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Unifying cultural celebration weaponised: Ganesh processions turned into stages for hate speech & moral policing

Ganesh Chaturthi, once a symbol of shared community celebration, was exploited this year by hard-line groups across India to amplify anti-Muslim and anti-Christian rhetoric, transforming a festival of harmony into a tool of exclusion

Indore’s Bazaar Purge: Muslim workers and shopkeepers forced out under BJP leader’s ultimatum

Over 50 workers and several shopkeepers’ face job loss in Sheetla Mata Bazaar as Eklavya Singh Gaud directs traders to remove Muslim employees, citing “love jihad”; police inaction fuels fears of targeted communal displacement

Centre cancels FCRA licence of Sonam Wangchuk’s NGO, cites violations including study on ‘sovereignty’

A day after deadly protests in Leh, the Union Home Ministry cancels foreign funding license of Sonam Wangchuk's NGO, citing violations including funds for a study on national 'sovereignty'; NGO says funds used to raise youth awareness on migration, climate change, food security, sovereignty, and organic farming through workshops and trainings

Gen‑Z’s furious stand for Ladakh statehood, centre blames Sonam Wangchuk for violence incitement

Discontent among youth surfaces in Leh —four dead, dozens injured, BJP office in flames, a raw Gen-Z uprising demanding statehood, Sixth Schedule rights, and dignity in Ladakh

Detention not explained away by visitation: Gauhati HC questions state on justification for continued detention of Majibur Rehman and Abdul Sheikh

Bench rejects State’s claim that petitions are “served” after granting visitation rights; final hearing on legality of detention set for October 14

How the noose tightened: understanding modus operandi of killers who took the life of journalist-activist, Gauri Lankesh

This fourth and concluding excerpt from the much acclaimed book by Rollo Romig, an American journalist (2024) who lived in Bengaluru (Bangalore) and knew...

‘A Big Whooping F’: Former IAS officer, Kannan Gopinathan exposes shocking security flaws in ECI voter portals

Former IAS officer exposes grave security flaws in Election Commission's voter platforms, calls for forensic preservation, independent audit, and criminal accountability, “Public funds cannot be used to half-bake democracy,” he says in scathing X post

Two Sons, One Spirit: Muslim men perform Hindu mothers’ last rites in Rajasthan and Kerala

From two corners of India, Muslim men stepped forward to give abandoned Hindu women a dignified farewell, with no camera, no politics—just love—they performed last rites like true sons, reminding us that compassion still rises above creed, caste, or faith

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Declared ‘Foreigner’, denied a hearing, pushed across the border: Gauhati HC pulls up Assam

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