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Between Celebration and Suspicion: How Bakri Eid passed across india in 2026
With police deployments, cattle regulations, housing society disputes and political mobilisation surrounding Eid-ul-Adha, the festival reflected the tensions of contemporary India
Gyanvapi case: Hearing continues on provisions of Order 7 Rule 11 of CPC
Both sides given copies of videography report, mosque management committee said “Shivling” rumours were being spread to stir up people’s sentiments
Krishna Janmabhoomi: Now plea seeks ban on loudspeaker at Shahi Idgah
After a district court admitted a plea against the Idgah, a batch of related petitions have sprung up with demands ranging from permission to conduct prayers to the latest demanding removal of the loudspeaker
Kerala politician PC George arrested for anti-Muslim hate speech
First Class Judicial Magistrate Court-II cancels bail for violating bail conditions
How does Hate Offender Deepak Sharma manage to get FIRs registered on demand?
He regularly ‘ensures’ FIRs are registered against social media users, especially Muslims, yet gets away with his own hate speech!
Gyanvapi case: Two Kashi Vishwanath Mahants debunk ‘Shivling’ claims
Mahant Rajendra Tiwari and Mahant Ganesh Shankar say that they have seen the Wazu tank since childhood and that the stone structure in it cannot be called a “Shivling”
Gyanvapi controversy just a distraction: Ramakant Yadav
The veteran politician from SP reminded people of real issues such as economy, electricity and education
Gyanvapi case: Varanasi district court to hear application on maintainability of suit on May 26
Court gives both parties seven days to file objections to the Commission report on the video survey
Using children to chant communal hate slogans fosters hate
A video showing the small boy raising hate slogans in a PFI rally in Alappuzha, Kerala, has raised serious concerns
Meet Devnath, the yogi from Gujarat who claims Delhi’s Jama Masjid is ‘Jamuna Mandir’
Devnath probably aspires to be Gujarat’s Adityanath, however, he only ends up ‘recycling’ old controversies
Hate Watch: Propaganda website Kreately, was first to mock ‘Shivling’
The right-wing website, once heavily promoted by Kapil Mishra, had made many unproven claims about shivlings, stated fact checkers
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