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National Editor @scroll I Ex: @IndianExpress, Mint I [email protected] & [email protected]

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Kaagaz nahi dikhayenge, par kaagaz kuch kahaaniya sunaate hai. My father's first passport tells the history of how he became a citizen of a new country, and why his father refused to become Indian. My piece in #SundayEye's special issue on #RepublicDay indianexpress.com/article/ex…

Why my grandfather refused to become a citizen of India

In 1947, a line ran through Sylhet, Assam, dividing families and creating new citizens. The burden of that history is still with us.

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In drought-hit Maharashtra, thousands working under VB-G RAM G scheme - on paper On ground, @tabassum_b found no workers at five sites in Beed. Those named on the muster roll were not aware of work orders issued against their names. Nor did they know where their wages were being credited. scroll.in/article/1096483/wh…

Why Modi government’s rural jobs scheme is a sham in drought-hit Maharashtra district

On paper, thousands are getting work under the scheme in Beed. But Scroll’s investigation found ghost workers, half-built roads and lakhs paid in wages.

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VB-G RAM G scheme is a scam, at least in Beed. The scheme was being manipulated to add fake attendance, fake work sites.We traced 47 workers in 5 sites & found that they didnt know their name was listed. Crores are being siphoned off. Read the story here. scroll.in/article/1096483/wh…

Why Modi government’s rural jobs scheme is a sham in drought-hit Maharashtra district

On paper, thousands are getting work under the scheme in Beed. But Scroll’s investigation found ghost workers, half-built roads and lakhs paid in wages.

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On paper we saw that the employment scheme VB-G RAM G was working really well... Out of 76,822 workers in Maharashtra, more than half – 40,267 – were from Beed alone on October 4. Scroll investigated these workers. What we found...
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At a time when Maharashtra is seeing its worst ever drought, thousands of farmers are forced to migrate to seek livelihood. We went to Beed where every village complained about lack of employment. This is strange because...
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Ravi Handa
@ravihandaOct 18
Offering the India version
Narayanan Hariharan
@narayananhOct 18
Offering without comment.
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The many Neha Boras and Abhijeet Dipkes My colleague @knowleena spoke to 10 protestors, some as young as 17, to understand why a generation is rising in revolt against the Modi government scroll.in/article/1096458/ho…

How the Modi government radicalised a generation to rise in revolt against it

Ten young protestors in Delhi explain what has angered them and drawn them into the streets.

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Important story: Women say they are being groped and inappropriately touched by male Delhi police officers while being detained. @_Vaishnavi_R @knowleena scroll.in/article/1096435/gr…

‘Groped and pushed’: Women allege sexual harassment while being detained during Delhi protests

Protestors have reported being inappropriately touched by male police officials while being taken into custody.

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scroll.in/article/1096435/gr… @knowleena and I spoke with women protestors' on their experiences, why women gathered in large numbers in the protests, and why they think the state used violence.

‘Groped and pushed’: Women allege sexual harassment while being detained during Delhi protests

Protestors have reported being inappropriately touched by male police officials while being taken into custody.

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A policeman ran towards Neha Bora, his outstretched palms landing on her chest.. "People screamed at him." Women allege sexual harassment while being detained during Delhi protests scroll.in/article/1096435/gr…

‘Groped and pushed’: Women allege sexual harassment while being detained during Delhi protests

Protestors have reported being inappropriately touched by male police officials while being taken into custody.

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Scroll spoke to another protestor, who said she was groped by a male police official while being detained. Important story by @_Vaishnavi_R and @knowleena
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Rahul Kanwal
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Just as it is wrong for protesters to abuse and attack journalists, journalists heckling the leaders of a protest movement is a breach of the very same professional responsibility. Our job as reporters is to listen, ask questions and report on the story — not become active participants in it. Journalists resorting to theatre and abuse during press conferences is plain wrong and unacceptable. Report on the story. Don’t become the story.
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Those accusing protestors of instigating "regime change" might want to listen to what ordinary people, who have no inclination to protest, are saying about the Modi government. (Not very pleasant things.) scroll.in/article/1096407/mo…

Modi’s bigger challenge: What people away from protest sites are saying about his government

The protests have blown the lid off a growing number of grievances: SIR, inflation, farm distress, education inequality, rising health costs.

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These are the young reporters being made to do the dirty work. And tomorrow, when one of them is stopped or questioned on the street, the very people who haven’t said a SINGLE WORD against the police detaining journalists will suddenly lament the threats journalists face.
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Abhijeet Dipke, Neha Bora की प्रेस कांफ्रेंस में Republic Channel का हंगामा। @Saurabh_Unmute
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The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) initiated by the Election Commission (EC) of India last year is the only such exercise in India’s history that resulted in the shrinking of electoral rolls, our analysis has found. Historically, the eight times that an intensive revision exercise was carried out, each time it resulted in more voters being added than deleted. My report for @ThePrintIndia: theprint.in/india/governance…

All of the eight past SIRs upped the electorate. Why this is the only time voter numbers shrank

Before the 2025-2026 SIR, intensive revision of electoral rolls, in all or some parts of India, was undertaken in 1952-56, 1958-61, 1965-66, 1983-84, 1987-88, 1993, 1995, and 2002-2004.

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m rajshekhar@mrajshekharOct 15
LOL.
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Detained protestors were served fresh, hot meals: Delhi Police Commissioner to Supreme Court Read here: barandbench.com/news/litigat…
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Rokibuz Zaman@ZamanRokibuz_Oct 15
"Justice is a very far-fetched term for the court now” In a sign of a growing distance between the bench and a section of the bar,detained lawyers @scroll_in spoke to said they have little hope of the SC taking any action against the police or the Centre scroll.in/article/1096404/sc…

‘SC will not do anything’: Why lawyers are disillusioned by court silence on Delhi police excesses

Lawyers pointed out that the Supreme Court has not passed any significant order against the Delhi Police and Centre despite multiple petitions.

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Rokibuz Zaman@ZamanRokibuz_Oct 15
Hot, fresh meals? Delhi Police didn't even provide drinking water to the detained lawyers! It is part of the petition filed in the SC by the lawyers. scroll.in/article/1096404/sc…
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#BREAKING : Delhi Police Commissioner Anurag Kumar tenders "unconditional and unqualified apology" to Supreme Court in contempt case over curbs during Cockroach Janta Party protest. Two affidavits filed before CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi: • Denies any "wilful or deliberate non-compliance" with Court's orders • Only cellular internet suspended, within 4 km of Raisina Hill • Metro curbs cut from 57 to 45 of 303 stations after Oct 9 order; full services back 10 pm Oct 10 • Those removed released in 2 to 6 hours, given "hot, fresh and good meals"; political leaders seated in SHO chambers • "No notice was affixed inside the precincts" of Supreme Court • Claims over 240 police personnel injured in CJP's July 20 "Chalo Sansad" march • Seeks discharge of contempt notice @Cockroachisback #JantarMantar #SupremeCourt @DelhiPolice
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"The price of everything is going up.” "Only Adani and Ambani have flourished under him." “Khaata bhi hai khilaata bhi hai apno ko.” "Badlaav chahiye.” What people away from protest sites are saying about Modi sarkar @sharmasupriya listens in scroll.in/article/1096407/mo…

Modi’s bigger challenge: What people away from protest sites are saying about his government

The protests have blown the lid off a growing number of grievances: SIR, inflation, farm distress, education inequality, rising health costs.

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Radhika Ramaseshan@RadramaOct 15
Replying to @jagora @Vasudha156
But you didn't say a word of condemnation or just concern about the attacks on other journos. Independent with no resources other than their commitment to present facts. Vasudha has the weight of a behemoth media orgn behind her.
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Rules say Form 7 objection must be filed by an elector whose name is already on the roll. But in Andhra, thousands of applications list EROs + AEROs as objectors. More questions on SIR rollout, finds @AnjanaMeenakshi thenewsminute.com/andhra-pra…

Thousands of votes marked for deletion in Andhra Pradesh without reasons on record

In just the last 12 days of the claims and objections period, 40,006 names were filed under form 7 as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision in Andhra P

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