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Fresh Unrest in Bengal: Violent clashes erupt over Waqf (Amendment) Act in South 24 Parganas
ISF supporters clash with police enroute to protest; vehicles torched, multiple injured, and over 200 arrested in earlier Murshidabad violence amid rising communal tensions.
Ram saved RSS-BJP from the brink, will Sitaram rescue the CPI (M)?
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), or for that matter,...
In UP’s Mosque Coverings, a New Chapter From The Hindutva Playbook Unfolds
Religious processions have often led to riots. But what is unfolding now is different: the nature of the mob, the digital afterlife of these processions and the state abandoning neutrality. Brace for more tarpaulin sheets.
Evolution of the Left [CPI (M)] approach towards Hindutva politics: A Reading of its own documents – Part 3
Building on the ideological clarity achieved at the 22nd...
Gelatin blast at Mecca Mosque in Beed district ahead of festival celebrations, two arrested under BNS 2023
Long-standing tradition of celebrating festivals together, with Ramzan and Gudi Padwa coinciding, comes to a sorry end with a blast caused by gelatin sticks severely damages the Mecca Mosque in Ardha Masla village; Vijay Rama Gavhane (22) and Sriram Ashok Sagde (24) arrested
Evolution of CPI(M)’s approach towards Hindutva Politics: A Reading of its own documents – Part 2
While attempting to comprehend how CPI (M)’s response towards...
Evolution of CPI(M)’s approach towards Hindutva Politics: A Reading of its own documents – Part 1
As the All India Conference (s) of leading Communist...
Unnao’s Mohammad Sharif Killing: A tale of grief, injustice, and systemic bias
Sharif’s family mourns his death after an alleged assault for resisting Holi colours, but instead of justice, they face an FIR. “We lost a loved one, yet police target us,” says Minhaz, Sharif’s brother-in-law, from court, filing petitions against Uttar Pradesh Police as outrage grows over victimization and a post-mortem citing cardiac arrest
The paradox of nationalism & Indian representation abroad: S. Jaishankar’s visit to my university
A student at the University College Dublin, positions his experience of the Indian external affairs minister recent visit to the country where he studies; the author sensitively probes the worrying dichotomy of unconcern with the situation back home that the majority Indian diaspora experiences, even as India and Indians falter on the human rights indices test
136 madrasas sealed, Uttarakhand CM Dhami now orders probe into funding
Government estimates suggest the state has around 450 registered madrasas and 500 operating without recognition
“It’s not Aurangzeb’s grave, but a plot to uproot Shivaji Maharaj’s valour!”
Muslims in Maharashtra, even during Shivaji Maharaj’s time, have stayed loyal to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, and even today they still have faith in this land; the current controversy is only to re-establish Brahmical hegemony and take away from Shivaji’s unique valour
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Citizens for Justice and Peace urges interim relief to curb weaponisation of anti-conversion laws, challenges 2024 UP amendment enabling third-party complaints and harsher penalties
Minorities
Waqf Amendment Act 2025: SC grants some time to Centre on condition no non-Muslims appointed to Board, Council & no change in any Waqf status
After the Union government insisted it would bring to the Court’s notice grave violations of the previous law, the Court recorded the Centre’s assurance of any appointment to the Waqf Board or Council, implying a bar on any non-Muslim appointments to the Waqf Boards/Council and stayed any Waqf property de-notifications, including waqf by user, under the 2025 amendment; next hearing on May 5
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
Why Indian Democracy Feels No Shame About the Bastar Killings
Here, state action is like a reflex. No debate is needed. No processing is needed. The Indian republic is hardwired, programmed to automatically respond the way it is doing in Bastar. Nothing can come in its way.
Rights
‘We Didn’t Know the Law’: NMC apologises after illegally demolishing Jehrunissa Khan’s home in Nagpur
Nagpur Municipal Corporation razed a home of an accused in communal violence hours after the Bombay High Court was approached — violating binding Supreme Court directions, exposing the dangers of bureaucratic impunity, bulldozer justice, and the state’s failure to protect the right to shelter
Culture
“Urdu Is Not Alien”: Supreme Court reclaims the language’s place in the Indian Constitutional fabric
By upholding the use of Urdu on a municipal signboard in Maharashtra, the Supreme Court reaffirms India’s plural ethos, debunks politicised language divides, and restores dignity to a shared linguistic heritage
Rule of Law
‘No arrest of Kunal Kamra’ Bombay High Court grants interim protection in ‘Gaddar’ remark case
Comedian argues that the FIR is a misuse of state power to silence dissent; Court notes arrest not warranted under BNSS summons, reserves order on plea to quash FIR.