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Murder & multiculturalism

Protests in the US highlight majoritarian weakness

Congress calls opposition meet on migrants' plight, changes in labour laws

So far, 17 parties have agreed to take part in the meeting via video-conferencing, but the SP and the BSP are yet to confirm their attendance.

The Minority Conundrum: Thought-provoking essays on minority rights

A thought-provoking set of essays examines minority rights in the light of secularism and nationalism, both of which are foundational to the vision of the Indian republic, says Chintan Girish Modi

Coronavirus impact: Centre postpones process of updating NPR, Census 2021

The house listing and housing enumeration of the Census 2021 and NPR were slated to be carried out simultaneously from April 1 to September 30

Govt lodged 3,331 people in Assam detention centres, 10 died last year

There are six detention centres in Assam having capacity of 3,331 people. They are Tezpur (797 people), Silchar (479), Dibrugarh (680), Jorhat (670), Kokrajhar (335) and Goalpara (370 people).

Entered Jamia campus to rescue students trapped inside, police tells court

The police further submitted that the rioters had destroyed/damaged the lights within the varsity campus and, therefore, it was difficult to distinguish between the innocent students and rioters.

Riot and riposte: Govt's explanation in Parliament was disingenuous

Mr Shah's 50-minute Lok Sabha speech can be best described as a model of mendacity; it apportioned the blame on everyone but his ministry and the Delhi police, which report to him

CAA violence: CBSE postpones board exams in northeast Delhi

The meeting was attended by Delhi LG Anil Baijal, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Commissioner of Police Amulya Patnaik and others

After the riots

Restoring trust in state institutions is vital

Allahabad HC to hear plea for having a fixed NPR data collection proforma

The formation of a fixed proforma for the NPR updating exercise would come handy for the purpose of supply of information to a citizen in case of his exclusion from the NRC, the petitioner argued.

CAA: Protestors stage dharnas in Bihar, back Bhim Army's shutdown call

Chandrashekhar Azad had given a call for a nationwide shutdown to protest against a Supreme Court ruling over reservation in government jobs and quota in promotion

Why India's census is in trouble

Opposition to additional questions on parents in the NPR exercise could make the data less reliable

NPR will happen in Maharashtra, nothing controversial about it: Uddhav

Thackeray assured that he will "personally check the columns" in the NPR, adding there shouldn't be any problem with the exercise in Maharashtra

Present situation in country a matter of grave concern: Parkash Singh Badal

The remark came against the backdrop of criticism of the BJP, an old ally of the SAD, over the amended Citizenship Act and plans to implement a National Register of Citizens

Assam NRC data offline: Wipro says contract not renewed after October 2019

After a rigorous tender process, Wipro was appointed as the system integrator for the National Register of Citizens (NRC) project in Assam in 2014, as per the company

Why Delhi poll results are to be seen as polarised despite AAP's huge win

Despite knowing the impact of its anti-Muslim stance on the election results, the BJP stuck to its guns for the long-term political gains to had from fear mongering among Hindus

The Bard of Jaffrabad

"This is why we're protesting, we are neither terrorists nor anti-nationals, but patriots who love India and the secular ideals it has always upheld," a protestor told the author

A dangerous path

Political rhetoric has taken an unwarranted turn

Shaheen Bagh's multi-faith CAA protesters pray to 'save Constitution'

The inter-faith ceremony, where there was a traditional Hindu-style 'hawan' and chants of Sikh 'kirtan', saw participants also reading out the Preamble of the Constitution

Delhi HC orders review of traffic curb at Shaheen Bagh, hub of CAA protests

The court passed the order while disposing of a PIL filed by advocate and social activist Amit Sahni