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New Delhi: Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has moved a writ petition before the Supreme Court challenging the Election Commission of India's (ECI) decision to revise electoral rolls in Bihar ahead of the ensuing Assembly polls. As per the petition, order of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, if not set aside, can "arbitrarily" and "without due process" disenfranchise lakhs of voters from electing their representatives, and disrupt free and fair elections and ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The validity of the Election Commission's controversial decision to direct Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Rolls in Bihar just months before the polls has been challenged in the Supreme Court with Association for Democratic Reforms telling the court that the decision would disenfranchise lakhs of marginalised people in the state which is against free and fair election."The SIR order dated 24.06.2025 if not set aside, can arbitrarily and without due process disenfranchise ...Read More >
Mysuru: Deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar sought blessings at Chamundeshwari temple atop Chamundi Hills and later said that while "efforts may fail, but not prayers", signalling his ambition for the state's top post remains undimmed despite Siddaramaiah reaffirming that he would stay chief minister for a full five-year term.Joined by family on Ashada Friday, widely considered auspicious, Shivakumar offered puja to the deity and underlined his faith in divine intervention. "I prayed to the Godd ...Read More >
Kolkata: Two habeas corpus petitions were filed in Calcutta High Court on Friday against Odisha Police for "illegal detention" of migrant workers from Bengal.Trinamool MP and chairman of West Bengal Migrant Workers' Welfare Board Samirul Islam said the parents of two workers filed the petitions to bring the detainees before the HC. "Bengali-speaking people were detained in Odisha since June 25 while the country was observing 50 years of Emergency," Islam said.On Thursday, Bengal chief secretary ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 4 (ANI): Independent MP from Bihar's Purnia, Pappu Yadav, on Friday accused the Election Commission (EC) of trying to disenfranchise poor, Dalit, and migrant workers through its ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state. Speaking to ANI, Yadav alleged that the EC is demanding proof of citizenship dating back to before 1987, documents he claims most Dalits, Adivasis and migrant labourers do not possess. 'Are we not Indians? Are we from ...Read More >
HYDERABAD BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao has criticised the State Government for its "indifferent attitude" towards the migrant workers, who were killed in the Sigachi Industries blast here, stating that their mortal remains were being sent in cartons (cardboards) to their native places, without any respect to the departed souls. "Why can't we at least provide dignity in their death and closure to their loved ones. Why is this so impossible?", Mr. Rama Rao asked. He said in a statement o ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 3 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant on Thursday wrote to his Odisha counterpart, urging him to put an end to "harassment" of Bengali-speaking migrant workers in certain parts of the neighbouring state. Pant, in the letter, said the migrant workers are "targeted because they speak Bengali, which is their mother tongue" and "unjustly labelled as Bangladeshis". The labourers include daily-wage earners, rickshaw-pullers and domestic workers. "We are receiving reports of su ...Read More >
Patna: The Congress on Thursday accused the Election Commission of attempting to disenfranchise nearly 20% of voters in Bihar under the garb of the ongoing special intensive revision of electoral rolls. Addressing a press conference in Delhi, Bihar Congress president Rajesh Kumar claimed that the EC had made up its mind to deny voting rights to large sections of the population, especially migrant workers who stay outside the state under compulsion but return home during elections to cast their v ...Read More >
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, in a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday, expressed concern over rising impact of social media content and over the rising cases of cybercrimes. She appealed to Shah to promote public awareness programs, digital literacy campaigns and community participation to deal with cyber crimes. Banerjee said that provocative content on social media potentially incites violence, communal sentiments and crimes against women. Banerjee expr ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 3 (PTI) Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Samirul Islam raised a question on Thursday as to which documents are required to prove Indian citizenship, while claiming that Bengali-speaking migrants from West Bengal are facing harassment in neighbouring Odisha. The TMC MP, who has been raising the issue of Bengali-speaking migrants being dubbed as Bangladeshis in different states, shared a letter written by West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant to his Odisha counterpart, Manoj Ahuja, sta ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 3 (PTI) Former Delhi chief secretary Shailaja Chandra has called on the BJP-led dispensation to urgently prioritise migrant housing, waste management and inter-agency coordination to tackle issues of urban governance. In an interview with PTI, 81-year-old Chandra, who has also served as secretary in the Union Ministry of Health, said the unplanned settlement of migrant workers remains Delhi's most pressing challenge. "Migrants will keep coming for work. They need water, electric ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 2 (PTI) Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya was on Wednesday officially named the new president of the West Bengal BJP, with the party tasking him to lead its charge in the 2026 assembly elections, a battle he described as a fight to save the state's culture and pluralism from what he termed the "corrupt misrule" of the TMC. A dyed-in-the-wool party loyalist and articulate communicator with deep roots in the RSS, Bhattacharya's election as the West Bengal BJP president signals the ce ...Read More >
New Delhi: Three Indian nationals have been abducted in Mali amid a surge in terrorist violence across the West African country. On Wednesday, India expressed serious concern over the incident and urged the Malian authorities to ensure the safe return of the kidnapped persons. "The Ministry of External Affairs is deeply concerned about the abduction of three Indians employed at the Diamond Cement Factory in Kayes, Mali. The kidnapping took place on July 1, 2025, when armed attackers stormed the ...Read More >
Kolkata: Odisha Police detained 16 workers from Birbhum on June 25, suspecting them to be Bangladeshi nationals. Bengal govt, through chief secretary Manoj Pant, has got in touch with the Odisha administration for the release of the workers, who are currently lodged at Remuna police station.The workers, all residents of Nalhati block 2, were unreachable since their detention as police confiscated their mobile phones. Their families had no direct communication with them for nearly a week.Seeking ...Read More >
Lucknow, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) President and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Tuesday strongly criticised the Central Government's decision to hike railway fares, terming it 'anti-people' and against the interests of the common man. In a statement, Mayawati said that a vast section of the country's population is already grappling with poverty, unemployment, rising inflation, and a steady decline in income. "In such circumstances, the decision to incre ...Read More >
Kolkata: Bengali-speaking migrant workers were facing "persecution" in BJP-governed states and being branded Bangladeshis, Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Samirul Islam said on Monday."These migrant workers are being detained without any police records. Authorities are not even contacting the state govt to verify their citizenship. What, then, is the motive of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah?" Samirul, who is also chairman of West Bengal Migrant Worker Welfare Board, said on X.Trinamool posted ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Three persons arrested for the poisoning to death of a tigress and her four cubs have allegedly told forest officials that it was an act of vengeance against the big cats for killing their cattle. The carcasses of the tigress and her cubs were found in the Hoogyam range of Male Mahadeshwara (MM) Hills wildlife sanctuary in Chamarajanagar district earlier this week. Those arrested were identified as Konappa, Madaraju and Nagaraj, residents of Koppa in the vicinity of the sanctuary. " ...Read More >
Kolkata: Trinamool on Saturday alleged the Election Commission (EC) was pushing for a special intensive revision of electoral rolls because BJP, in its latest internal survey, had found they would get no more than 46-49 seats if assembly elections were to be held in Bengal today.Trinamool Rajya Sabha member Derek O'Brien said, "BJP's latest internal survey for Bengal shows 46-49 seats for them if assembly polls are held today. In their desperate attempt to change or attempt to change this, they ...Read More >
Thrissur(Kerala), Jun 27 (PTI) Three migrant labourers died when an around 40-year-old building, at Kodakara in this central Kerala district, where they were living, collapsed early Friday morning as they were getting ready for work, police said. According to the police officials and officers of the fire and rescue services who visited the spot, there were 17 migrant workers living in the building, and of them, 14 escaped without any injuries. The incident occurred around 6 am, and the entire ...Read More >
Thrissur: At least three migrant workers were killed early Friday morning when a 40-year-old building they were living in collapsed in Kodakara town of Thrissur district. Police said that the people were getting ready for work at around 6 am when the incident occurred. Days of torrential rain severely weakened the building situated near Kodakara Panchayat office, according to officials from police and fire departments. A police official said that the two-storey laterite structure came crashing ...Read More >
THRISSUR: In a tragic incident, three migrant workers died after the old building they were residing in collapsed amid heavy rain on June 27 in Thrissur. The incident happened at around 6 am when the migrant labourers were getting ready for work at the construction site. The deceased has been identified as Rahul, Rupel and Ali, from West Bengal. A total of 17 migrant labourers were residing in the building. In the wake of heavy rain, the middle portion of the old house, with clay tiles on its ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based Brihaspathi Technologies, an AI surveillance and security solutions provider, on Thursday said it has raised $10 million in funding from foreign institutional investors and others. Brihaspathi will use the capital to establish a new 72,000 sq. ft. CCTV manufacturing facility in Hyderabad, which is expected to be operational by the end of the current financial year, the company said in a statement. It also plans to hire over 400 new employees. The company has been awa ...Read More >
Digha/Kolkata: Why were those speaking Bengali "being tortured across the country every day", CM Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday. Speaking in Digha, where she has gone to attend the first Rath Yatra of the newly inaugurated Jagannath temple, the CM spoke of Bengali-speaking migrant workers being detained at two places in Odisha.Asking Odisha "not to be jealous", Banerjee said while she respected the Puri Jagannath temple, she expected the same respect for the Digha Jagannath temple."I learnt th ...Read More >
Kolkata, June 26 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today criticised the new guidelines under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, alleging they are intended to target her state \\\\ ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections, and indirectly accused the Election Commission of acting as an "agent" of the BJP. On June 24, the Election Commission (EC) announced a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar ahead of the Assembly elections scheduled later this year. ...Read More >
The Bansals Of Bathinda: A Family's Mission To Save Lives Through Blood Donation Alwar: Sandeep Agarwal, a businessman from Rajasthan's Kishgarh Bas area, has been a dedicated blood donor for over two decades now. Locally known as the 'Raktveer' (Blood Warrior), he has donated a whopping 73 pints of blood so far. The title also reflects his selfless dedication to humanity and becoming a beacon of hope for saving countless lives. Sandeep's journey as a 'blood warrior' began in 2000 when his unc ...Read More >
Kochi: The Ernakulam rural police and Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), in a joint operation here on Friday, arrested 27 illegal migrants from Bangladesh. The arrests were part of 'Operation Clean,' launched by Ernakulam Rural District Police Chief Vaibhav Saxena. They were nabbed in a joint operation carried out earlier in the day in the North Paravur area, police said. "These Bangladeshi nationals reportedly entered India by crossing a shallow section of a river along the India-Bangladesh border," ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday queried for how long freebies can be given while emphasising on capacity building for migrant workers, who were being given free ration since the COVID-19 pandemic. The matter came up before a bench comprising justices Surya Kant and Manmohan. The bench was informed that 81 crore people are being given free or subsidised ration under the National Food Security Act of 2013. The bench asked it means only the tax-payers are left out? The Centre was represent ...Read More >
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