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Malegaon 2006 Blast Case: Bombay High Court rejects NIA’s ‘alternate narrative’, holds prosecution built on contradictions and inadmissible evidence

Holding that “diagonally opposite” narratives by investigative agencies cannot sustain a trial, the Court finds the NIA’s case rooted in retracted statements, hearsay material, and a legally impermissible reinvestigation—bringing the prosecution to a “dead end”

Strict action if RSS shakhas are allowed on temple premises: Travancore Devaswom Board warns officials

The order dated May 18 reiterated instructions and said strict disciplinary action would be taken against the officials who did not comply with the board’s decision. The Board was responding to complaints of devotees that earlier circular was not being implemented

Monu Manesar, 20 others named in Bhiwani Double Murder: Rajasthan

Manesar is an icon of Hindutva in whose support huge 'Hindu Maha Panchayats' had been held in the aftermath of the killings.

Anti-Christian violence: Forcibly preventing prayer, raiding homes in Chhattisgarh, MP

Hindutva mobs target the Christian community this week, in separate incidents reported across states

Bajrang Dal threatens Muslim seller: Shop’s name “Zayed” instead of “Raju”

This helps Hindus recognise Hindus businesses so that they wouldn’t deal with Muslim traders/vendors; in short encourages socio-economic boycott and divisions

Maharashtra: CJP files complaint with Nagpur police against two trishul distribution events, organised by Bajrang Dal & VHP

At these events, tridents were distributed amongst men to stop “love jihad” and religious conversions

Arms training to minor and young girls in Madhya Pradesh

A local news channel had reported that right wing groups were training young girls from a hostel in ‘self defense’ using rifles and sticks

MP: AHP leader Pravin Togadia delivers hate speeches in 3 districts over 3 days, targets the religious minorities of India

Togadia can be heard in his speeches demanding that one lakh "Hanuman Chalisa Kendra" be built to unite Hindus in their fight against Muslims

CJP sends complaint to SP SDPO, Jalgaon against HJS event where conspiracy theories against Muslims was being peddled

CJP highlighted that the speech delivered by two unidentified speakers, one man and one woman, promoted an exclusionist ideology, targeting and alienating the Muslim community.

Videos of hundreds of women donning an orange dupatta and marching with sticks, swords in a military-style parade surface

This incident has been reported from Thrissur, Kerala, where the Hindutva group Durga Vahini was responsible for organising this rally

Cow vigilantism casts its ugly shadow on Maharashtra

Once confined to the northern parts of the country, incidents of cow vigilantism have now found a disturbing presence in Maharashtra as well.

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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

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Caged Voices, Silenced Truths: FSC’s expansive indictment of India’s press freedom crisis

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Systematic Exclusion: Caste-based atrocities across Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, MP, and UP

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