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Economic Boycott as Hindu Solidarity: BJP leader Nitesh Rane calls for Muslims to be shut out
HARHAR campaign launch becomes a platform for religious segregation, with Rane urging Hindus to buy only from Hindus and issuing a chilling threat against Muslims attending the Kumbh Mela
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BJP MP Parvesh Verma calls for total boycott of a particular community
Though he does not specifically name the community, he was referring to an alleged case of murder where all accused are from the Muslim community
When lilting songs and music spread a particular brand of hate: Hindutva pop
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A burgeoning industry on You-Tube reveals a dangerously heady mix of caste superiority, minority-bashing, and outright threats
Appoint retd HC Judge to probe police flogging, police inquiry inspires no faith: MCC
The Gujarat police itself looking into the shocking incident of public flogging of Muslim minority youth inspires no confidence, says MCC
Buddhism a religion of choice, why does this worry the BJP?
An event organised by the Jai Bheem Mission, founded by AAP minister, Rajendra Pal Gautam angers the BJP when just days ago, in Ahmedabad, the conversion of 140 persons to Buddhism went by unquestioned
Jharkhand: Muslim man allegedly killed for being in a relationship with a non-Muslim woman
11 people arrested so far, investigation underway
Gyanvapi case: Order in “shivling” carbon dating matter deferred
Next hearing scheduled for October 11 after Hindu petitioners seek time to amend their demands
Hate speeches amplified by television, incited targeted violence against Muslims: CCR Report, Feb ‘20 Delhi riots
Looking at the build-up to the violence, as also the impact and fallout, 2 ½ years after the riots in North East Delhi in February 2020, a Citizens Inquiry Committee of retired judges and civil servants releases its report
Kheda flogging incident: Assailant identified as cop, colleagues helped him beat four men
Incident took place day after stone pelting at a garba event; video of beating went viral on social media
Mob shouting ‘Jai Shri Ram, forcibly enters heritage madrasa on Dussehra, performs puja: Karnataka
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Raavan Islamised! Purging the complex Ramayan text evident in attacks by far right on Adipurush
AK Ramanujan’s, Three Hundred Ramayans, extracted from The Collected Essays by the author and published in Communalism Combat in May 2008 (Year 14, No 131) actually told the epic’s spectacular and varied journey through the ages
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Nearly two decades without elections, Jamia students’ agitation forces administration to set deadline for union revival
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Delhi SIR: Public audit finds 416 of 1,236 deleted voters still at their registered addresses
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SIR’s elusive illegal immigrants: Bogey Busted but will the injustices heaped be corrected?
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2020 Delhi Riots: Delhi High Court upholds seven-year sentence for five men in 22-year old Muslim migrant worker’s death
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