sabrang

Hate speech surges across the country as right wing organisations hold events where speakers target India’s religious minorities

Hate speech on the rise as right-wing organisations host events featuring speakers who target India's religious minorities

EC issues show-cause notice to Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma for “communal” speech

The Election Commission has, in response to a complaint by Congress, issued a notice to the Assam CM for his comments against a Muslim minister during a speech in Chattisgarh. The CM, in his defence, has said that there was nothing inciteful in his comments.

Hindutva’s “rice-bag” controversy

Hindutva hardliners have been consistently urging over the years that Dalits who have converted to Christianity did so after being incentivised by monetary gains. Is this really the case?

Gujarat: Epicenter of targeted violence against minorities, says report that has compiled 55 attacks

Proudly acclaimed as the laboratory for the (theocratic) Hindu Rashtra, the western Indian state records high rates of crimes against minorities 

American Bar Association flags India’s contravention of FATF guidelines in targeting civil society and HRDs

The main victims of this have been non-profit organizations (NPOs) and advocates for human rights

BJP’s fascism is qualitatively different from Congress dictatorship

All social and political forces to ensure, in the upcoming state and next year’s general elections, all steps to prevent the BJP from coming to power and furthering the RSS agenda of transforming India into a theocratic state

Regimes of impunity

Twenty-five years later – No justice for the 1984 survivors

Tensions mar Durga Pujo celebrations, posters in Bengali torn down

Veer Lachit Sena came and destroyed posters in celebration of Durga Pujo in Upper Assam, where Bengali is a widely spoken language. However, while the incident seemingly laced with xenophobia mars the festivities, SabrangIndia also discovered an incident revealing communal harmony from another part of Assam.

Stay in touch:

[td_block_social_counter facebook=”#” manual_count_facebook=”255324″ twitter=”#” manual_count_twitter=”128657″ youtube=”#” manual_count_youtube=”97058″ style=”style1″ f_counters_font_family=”831″ f_counters_font_weight=”500″ f_network_font_family=”831″ f_network_font_weight=”400″ f_btn_font_family=”831″ f_btn_font_weight=”500″ f_counters_font_size=”eyJhbGwiOiIxMiIsInBvcnRyYWl0IjoiMTEifQ==” f_network_font_size=”eyJhbGwiOiIxMiIsInBvcnRyYWl0IjoiMTEifQ==” f_btn_font_size=”eyJhbGwiOiIxMSIsInBvcnRyYWl0IjoiMTAifQ==” f_btn_font_spacing=”0.5″ tdc_css=”eyJhbGwiOnsibWFyZ2luLWJvdHRvbSI6IjQwIiwiZGlzcGxheSI6IiJ9LCJwb3J0cmFpdCI6eyJtYXJnaW4tYm90dG9tIjoiMzAiLCJkaXNwbGF5IjoiIn0sInBvcnRyYWl0X21heF93aWR0aCI6MTAxOCwicG9ydHJhaXRfbWluX3dpZHRoIjo3Njh9″]

Newsletter

Don't miss

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj: An inclusive ruler

The far Hindutva right continues its assault on the iconic Shivaji Maharaj in their crude bid to distort history and manipulate facts

The Guardians of the Ballot: Supreme Court hearing the legality of executive primacy in ECI appointments

Across two days of intense legal arguments, the Supreme Court scrutinising the 2023 Act governing the appointment of Election Commissioners, as petitioners argued that replacing the Chief Justice of India with a Union Minister creates a "Home Umpire" system, while the Bench questioned the limits of parliamentary power, counsel warned that executive dominance over the "referee" of democracy threatens the basic structure of free and fair elections

Anticipatory Bail Denied to Nida Khan in TCS Nashik Case: Sessions Court flags “systematic plan” and stresses custodial interrogation

While emphasising gravity and custodial interrogation, Sessions Court order leans heavily on narrative of “organised influence”—raising concerns over evidentiary thresholds, criminalisation of religious interaction, and expansion of bail-stage reasoning

“Reasonable Apprehension of Bias Is Enough”: Telangana High Court orders CBCID probe into SI’s death, reasserts constitutional demand for investigative neutrality

In a sharply reasoned ruling, the Court holds that when police investigate their own, fairness cannot merely exist—it must be demonstrable, credible, and constitutionally defensible

“Obnoxious and Caste-Coloured”: Supreme Court strikes down Odisha bail orders mandating cleaning work, declares them void

Acting on suo-moto proceedings triggered by media reports, the Court condemns “degrading” bail conditions imposed on Dalit and Adivasi accused, warns against judicial overreach, and reinforces that liberty cannot be conditioned on humiliation or caste-based labour
spot_img