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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

Kerala: Why was a ‘Non-Hindu’ Bharatanatyam dancer barred from temple?

Dancer Mansiya, born in a Muslim family, alleged that the programme that was to be held at the Koodalmanikyam Temple in Thrissur on April 21, was cancelled due to ‘religion’

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t! Muslim man lynched for chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ in UP?

The victim, Babur, resident of Kushinagar, was allegedly beaten to death by neighbours for supporting Bharatiya Janata Party's Assembly win

Is This the Islam of Prophet Mohammad, a Blessing to Mankind?

Moderate ulema, from whichever sect, must realise the need to introspect deeply and honestly and go far beyond their present positions, if they are serious about rescuing Islam from extremism

Viral WhatsApp message targets Congress and Gandhi family, distorts history

The message has many dangerous claims, which are attempts at communalising history, here is a point-by-point factcheck

West Bengal: Muslim mason allegedly lynched by Hindutva mob

Sekh Poltu was allegedly choked by stuffing sand into his mouth

Kashmiri Pandit organisation files curative petition in SC

Roots in Kashmir seeks probe into the killings of Kashmiri Pandits in 1989-90

Kashmir Files hate project: Radicalising people, one show at a time?

Anti-Muslim hate has manifested itself offline, across the country and is most visible as boycott, hate speech, slogans, before, and after screenings of the film The Kashmir Files

All faiths are intertwined: TM Krishna

TM Krishna explains why music has an even bigger role to play now, amidst communal tension, and when open calls are given for genocide

Jharkhand: Youths attack Class 9 student for not chanting Jai Shri Ram!

More youths appear to be developing violent sentiments following the right-wing groups’ calls for arms since last year

Karnataka: Why is the BJP gov’t endorsing “Congress time rule” prohibiting non-Hindu vendors on temple land?

The state’s CM, law and education ministers back the ban now in place at more temples, BJP-Led govt says rule was passed by Cong

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The Transgender Community in Varanasi, the Prime Minister’s constituency has demanded penal action against those social media posts that fan intra-community tensions; they submitted a memorandum to the Commissioner of Police today

Under heavy police protection, decades-old Mumbai dargah razed

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) authorities demolished the Barkat Ali Shah Baba Dargah in Mumbai under heavy police deployment. The action reportedly followed a notice seeking legal papers and came amid the civic body's anti-encroachment drive. Most ancient places of worship do not have “documents to prove their existence.”

Why was a 200-year-old mosque in Varanasi demolished in the middle of the night?

Authorities reportedly carried out a heavily guarded overnight operation in Varanasi riding roughshod over history in a crude bid for clearing land for an ambitious transport hub project linked to Kashi railway station.

Brute Violence in Bengal sparks citizens’ urgent warning

A joint statement signed by more than 140 activists, academics, former ministers, artists and scientists has warned of “all out fratricide” in India following violent attacks on opposition leaders in West Bengal.

Demolitions of homes of Gujjar Bakerwals in Jammu unconstitutional & violation of FRA 2006: AIUFWP

The All India Union of Forest Working People (AIUFWP) along with the Delhi Solidarity Group (DSG) and Wullar Bachav Front have strongly condemned the reported brutal attack, demolition of the houses, harassment, and attempts to evict members of the Gujjar Bakerwal community in Jammu region a few days ago.

Rethinking the ‘Rajput State’: The Neemuchana & Tiladi agrarian movements

The legacy of colonial historiography and further amplified by Hindutva rhetoric has trapped our historical consciousness in the world of kings and dynasties, erasing public memory of our modern agrarian and working-class struggles.

Jharkhand’s Biggest Democratic Test Yet: The SIR Challenge

Jharkhand brings together many of the communities most vulnerable to bureaucratic exclusion—migrants, Adivasis, displaced families and informal workers. The Special Intensive Revision will therefore be far more than a routine electoral exercise. The question is not only who gets verified, but whether those already on the margins are asked once again to prove their place in India's democracy

The ‘Unfit’ Gandhi Siblings – A SoBo boy to Ramchandra Guha

Cyrus Behramji Puranafurniturewala writes a satirical letter to the acclaimed historian, Ramachandra Guha, complimenting him on his critique of the Gandhi siblings. He adds his own sharp observations, cultivated in the by lanes of tony Colaba, to the discourse that has captured the imagination of society.