-Siasat.com Despite petitions being submitted to officials including the Adilabad district collector as well as select MLAs, there has been no concrete response from the government. Hyderabad: Jowar farmers of Adilabad district in Telangana on Monday blocked main roads to protest against the state government’s refusal to procure jowar (sorghum). The Jowar farmers in the district have time and again claimed that the Telangana government over the last four years has been unwilling...
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Fact-checking Modi government’s claims of record infrastructure growth in the past eight years -Divyani Dubey
-Scroll.in BJP leaders are promoting the regime’s achievements in developing airports, air routes and national highways. Here’s what official records say. The Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance government completed eight years in power in May. Using the hashtag #8YearsOfInfraGati, the incumbent government, BJP leaders and several ministers, including Prime Minister Modi, made a series of claims on social media and in newspaper advertisements related to the growth of urban transport. In one such...
More »Caste 'Count', Not 'Census', in Bihar to Avoid Legal Complications: Nitish Kumar
-TheWire.in After an all-party meeting on June 1, the chief minister said all parties, including the BJP, unanimously supported the move and replied in the negative when asked if he faced any opposition. New Delhi: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday, June 1, said his government would carry out a caste-based “count” instead of a “census” to avoid legal complications. “We will propose a caste-based count, not census, to avoid legal complications,”...
More »Police Reform via New Legislation Should Not Dilute State Role -Ajay K Mehra
-TheWire.in As the police reform discourse has begun again, let us recall some of the glaring incidents that have crossed the limits of the rule of law. Police has been in the news recently, mostly for the wrong reasons. Let us recall some of the glaring incidents that have crossed the limits of the rule of law to contextualise the discussion on police reforms in India. The Justice V.S. Sripurkar Commission set up...
More »Marital rape, Swachh Bharat, digital divide: Latest NFHS survey reveals startling data -Yashwant Deshmukh and Sutanu Guru
-IndiaToday.in The recent National Family Health Survey that was conducted between 2019 and 2021 busts many myths and also confirms some ugly realities of India. Numbers and data should be the two deities that any self-respecting media professional should respect and revere. Unfortunately, in the din and noise of acrimonious debates that revolve around matters of faith, a treasure trove of fascinating data that showcases an India that is both changing and...
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