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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

Aligarh college professor to face probe for namaz?

In a country that regularly plays religious prayers in schools, an assistant teachers offering of namaz has led to a controversy

Gyanvapi case: District court adjourns hearings in maintainability suit till July 4

Mosque committee asserts ownership of land; fresh suit filed before a fast-track court

Kashi temple Mahant quits following “Shivling” controversy

He was one of the two priests to debunk claims of a “Shivling” being found in the Wazu Khana of the Gyanvapi Mosque

After Times Now debate Nupur Sharma gets online threats from trolls 

Right Wing’s online army pins blame on fact checker Mohammed Zubair , who too has been getting vile abuse and threats

Now Mangalore university to implement hijab ban

Mangalore University rekindles hijab controversy by implementing CDC guidelines

Temple-mosque politics: Right Wing’s communal hit list getting longer?

Hardliners want more than just Ayodhya, Varanasi and Mathura

Communal posters found and removed in Borivali train after CJP intervenes

GRP removes the posters from the train; CJP had approached authorities after receiving information from a rights group

Krishna Janmabhoomi: Mathura ADJ directs lower court to hear plea for appointment of Court Commissioner for survey of mosque

Additional District Judge directed the lower court to dispose of the plea after conducting day-to-day hearings from the next date of hearing i.e July 1

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

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From Arunachal to Delhi, anti-dam protesters face state crackdown; detained allege sexual assault

Around 40 protesters from Arunachal Pradesh were detained during a solidarity demonstration, as the crackdown on indigenous resistance to the proposed mega dam intensifies

Beyond Appropriation: Vidya Bhushan Rawat’s recovery of Bose’s inclusive nationalism

Rawat’s book emerges from a unique perspective that argues –among other things – that Bose and Nehru must be understood through their competing strategies, and historical circumstances— not recruited retrospectively into opposing political camps; neither does the book place Bose beyond criticism, affirming however his intrinsic secular outlook while stressing on diverse networks that helped sustain the struggle for independence’ not a biography of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose but a chronicle of Indian National Army as well as India’s freedom Movement.

After 22 years under suspicion, Assam’s Kashem Ali declared Indian by Foreigners Tribunal

With 18 years passing between the registration of the case and service of notice, and nearly a year spent fighting to prove his citizenship, Kashem Ali finally wins legal relief with CJP’s assistance

From treating Adivasi communities to being branded an instigator: Odisha jails doctor Randall Sequeira

Arrested in a case in which his name did not figure in the original FIR, Dr Randall Sequeira faces serious criminal charges amid an intensifying crackdown on Adivasi communities resisting bauxite mining in Odisha

Nearly two decades without elections, Jamia students’ agitation forces administration to set deadline for union revival

The university has agreed to implement the students’ union constitution by May 15, 2027, and conduct elections under Lyngdoh Committee guidelines

Arunachal’s anti-dam protests intensify as arrests, militarisation and threats to press freedom fail to silence resistance

Communities resisting the proposed 11,200 MW project fear the loss of ancestral land, livelihoods and cultural heritage, with activists detained under the APUAPA

Food Security during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Need for a shift from food security to nutrition justice.

In Karnataka, during the pandemic and lockdown, mid-day meals in government schools and anganwadis under the National Food Security Act (2013) [1], shut down indefinitely [2,3] amidst growing concerns about how this would affect vulnerable communities. In spite of demands, the state government has not yet undertaken a detailed post pandemic and lockdown survey to identify the immediate and long-term interventions to address and prevent malnutrition. Several visits have been made by civil society organisations, students, nutritionists and academics to different districts of Karnataka, during and after the Covid-19 pandemic and this commentary gives a broad overview of the observations made. There is a need for an in-depth quantitative and qualitative study.

Delhi SIR: Public audit finds 416 of 1,236 deleted voters still at their registered addresses

A four-day door-to-door audit in Trilokpuri found voters marked absent, shifted or dead who were still living at their registered addresses, with 47.57 lakh names missing from Delhi’s draft roll, affected voters have until October 30 to file claims