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Vijayawada, June 30 (IANS) Speakers at a round-table conference here on Tuesday expressed concern over the complete collapse of law and order in Andhra Pradesh under the coalition government.The speakers felt that democratic values, constitutional rights and the rule of law were under unprecedented assault. They highlighted rising attacks on women, political violence, false cases against victims, custodial deaths and the shrinking space for democratic dissent.The round table on “Police Functioni…

Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS) Trinamool Congress All India General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday pointed out multiple violations of norms by officials engaged in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in West Bengal. “It has come to our notice that EROs are no longer able to monitor the progress of AEROs on the ECINet portal with respect to the conduct of SIR in Bengal. This amounts to a TRIPLE VIOLATION,” Banerjee wrote on X.The Trinamool Congress MP also gave details of the norms …

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 17 (IANS) The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) on Saturday sought urgent intervention by the Election Commission to address what it described as serious confusion and large-scale disruption caused by the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process of electoral rolls in the state, warning that lakhs of genuine voters risk being disenfranchised if corrective steps are not taken immediately.A KPCC delegation led by Working President P.C. Vishnunath MLA, along wi…