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Hindutva Vigilantism: A Terrifying Menace for Muslims

Alleged Bajrang Dal Vigilante accused of Muslim driver's murder in Nagar, Rajasthan

Maharashtra: Sakal Hindi Samaj allows hate speech to go unchecked

Video peddles, conspiracy theories, economic boycotts, and 'live jihad' rhetoric persist.

Supreme Court: Authorities must ensure that no violence or hate speeches takes place during VHP rally in Delhi-NCR

In a special hearing, SC bench orders recording of proposed VHP rallies, entrust the state government to ensure that no untoward incident takes place; reminds them of the SC orders passed by Justice KM Joseph in the past regarding filing of suo-moto cases of hate speeches, states authorities still bound by it

Were the 2019 general elections free & fair?

Were the 2019 general elections free and fair or did the BJP that won a disproportionate share of seats in closely contested constituencies, indulge in some manipulation, unrelated to EVMs? A research paper by an academic of Ashoka university says the density of the incumbent party’s win margin variable exhibits a discontinuous jump at the threshold value of zero’

Nuh Haryana: Who cast the first stone?

For days before the violence erupted in Nuh, Haryana, hate speeches were made, social media was used for amplification and mobilising and finally an armed procession succeeded in the sinister plan: communal clashes in Nuh, Haryana

Nuh Clashes planned and coordinated, more such violence likely before 2024 Polls: Satyapal Malik

'The whole country will burn like Manipur if these people are not contained,' the former J&K governor said, in an apparent reference to the Modi government. He also stated that like the ‘security lapse’ at Pulwama when 44 CRPF men in a road convoy were not given protection nor secure air travel, the next few months could see “attacks on the Ram temple’ at Ayodhya or the ‘killing of a senior BJP leader’

Union MOS Home questions arms allowed in ‘religious’ procession at Nuh, Haryana: Rao Inderjit Singh

MOS Home in the union government, Rao Inderjit Singh said he approached Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and the Union Home Ministry to send Central forces to Nuh after realising that the police force was "insufficient".

Communal Tensions Surge as Radical Hindu Groups Distribute Weapons and Deliver Divisive Speeches

Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal distribute tridents, while Hindu Jagran Manch leader stirs tensions in Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh

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