A gentle soul who once espoused violence, an ideologue who was a humanist and above all an individual who was no never loath to swim against the current, Azizul Haque, eminent Naxal leader was a man of contradictions.

The Supreme Court has ruled that all hotels, dhabas, and food stalls along the Kanwar Yatra route in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand must display their food licence and registration certificates. However, it chose not to get involved in recent government orders asking eateries to show QR codes or the names of owners and staff.

With less than a year left for the Assembly Election in West Bengal, the Election Commission (EC) has directed the Mamata Banerjee government to “delink” the office of Chief Electoral Officer (West Bengal) from its home department, create a election department with financial autonomy and fill up the vacant posts under it.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced that Aadhaar, Voter ID, and Ration Cards alone are not enough to let someone vote. These documents help prove who you are but do not prove you have the right to vote.

Samajwadi Party (SP) Mahila Sabha have launched a campaign distributing post cards to women across Uttar Pradesh to enable them to directly lodge their concerns. Not taking any chances that it will be gathering dust if sent to another party functionary, these “concern sheets” will be addressed to party chief, Akhilesh Yadav.

Iconic Communist and former Chief Minister of Kerala VS Achuthanandan has passed away. He was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in the capital, following a cardiac attack on June 23rd morning. He was earlier incapacitated following a stroke in 2019.