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Vehicles and shops burned after communal incident in Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh

sabrangindia - March 26, 2024

Communal tensions erupted during a religious procession in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh district, on the night of March 19. Several shops and vehicles were also burned.

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Tyre cartel pays ruling BJP for govt’s connivance in ruining rubber farmers, plantation workers, small and medium traders & MSMEs alleges AIKS

sabrangindia - March 23, 2024

The CPI-M affiliated All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) has urged Prime Minister Modi to stop shedding crocodile tears for rubber farmers when his party has received money from leading tyre monopolies to buy government silence on “illegal caretelisation”

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Corruption as an issue in Indian Election Campaigns: the 2024 story

Mohammad Sajjad - March 23, 2024

It is puzzling why the Indian people, so far, have not risen against the Electoral Bond Scam; is it the brazen entrenched media silence on the issue which is the cause?

India

Kolkata man commits suicide, family claims CAA rules led him to it

sabrangindia - March 23, 2024

A young 31 year old man has reportedly committed suicide in West Bengal. Debashish Sengupta was afraid that his ailing father, who came from Bangladesh, would be denied citizenship due to the paperwork contained in the recently enacted CAA 2019 Rules

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When The Marathas Came To Jammu?

Avtar Mota - March 23, 2024

How war-wearied Maratha soldiers embraced Duggarland and made it their home?

Communalism

Bombay High Court: Plea seeking FIR against three BJP legislators for delivering hate speeches, highlights inaction by police even after Supreme Court guidelines

sabrangindia - March 22, 2024

Through the petition, action against BJP MLAs Geeta Jain, Nitish Rane and T. Raja Singh have been urged by the court for “spreading hate speech and inciting violence”, multiple incidents of hate speech and incitement in Maharashtra highlighted

Communalism

BJP’s Tathagata Roy calls for CAA procedures to conduct genitalia check to confirm religion

sabrangindia - March 22, 2024

The TMC has called Roy’s words vulgar and against Bengal and its people. Roy, the former state president of the BJP, known to make controversial statements, has stood by his words despite the furore.

India

Adieu Zafar Agha, a man with a mission and vision – a tribute

sabrangindia - March 22, 2024

Zafar Agha, a journalist of four decades, and Editor-in-chief of the National Herald, passed away in Delhi in the early morning of March 22. He was 70. His words, uttered in quiet anguish reflected in his commitment, “For the first time in my life I felt I was a Muslim, a defeated and humiliated Muslim. It was not the India of my dreams and my beliefs” - Zafar Agha : Editors

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