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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

Shivamogga: 20 injured in violence during Bajrang Dal member’s funeral

Vehicles were set on fire and public property destroyed when miscreants resorted to stone-pelting

Karnataka: Bajrang Dal member killed, cops refute links to hijab row

BJP leaders blame Muslim community but police suspect an internal disagreement among youths

Has Gujarat BJP been taken to task for its anti-Muslim ‘caricature’ yet?

The offensive tweet posted after the verdict in the Ahmedabad blast case; deleted after thousands of objections, Instagram clean up follows

Kolkata: Student unions protest the alleged murder of activist Anis Khan

Khan had alerted police that his life was in danger, and was allegedly killed on Friday night

Hate Offender:  BJP MLA  . Raja Singh threatens Uttar Pradesh’s Hindu voters

ECI allows T Raja Singh more time to respond to a show cause notice for electoral misconduct

Hate Watch: How is BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh getting away with anti Muslim hate speech?

Speaking at election meetings, Singh said ‘Inshallah’ be damned in Uttar Pradesh’s ‘shooter baba's government’

39 Years and the Ghosts of Nellie Massacre Haunt Assam

India’s first genocidal pogrom on February 18, 1983 preceded the massacre of Sikhs in Delhi and other cities and has vanished from public acknowledgment and memory

Open letter to our secular Muslim friends in India

The defense of victims of one (majority) religious fundamentalist extreme right should not lead to supporting another (be it minority) one.

Karnataka: Minority dept bars hijab, saffron scarves in govt schools, PUs

Welfare department stresses that order applies to public institutions where CDC norms are in effect

Karnataka: What is the message sent by demolishing 18-year-old Jesus statue?

Tehsildar ordered the demolition claiming that the statue was built on government land but locals say demolition is illegal as the case is pending in court

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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