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Act Now: Citizens delegation approaches Mumbai police to prevent potential intimidation of Christians
A coalition of 25 citizens organisations under the banner of Mumbai for Peace, including Bombay Catholic Sabha, PUCL Maharashtra, and Citizens for Justice and Peace has formally urged the Police Commissioner to intervene against a string of organised attacks on Christian prayer services, citing an immediate threat of communal disruption scheduled for July 5, 2026, in the Santacruz East area; Mumbai police has assured action
Eid Mubarak: Mussalmans & a United Nation- India
First published on: 11 Nov 2016The Musalmans and a United...
Hindu Mahasabha Members Arrested for Allegedly Slaughtering Cow to Incite Communal Violence in Agra During Ram Navami Parade
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According to the police, Sanjay Jat, the Hindu Mahasabha's national spokesperson, is the chief conspirator.
“Protect religion, women and cows,” right wing groups tell the youth, hands them Trishuls
In over 15 Trishul Deeksha (distribution) events across northern India, VHP and Bajrang Dal have given trishuls to thousand of young Hindu men and brainwashed them to use trishuls to protect Hindu religion
Karnataka’s Shame: Cattle trader, a Muslim, beaten to death by cow vigilantes
NDTV and Telegraph both reported how 38 year old, Idrees Pasha’s body was found by the roadside at Sathnur village in Ramanagara district of Karnataka not far from Bengaluru; Puneet Kerehalli, leader of a so-called 'cow protection force', is on the run
The contentious route, a common factor in inciting violence during religious processions in India
Institutional amnesia chronically ails the state police! Myriad commissions of inquiry including the seminal Justice DP Madon Commission of Inquiry into the Bhiwandi-Mahad-Jalgaon Riots in 1970 have abjured the police from allowing indiscriminate passage to religious processions; the recommendations of these commissions and the law of the land are however not followed by the police controlled as its actions are by the executive
Exaggerated or ominous, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) claims it has plans for 1500-2000 rallies during Ram Navami in Bengal
These claims have been published in two newspaper reports, one a daily Bartaman, the other Jugoshonkho that has a partiality for the rightwing BJP; two online posters “announce” these rallies previously not a cultural presence in Bengal
Ram Navami: West Bengal administration on alert as 2000 celebrations planned
Celebrations at such a large scale uncommon in the state
Remembering Bhagat Singh, Reclaiming the Right to be A Free Thinker
It is quite a striking experience when, in Europe – including in France which is the historical birthplace of secularism –, one gets automatically told, for example, "Oh, you are a Hindu!" if one says one is Indian, or "Oh, you are a Muslim! if one says one is Algerian.
Caution to the wind: Maha Police intimated to be vigilant of HJS Gudi Padwa events
CJP wrote the Sangli and Pune Police authorities to be wary of the ‘Gudi pujan’’ events organised by HJS in multiple locations, as HJS has a controversial history disturbing communal peace
Aurangabad badgered with hate speeches, vandalism and destroying of public property followed in protest supporting name change of Aurangabad
Free hand given to hate mongers, as 7 FIRs filed for rioting and damage to public property, but no arrest of T. Raja, Suresh Chavhanke
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