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Admitting to a spiral in communally driven hate crimes in eastern state of Odisha since June 2024 when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a majoritarian outfit came to power, Odisha’s chief minister, Charan Majhi said on Monday, March 9 that 54 such incidents and seven mob lynchings were recorded in that state; this was in a written reply to the State Assembly

A vibrant protest and silent hunger strike (maun upwas) was undertaken by citizens of Varanasi protesting US-Israel’s unprovoked war on Iran; the protest took place at the symbolic Ambedkar Park on Saturday, March 7, under the banner of Sanjha Sanskriti Manch

The sight of the captain of the victorious Indian T-20 team, Surya Kumar Yadav, jubilantly accompanying ICC Chairman Jay Shah to a temple in Ahmedabad has drawn sharp comments on social media.

On March 9, 2026, a Monday, noted historian and alumni of the indomitable Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), K.N.Panikkar, passed away at a hospital in Thiruvanthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala. Born on April 26, 1936, KN as he was fondly known by fellow academics and activists alike, was one of the pioneers of the Marxist school of historiography

The Centre for the Study of Organised Hate has analysed how Islamophobic discourse has spiralled post February 28 when the US-Israel launched an attack on Iran

The proposed Dharma Swatantrya Adhiniyam, 2026 seeks to criminalise alleged forced conversions with harsh penalties and intrusive state oversight

Two years after the brutal killing of the Rajasthan cousins allegedly by cow vigilantes, the bail granted to Bajrang Dal-linked accused Monu Manesar has intensified fears of witness intimidation and renewed debate over delayed trials in mob violence cases