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American civil society groups register protest against proposed “anti-Muslim” Ram Janmabhoomi temple float during India Day Parade

In a letter addressed to New York Mayor and Governor, civil society groups said that the event emboldens Hindu extremists and displays “a vulgar celebration of anti-Muslim hate”

Has VP Jagdeep Dhankar, violated his constitutional oath?

In this open letter, professor Shamsul Islam exposes how, by glorifying the RSS in the Rajya Sabha, Jagdeep Dhankar, Vice President of India has violated his Constitutional Oath!

Indian Muslims strongly condemn attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh

Communalism is a sub-continental malaise and must be fought across borders

Bombay HC grants bail to Sanatan Sanstha and Hindu Janjagruti Samiti Members

The High Court granted bail to five accused booked for conspiring to bomb 2018 Sunburn fest, all the accused associated with the Hindutva right-wing organisations - 'Sanatan Sanstha' and 'Hindu Janjagruti Samiti' were arrested in 2018 for their alleged conspiracy to explode bombs

Quoting Tagore, the Madras High Court flags misuse of preventive detention laws to censor critical social media posts

The two-judge bench set aside the detention of YouTuber Savukku Shankar who was booked under the Goondas Act, and said speeches against government cannot be deemed threat to public order 

Assam CM compares districts of Assam with Bangladesh; calls some of the districts ‘tiny Bangladesh’

Himanta Biswa Sarma once again delivers hate speech targeting Muslims; says fear in some people that government might use police and military is keeping Hindus safe

Supreme Court grants bail to Manish Sisodia in excise policy case after 17 months of incarceration

While granting bail to Sisodia the SC noted that long delay in commencement of the trial has led to denial of right to speedy trial to the appellant

TISS authorities ‘targeting’ Adivasis, Dalits: Eviction notice to PhD scholars

In a scathing letter to the Director, the Dean of Student Affairs, and the Associate Dean of Student Affairs of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, members* of the civil rights group All India Inquilabi Youth and Students Alliance (ALIYSA) have sought immediate withdrawal of the recent eviction notices to PhD scholars to vacate the campus in 24 hours. The letter disputes the claim by the TISS authorities that the scholars have taken beyond 5 years of time in completing their doctoral work.

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