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RSS Still Unregistered In India, ‘RSS Friends’ Registers With US Govt As ‘Foreign Agent’

October 30, 2026 08:30

The group says it may communicate with journalists, researchers, academic and policy institutions, civil-society organisations and, “where appropriate, government agencies or officials.” Within two days of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat arriving on American soil, a group calling itself ‘RSS Friends’ registered with the US Department of Justice as a foreign agent of […]

Paperwork And Portal Glitches Are Blocking Maternity Benefits In Gujarat, Survey Shows

October 22, 2026 09:24

The Wire Frontline health workers who help women access entitlements under these schemes mentioned that their own incentive payments are often late or never arrive. Women in Gujarat struggle to claim benefits under two key maternity schemes, the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) and Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), because of documentation hurdles, technical failures […]

Cowardice, Says LoP Rahul Gandhi As CJP Leaders Ashutosh Ranka And Saurav Das Sent To Jail For Five Days

October 14, 2026 20:18

The CJP leaders were detained by the Delhi police after they had managed to sneak into Jantar Mantar on Tuesday (October 13) morning and waved the national flag, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. An executive magistrate court on Wednesday sent Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das […]

Twenty-five Years Later, Modi And Rahul Reverse Roles

October 8, 2026 10:59

By Harish Khare Then a ‘man of the masses’, Modi now is a prisoner of his office; Rahul, once disinterested in the family’s presumed sense of noblesse oblige, has today discovered the liberating power of the crowd and the street. Till 25 years ago, Narendra Modi was a free man. He could move around freely, […]

Modi Govt Hasn’t Revised Income Eligibility Criterion For Key SC, ST Scholarship In 13 Years

October 7, 2026 19:37

The Telegraph reports that the ministry of social justice and empowerment and the ministry of tribal affairs had last revised the annual parental income criterion from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh in 2013. The Union government has not revised the income eligibility criterion for Post Matric Scholarships for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes […]

How The Modi Government Could Have Avoided The Opposition Protest

October 7, 2026 09:49

By Sanjay K. Jha The BJP, however, refused to hold a meaningful conversation and stuck to its favourite tactic of maligning the opponents. The march from Parliament house to the Election Commission’s office would have taken barely 15 minutes. A few members of Parliament (MPs) led by Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul […]

‘Very Perturbed’: Bombay HC Slams Election Commission For Deletion Of Voter Names Over Software Error

October 2, 2026 20:54

Raising alarm over the Election Commission of India (ECI)’s reliance on its software system that, it claimed, left officials with no option but to reject applications, a Goa bench of the Bombay high court has ruled that the draft electoral roll prepared as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) cannot be basis for voter […]

Questions May Be About Gyanesh, But The Question Mark Is On Modi’s Democratic Legitimacy

September 28, 2026 20:38

Modi’s democratic legitimacy relies heavily on projecting undisputed, overwhelming public backing which is severely undercut by the recent revelations about Gyanesh Kumar and the ECI. The massive scandal engulfing Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar goes far beyond administrative dysfunction or his personal misconduct as documented internal dissents by fellow commissioners, opaque voter roll deletions […]

A Centralised Batch System Challenged Bengal Voters Who Were Cleared By Judicial Officers, Records Show

September 28, 2026 08:31

By Aparna Bhattacharya Justice (Retd) Indrajit Chatterjee, sitting as Appellate Tribunal No. 11 for the district of Murshidabad, passed an order in an appeal numbered APS2507E055••••••. It concerned a male elector of Part 52 in the Farakka assembly constituency (55). The second line of the order reads, “This is an appeal filed by the Additional […]

No Hearings, Old Form 6 For Non-SIR Period: Election Commission Announces Flurry Of Changes As SIR Storm Rages

September 26, 2026 20:41

Further, the ECI mentioned that a committee headed by senior deputy election commissioner (DEC) and including an independent expert from IIT/IIIT will review the ECINET. As the Opposition continues to demand Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Saturday (September 26) that old Form 6 will be […]

Inside The ECI: Two Commissioners, 14 Objections, And No Answers

September 23, 2026 22:23

By John J. Kennedy Is disagreement between commissioners actually a problem? Not necessarily. Disagreement can even be healthy. However, the real issue is Sandhu and Joshi say they weren’t told about major decisions in the first place, and once they objected, there was no clear process for what should happen next. We usually talk about […]

‘Wrong And Illegal’: Former Election Commissioners, CEC Speak Out On Revelations Of Non-Majority EC Decisions

September 23, 2026 22:01

Asserting the statutory requirement of majority decision-making within the commission, ex-officials demand detailed documentary proof of how the disputed decisions were taken. After an investigation by The Indian Express on Wednesday (September 23) revealed that two of three election commissioners formally objected at least 14 times over 10 months to various decisions taken in the […]

‘Election Commissioners Nominated By Prime Minister Can’t Be Expected To Defy Him’: Justice Dipankar Datta On Selection Process

September 23, 2026 21:28

After disagreement, a two-judge Supreme Court bench on Wednesday (September 23) referred the petitions challenging the 2023 Act pertaining to the appointment of chief election commissioners and election commissioners to a constitution bench. Justice Dipankar Datta mentioned that the 2023 law, prima facie, confers a veto on the executive, since the appointment by a committee […]

Six Questions The Supreme Court Should Now Ask The Chief Election Commissioner

September 23, 2026 20:58

By Maneesh Chhibber As expected, within hours of the damning expose in The Indian Express on the strong opposition by two Election Commissioners – Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi – to the bull-headed manner in which controversial Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar was trying to run the Election Commission of India (ECI), unnamed “sources” […]

EC Ducks, Tries To Make Light Of Serious Questions Emerging From Revelations Of Differences In Commission

September 23, 2026 20:35

“Without delving into the particulars of the formal objections reported by the newspaper, the ECI claims, “All actions of ECI have been in accordance of laws and instructions of the Commission.” In its response to the investigation by The Indian Express revealing that two of three Election Commissioners objected formally at least 14 times on […]

Who Is Gyanesh Kumar, The One-Man Election Commission Acting In Violation Of Article 324?

September 23, 2026 21:05

Gyanesh Kumar’s appointment as election commissioner happened suddenly in March 2024, days before the schedule of the general election was to be announced after the abrupt exit of former EC Arun Goel. This morning, The Indian Express has reported on official communication from within the three-member Election Commission of India which establishes that most orders […]

These 24 Delhi Seats Now Have Fewer Registered Voters Than Votes Cast Last Year

September 15, 2026 13:21

These 24 Delhi Seats Now Have Fewer Registered Voters Than Votes Cast Last Year By Aparna Bhattacharya If elections were held tomorrow and there was a record 100% turnout, the New Delhi seat would still fall 9,268 votes short of the number of people who voted last year. A view of Connaught Place, Delhi. Photo: […]

Gujarat Police Flogs Muslim Man In Broad Daylight, PUCL Sends Govt Legal Notice

September 8, 2026 21:38

Gujarat Police thrashed a Muslim man in full public view and in broad daylight on Saturday (September 5) in Bhavnagar city. A video of the incident went viral, in which the man, later identified as Faizal, cries in pain and begs for mercy while police rains lathis down on him. Peoples Union for Civil Liberties […]

Two Women Journalists Say Delhi Police Beating Worsened After They Revealed Muslim Identity

September 5, 2026 20:39

Freelance journalist Shaheen Khan, on assignment for the popular YouTube channel 4pm News Network to cover an event attended by Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, reported from the Saket Police Station on Thursday, September 3, in which she said that the police assaulted her and her colleague Nafisa Khan. […]

After CJP-Congress Protest, Police Detain Hindutva Worker Who Bragged Of Cracking Man’s Skull

September 5, 2026 20:05

Delhi Police have detained Hindutva worker Swatantra Bhardwaj, who assaulted a man at Jantar Mantar during the youth-led protests in New Delhi and bragged about as much in a publicly available interview, after assuring Congress and Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protesters today that he will be arrested in 72 hours. PTI reports that the detention […]

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RSS Still Unregistered In India, ‘RSS Friends’ Registers With US Govt As ‘Foreign Agent’

Paperwork And Portal Glitches Are Blocking Maternity Benefits In Gujarat, Survey Shows

Cowardice, Says LoP Rahul Gandhi As CJP Leaders Ashutosh Ranka And Saurav Das Sent To Jail For Five Days

Twenty-five Years Later, Modi And Rahul Reverse Roles

Modi Govt Hasn’t Revised Income Eligibility Criterion For Key SC, ST Scholarship In 13 Years

How The Modi Government Could Have Avoided The Opposition Protest

‘Very Perturbed’: Bombay HC Slams Election Commission For Deletion Of Voter Names Over Software Error

Questions May Be About Gyanesh, But The Question Mark Is On Modi’s Democratic Legitimacy

A Centralised Batch System Challenged Bengal Voters Who Were Cleared By Judicial Officers, Records Show

No Hearings, Old Form 6 For Non-SIR Period: Election Commission Announces Flurry Of Changes As SIR Storm Rages

Inside The ECI: Two Commissioners, 14 Objections, And No Answers

‘Wrong And Illegal’: Former Election Commissioners, CEC Speak Out On Revelations Of Non-Majority EC Decisions

‘Election Commissioners Nominated By Prime Minister Can’t Be Expected To Defy Him’: Justice Dipankar Datta On Selection Process

Six Questions The Supreme Court Should Now Ask The Chief Election Commissioner

EC Ducks, Tries To Make Light Of Serious Questions Emerging From Revelations Of Differences In Commission

Who Is Gyanesh Kumar, The One-Man Election Commission Acting In Violation Of Article 324?

These 24 Delhi Seats Now Have Fewer Registered Voters Than Votes Cast Last Year

Gujarat Police Flogs Muslim Man In Broad Daylight, PUCL Sends Govt Legal Notice

Two Women Journalists Say Delhi Police Beating Worsened After They Revealed Muslim Identity

After CJP-Congress Protest, Police Detain Hindutva Worker Who Bragged Of Cracking Man’s Skull

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