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Telangana State Elections: Polarising voters doesn’t yield results for BJP, key leaders lose seats

Only serial hate speaker T. Raja Singh able to retain his seat, taste of defeat on four seats for the party

Rajasthan: Newly elected BJP MLA from Hawa Mahal constituency, Bal Mukund Acharya launches assault on minority-run meat food stalls

In complete violation of constitutional principles and the Rajasthan law that regulates vendors, Bal Mukund Acharya, who won the election with a narrow margin of 974 votes, was seen moving around the Muslim majority, Hawa Mahal constituency trying to bully policemen to "shut down" Unlicensed stalls selling non-vegetarian delicacies. A video of him doing this before having been sworn in as a member of the newly elected state assembly went viral on social media last night. 

Dr Kafeel Khan booked again, this time over book ‘inciting people, creating division’

In September 2020, the Allahabad High Court revoked charges under National Security Act (NSA) against Khan, and ordered to immediately release him as he had been in a Mathura jail for nearly six months.

Unveiling the Alleged Link: Halal Products and Anti-National Funding

The recent ban of sale, manufacture and distribution of halal products in Uttar Pradesh has raised an uproar across social media. However, several right-wing groups and leaders have been advocating for a ban on halal goods by arguing that it funds a “parallel economy.” Is this true? Let's find out.

Delhi’s Sunder nursery basti demolished, residents displaced

As part of plans for gentrification drive, the basti located near Delhi’s Sundar nursery was recently demolished, rendering hundreds of people homeless and without shelter in decreasing temperatures.

Stop treating journalists like terrorists, media unions tell government as the 17th Lok Sabha begins

Release jailed editors, drop criminal charges, stop muzzling media through draconian laws, and enact a law to protect journalists from persecution: NAJ, DUJ, KUJ and others; several unions of working journalists have appealed strongly for enactment of a law to protect media persons from false prosecutions and enactment of the Wage Board and establishment of a Media Commission of India

Fact-finding report alleges UP police protecting men suspected of beheading Dalit woman

A 40-year-old Dalit woman was found dead, chopped in three pieces, at a flour mill she used to work at. A fact-finding report points out that the police appear to be in a hurry to cover the incident up and designate it as an accident, and seem to be protecting the accused from charges of murder.

Demonising the Madrasa is insulting India’s freedom fighters 

BJP Member of Parliament and the Union Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh is known for giving controversial, even provocative statements. Recently, he has claimed...

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