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[Nov 2, 2022] To Chief Election Commissioner: Socialist Party (India) not allowed to take out padyatra on the issue of Bilkis Bano in Gujarat whereas Bhartiya Janata Party trying to take advantage of communal polarization by releasing the convicts.

Statement by the Editors Guild of India [Nov 2, 2022]: The Editors Guild of India is extremely disturbed by the manner in which Delhi Police Crime Branch carried out search and seizures at the homes of founding editors and senior editors of the Wire, as well as their office and the newsroom in Delhi, on October 31, 2022.

On 31 October 2022, the Delhi Police searched the homes of The Wire’s editors Siddharth Varadarajan, MK Venu, Sidharth Bhatia, and Jahnavi Sen, and their office, searching for and seizing laptops, mobile phones and other electronic devices. The searches took place two days after Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Amit Malviya lodged a complaint against them based on which a First Information Report (FIR) was filed against them

News reports have misrepresented comments of AIKS General Secretary Hannan Mollah on GM Mustard and given an impression that the All India Kisan Sabha is welcoming the GEAC decision. These reports have wrongly conveyed an impression that AIKS is in a tearing hurry to welcome GM Mustard.

Firozabad is India’s glass capital, most famous for producing traditional glass bangles. But the city is the source of another treasure