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MoEFCC subverting the Forest Rights Act, 2006: 150 Citizens groups

Over 150 countrywide organisations have in a communication to Prime Minister Narendra Modi outlined how the Forest Rights Act, 2006 is being consistently undermined, threatening not just Adivasis but forests and the environment

SC asks Govt to Ensure Independent Members of EC

Days after Modi’s former chief secretary in Gujarat was...

Siang River crosses Danger mark, Life remains paralysed in Arunachal Pradesh

PTI reports that several rivers in Arunachal Pradesh have...

“Opt Out” of Aadhar a Must, Citizens’ All India Protest

Today June 30 a multi-city protest against the mandatory...

The Real Story Behind India’s GDP ‘Growth’

 The Slowdown in GDP Growth:  A retrospective revision of...

Breaking Bread and Breaking Down Barriers of Caste, the Pinarayi Vijayan Way

“In this era where Dalits, women and children are...

When Dissent becomes Difficult, Democracy is Sick

Aruna RoyIn a public lecture at CEU’s School of...

The Nefarious Money Bills

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Supreme Court issues notice on plea for time-bound reverification of Assam NRC over “large-scale errors”

Retired IAS officer Hitesh Dev Sarma, former State NRC Coordinator, urges SC to order comprehensive review of draft and supplementary NRC citing wrongful inclusions, exclusions, financial irregularities, and threats to national security

Delhi High Court dismisses bail pleas of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, and others in 2020 Riots Conspiracy Case

Division Bench rejects appeals of nine accused under UAPA; Justice Shalinder Kaur declares “All appeals are dismissed” as case remains at charge-framing stage five years after riots

Concerns rise along Assam’s escalating pushbacks, 33 additional alleged Bangladeshis “pushed back”

While Government cites success in expelling alleged foreigners, but due process questions remain

89 lakh complaints of irregularities during Bihar SIR were rejected by ECI: Congress

Congress claims that the ECI rejected 89 lakh complaints filed by its BLAs on Bihar's electoral roll revision, citing suspicious deletions of women and other groups, while the Bihar CEO denies receiving any valid objections in the prescribed format; at the last hearing of the matter in the SC, the Commission has stated that political parties have “no political parties have filed objections to the Bihar SIR draft roll”

Reading Violence: Gender injustice in India and its dimensions

As is visible in the data analysed in this analysis, the three worst offending states were Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan.

In Bihar 3 lakh electors served with doubtful citizen notices by Election Commission

During Bihar's Special Intensive Revision, over 3 lakh voters were flagged for document discrepancies, field checks raised suspicion of foreign origin—Bangladesh, Myanmar, Afghanistan or Nepal, the suspected voters have been served notices and directed to appear before authorities within seven days

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