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USCIRF’s Call for Sanctions on the RSS Is a Major Moral and Political Marker
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), in its 2026 Annual Report, has apart from continuing to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), also recommended targeted sanctions against the RSS; this is a first.
Judicial Pushback against Cow Vigilantism: Allahabad HC flags arbitrary FIRs, demands accountability from top officials
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The Court exposes the way a regulatory law has become a system of targeted persecution of minorities through arbitrary FIRs under the 1955 law while ignoring the Supreme Court’s binding directives to prohibit group violence
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...
Madhya Pradesh Muslim man lynched in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara over cattle transport; family alleges religious targeting & extortion plot
Family alleges hate crime and extortion as Bhilwara police probe mob attack; victim leaves behind wife and two young children
Sectarian nationalism and god men: Sri Sri Ravishankar attends the 75th Birthday of the RSS chief
While objective conditions of distress lead large numbers of people into the arms of these god men, several hagiographical legitimise the phenomenon; few serious analytical studies on their links to power and the state are however available, material that would help de-construct their image.
Navratri: Communal demands mark pre-festival protest in Jabalpur
Right-wing outfits AHP–Rashtriya Bajrang Dal demands Muslim ban at Navratri garba in Jabalpur, citing ‘love jihad’, demand Aadhaar checks, warns administration of consequences if tensions escalate
Indian tricolour & the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
RSS-BJP rulers have called upon Indians to unfurl Tricolour, our national flag on the eve of 79th Independence Day of India. In RSS-BJP ruled states this is now a “must” for madrasas and some Mosques.
Communal Conspiracy in Karnataka School: Sri Ram Sene leader orchestrates poisoning to target Muslim headmaster
Three arrested after 11 children fall ill from poisoned water; police uncover plot aimed at removing long-serving Muslim educator in Karnataka’s Hulikatti village
100 yrs of RSS as seen by global media house: Power, controversy, push for Hindu-first India
On a blistering summer evening in Nagpur, nearly a...
Targeted by Mob, Arrested without Cause: Two Catholic nuns jailed in Chhattisgarh despite consent documents and no evidence of conversion
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Despite valid IDs and parental consent, nuns face charges under BNS and state conversion law; no action on those who harassed them
Emergency regime and the role of RSS
The RSS’ claim that they were the main force of ‘resistance’ during the 15-month period of the Emergency is not borne out by record
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