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Over the past eight years, the Narendra Modi government has tightened the rules and procedures for NGOs to receive and use foreign funds

The activist-author told The Wire the Union home ministry's move to cancel the FCRA license of the Centre for Equity Studies is a "direct attack on the principles of freedom of expression and freedom to dissent". 

The ministry also accused the Centre for Equity Studies of using foreign contributions to create and release reports authored by non-FCRA associations.

According to an order issued by the home ministry, the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010, prohibits acceptance of foreign contribution by correspondents, columnists, cartoonists, editors, owners, printers and publishers of a registered newspaper.

Irked over the cases lodged against its senior leaders, including the KPCC president, the Congress in Kerala on Tuesday accused the ruling CPI(M) and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan...

Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) Chief, K Sudhakaran has accused the CPI(M)-led Left government of pressuring opposition leaders with false allegations. He was issued with a notice under CrPC Section 41 A by the Crime Branch for allegedly being involved in a cheating case involving antique dealer, Monson Mavunkal.

CARE India, a non-governmental organisation, is a part of CARE International Confederation and has been working for the past 70 years with the aim of ending poverty and social exclusion. A notice has been served on the NGO suspending its FCRA registration which was last renewed with effect from October 1, 2022, for a period of 5 years - for 180 days, reported TOI, citing government sources.

The Crime Branch wing of the Kerala police has sought KPCC president K Sudhakaran's appearance before it in connection with a cheating case involving controversial antique dealer Monson Mavunkal.

After the Kerala govt ordered a probe against him, Opposition Leader V D Satheesan charged that he was targeted for "exposing corruption."

(This story has not been edited by THE WEEK and is auto-generated from a PTI