nearly 80 percent students demand eggs in mid-day meal, finds opinion poll

After the circular released by the Commissioner of Education Department of Karnataka, opinion was sought from the students on whether they want egg, peanut bar or banana as the protein source in their mid-day meals.

Why and How the Homes of Tughlaqabad’s Workers Should be Protected from Demolition

Thousands of people in Tughlaqabad, Delhi, will become homeless...

Karnataka DCD reverses the order on ban of contraceptives to minors, claims no such order was ever issued

Bhagoji T Khanapure has now stated that a notice to pharmacists have been issued for counselling minors that buy condoms, oral contraceptives

Undesirable but prevalent inequalities in India

Indian society is ridden with inequality, while the Constitution explicitly warns against such a concentration of wealth

Contested impact on India’s orphans leave young abandoned: Covid-19 pandemic

The need for a comprehensive legal framework that protects all orphans is the need of the hour

Celebrating the Republic @ 74!

Image: AFPAt a recent press conference held in Delhi...

Can the Union Govt be the sole Gatekeeper of news?

MeitY has invited feedback on the draft proposal, deadline January 25 by when it seeks to make PIB the sole fact checking agency 

Rule of Law means Certainty that establishes Supremacy of the Constitution

Law, from any viewpoint, is the foundation of certainty,...

Bhima Koregaon case: 5 years on, charges not framed despite repeat extensions

The Special NIA Court has said that it will first need to dispose the discharge applications filed by the accused, before deciding on framing of charges

20,000 residents of Delhi near Tughlaqabad fort face eviction

Image: Nikita Jain / The CitizenResidents of a slum in...

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