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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

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

Silence is not an option: Journalists to India’s Constitutional institutions

Senior journalists appeal for action against hate speech and open calls for genocide

The Kashmir Files: Right-wing outfits bring weapons inside theatres!

Two known hate offenders Swami Jitendranand Saraswati and Vinod Sharma spread inflammatory speech in cinema halls in front of children

Haryana’s BJP gov’t passes ‘anti conversion’ law

The Opposition Congress staged a walkout, even as the state passed the law that includes penalties like imprisonment, fine over Rs 1 lakh

State failed to contain terrorism, wreaked vengeance on innocent masses: India’s Kashmir War

A report published in 1990, sheds light on the on-ground situation in Kashmir before, during and immediately after the Kashmiri Pandit exodus

UP: Muslim driver brutally thrashed by Hindutva mob in Mathura

Elections over, ‘cow vigilante’ mobs are back on the hunt for innocent victims in Uttar Pradesh

Saffronisation of education is okay, but hijabs are out?

During an event, the Vice-President of India Venkaiyah Naidu said there is nothing wrong with saffron but did not provide similar support during the hijab row

The Kashmir Files: Celebrities and politicians warn against propaganda-driven films

From veteran politicians like Mehbooba Mufti to young actresses like Swara Bhasker, the level-headed make a humble appeal for objectivity

Is Gujarat’s Pirana dargah emerging as the newest communal hotspot?

Attempts to appropriate the 600-year-old shrine of Imam Shah Baba, a figure revered by both Hindus and Muslims are at their peak

The Kashmir Files: Calls for genocide and hate marches by right-wing extremists and trolls

Extremist elements use the pain of Kashmiri Pandits to further their own communally divisive agenda

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