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MUMBAI : A civil society delegation met with Mr. S. Chockalingam, Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra in Mantralaya, Mumbai on May 11, 2024, raising serious concerns regarding the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections 2024.
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India: Civil Society Delegation Meets Chief Electoral Officer Maharashtra over inaction against violations of the Model Code of Conduct during 2024 General election
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India: Dr. Narendra Dabholkar Murder Verdict: Incomplete and Unsatisfactory - Statement by CPIM (May 10, 2024)
11 May 2024Two accused, Sachin Andure and Sharad Kalaskar, who shot anti-superstition crusader Dr. Narendra Dabholkar dead, have been given a sentence of rigorous life imprisonment by a Special Court in Pune today. While hailing this verdict, the Maharashtra State Committee of the CPI(M) expresses its sense of anguish and dissatisfaction at the prosecution’s failure to convince the Court of the culpability of the three other accused, viz., Veerendra Tawade, Adv. Sanjeev Punalekar and Vikram Bhave. Consequently, the latter three have been set free on account of the prosecution’s inability to prove their guilt in the dastardly murder of this warrior for a scientific temper.
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Report on an Indian Islamist Entity —The Popular Front of India (a front of Social Democratic Party of India) | Meghana Choukkar
2 May 202424 April 2024 On September 27, 2022, India’s Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notification declaring the Popular Front of India (PFI) an “unlawful association” under the country’s most stringent anti-terror law, effectively banning PFI and its affiliates for five years.1 The government said PFI was a “major threat to internal security” and alleged that the organization was involved in terror financing, had links to global terrorist groups such as the Islamic State (IS) and Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), and was radicalizing “a particular section of society.”
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India: Letter to Ministry of Environment - Rollback of the Green Credit Rules 2023 - Environmental & Human rights Groups & Concerned Citizens
27 April 2024100+ environmental and human rights organisations and 400+ individuals issue a letter to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change demanding the rollback of the Green Credit Rules 2023 and the methodology introduced under the Notification dated 22nd February 2024, which in effect provides incentive for forest diversion activities through green credit earnings
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Role of the Media and the Modi P.R. Machine in India | Emily Schmall (2024 Camden Conference, Feb 16-18, in Camden, Maine)
15 April 2024New York Times correspondent Emily Schmall gives a glimpse into the chaotic world of journalism in India, and of a dedicated press fighting to keep it free. Remarks delivered at the 2024 Camden Conference, held February 16-18, in Camden, Maine
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