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Eid Milad 2026: Processions, clashes and the politics of communal provocation across India

From Mumbai’s Parel-Chinchpokli belt to Bengaluru and Rajasthan, August 26 saw a series of confrontations, disputes and allegations of provocation around Eid-e-Milad processions

Shivamogga: Tensions prevail after two groups clash on Independence Day

Violence erupted after one group placed a portrait of VD Savarkar at a business hub near a mosque, and another tried to place a portrait of Tipu Sultan

Kannauj: Police unmask mastermind behind incident of meat thrown outside temple

Kanchan Tripathi had allegedly paid two Muslim men to place meat outside a temple in an elaborate bid to have local SHO transferred

Low-key communalism? Right-wing groups ‘compete’ in Gujarat for anti-Muslim space

Noticing the emergence of a novel trend, a just-released...

Hate Watch: Hum Do Humare Barah blaming Muslims for India’s population problem?

Right-wing trolls swear to make movie a hit, start campaign for Population Control Bill after movie poster goes viral

NCM acts on CJP’s complaint, directs Mumbai Police to investigate Swami Jitendranand Saraswati’s hate speech

CJP had moved NCM in June following his call for lynching of pregnant Muslim women

Gyanvapi case: Plea moved before SC challenging Allahabad HC’s order dismissing PIL to verify “Shivling” claims

Allahabad HC had dismissed a plea to appoint a commission headed by a judge to determine nature of structure found in the Gyanvapi mosque’s ablution tank

Ahmedabad: Police detain man after meat-filled bags fall off his scooter

FSL confirms meat was not bovine, police say decapitated head was that of a goat

NCM acts on CJP’s complaint against Deepak Sharma’s Islamophobic diatribe on Clubhouse

Directs UP Police to investigate and respond with a report within 21 days

Gyanvapi case: Arguments continue in Allahabad HC

Case adjourned by HC to August 17; hearing expected to take place today before district judge in Shringar Gauri case

Krishna Janmabhoomi case: Allahabad HC stays case seeking removal of Shahi Idgah

Respondents issued notice and given eight weeks to file counter affidavits, and petitioners four weeks after that to file rejoinders

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