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Days of Demands, Hours of Protest: Swatantra Bhardwaj finally detained in assault case
Delhi Police detain the influencer hours after CJP, Nishu Azad, Congress representatives and opposition MPs press for his arrest at Parliament Street; the case began at a CJP and wider student protest at Jantar Mantar
Rohith’s death: We are all to blame
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As the campaign for the Ram Temple’s inauguration continues, the VHP makes inroads in Jammu
VHP has started a packed campaign prior to the inauguration of the Ram Temple, they have amped up their activities in the Jammu region, running programmes and weapons training camps for young women over the year.
RSS organises route marches in TN, SC directs state govt to submit guidelines to regulate marches in future
Tight security was in place as members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) took out route marches and organised public meetings in Tiruchi and neighbouring districts on Sunday, November 19.
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
Hate Offender: BJP state VP, Vikram Pawaskar uses abuse and intimidation against Satara’s Muslims, wants “Hindu Rashtra”
Accused of organising and stoking violence against Muslims in Satara (August-September 2023), SabrangIndia tracked down BJP’s Vikram Pawaskar. On September 15, as communal conflict was stoked over controversial social media posts in the western Maharashtra town, widespread destruction of minority property, the death of one Muslim man, with several others being injured resulted. Our investigation unearthed a previous history of hate speech that are attributable to this party functionary
JNU: RSS cadres march with saffron flags and sticks, hold meeting inside campus
Nearly 200-odd men from the cadres of the supremacist organisation--in dark-brown trousers and white shirts — the RSS uniform — held the march from the main gate to the university’s administrative block, where they held the meeting reported The Telegraph
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s Vijayadashami speech blows BJP’s poll bugle, extolls G-20 summit, asks if “external forces” were responsible for Manipur violence
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief, Bhagwat stated that he may not be able to attend the inauguration of the Ram temple at Ayodhya on January 22, 2024. For “security reasons as asked people to celebrate the occasion in their own hometowns; This year, the RSS invited singer-composer Shankar Mahadevan was one of the chief guests at its annual, Vijayadashmi (Dussehra) event in Nagpur, also event attended by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
VHP leader Sharan Pumpwell stopped by police from entering Udupi for attending Hindu Samajotsava
The prohibitive directive stemmed from the conditional bail granted to him in the case of delivering alleged provocative speech, raising calls of women taking up arms
Hindutva mob beats up teacher inside school for teaching diversity
Another harrowing incident of mob rule emerges from Gujarat, after a private school teacher was beaten for allegedly making students perform namaz as part of an awareness activity
Hate Speech: T Raja Singh attempts to incite hate in Rajasthan
A repeat offender, T Raja Singh continues to deliver hate speeches with impunity in Rajasthan while law enforcers and social media companies look away.
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