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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
Khargone: Five arrested for Ibraish Khan’s murder
Ibraish Khan, alias Saddam was missing for days, before his body was identified, family accuse police of cover up
Jamia Millia Islamia students protest Jahangirpuri demolitions
They demand that the municipal corporation be held responsible, and victims be compensated
Jahangirpuri Demolition: SC to take “serious view of demolitions after Mayor was informed of order”
Supreme Court extends status quo orders for another two weeks
Eye witness account from the broken heart of Jahangirpuri
Amir Sherwani, walks through the rubble of what was once the safe haven of scores of poor people Hindus and Muslims
Jahangirpuri demolition drive: Brinda Karat walks the talk yet again!
The CPI (M) Politburo member has filed a PIL against demolitions before the SC; court has permitted her lawyer to make submissions
Brinda Karat stands tall in front of bulldozers at Jahangirpuri’s Tiananmen square moment
A lesson in leadership from the 74-year-old CPI (M) Politburo member whose heroic act helped diffuse a volatile situation from escalating
Khargone: Why is the administration ignoring the proliferation of hate on social media?
Given how incendiary forwards and inflammatory speeches incite Communal hate and targeted violence, administrative inaction is worrisome
Bengali Hindu refugee families allotted land in UP, while homes of Bengali Muslims face demolition in Delhi, Assam
Even as Bengali speaking Muslims continue to be labelled as Rohingyas and Bangladeshis, and are accused of sparking communal violence, Hindu refugees are treated differently
Jahangirpuri demolition drive: Do Supreme Court orders mean nothing to the BJP ruled Municipal Corporation?
Demolition drive stopped hours after SC orders to maintain status quo in Jahangirpuri
Will Uttarakhand allow yet another anti-Muslim Dharam Sansad to be held at Roorkee?
Hindu Raksha Vahini, demands demolition of Muslim homes, threatens ‘action’, Muslims reportedly fleeing the village
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