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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

Why is the Right-Wing so obsessed with the Taj Mahal?

Taj Mahal is a mausoleum, known the world over as a monument of love and one of the most defining images of India, but right-wing groups claim it's a ‘temple’

Hijab controversy: Social media turns attention to other religions in schools

Netizens talk about the presence of other religions in schools while the question of Islamophobia remains unaddressed

Hijab ban case: Hijab in line with freedom of expression, submits petitioner

The counsel once again pleaded with the court to vacate the interim order and allow wearing of headscarf

Hijab Case: Will action be taken against Karanataka BJP for sharing details of minor Muslim students?

Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party’s official twitter handle and Nalinkumar Kateel its president had tweeted private information of the Muslim girls from Udupi

Hijab controversy now hits schools!

After barring college students from entry, Karnataka schools are asking children to remove hijab

The Communalisation Project: The Tamil Nadu story

Communalisation of a place is done with only one intention - to polarise people and to grab power through the democratic process of elections

MP: Goons harass hijabi students, demand saffron dress code

Members of Hindutva groups demand that an autonomous college ban hijabs but “allow Naga Babas to come as they are”

SC issues notice in Guj gov’t plea against HC stay on ‘anti-conversion law’

The HC had imposed stay on certain sections of the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, 2021

Hate Watch: ‘India becoming Lebanon’ propaganda video aims to create panic and hate

A video, shot to look like a talk on history by an ‘expert’, but in fact is aimed at spreading panic and communal hate is now doing the rounds on whatsapp groups

UP CM Adityanath targeting minorities again?

On the day of the second phase of polling for Assembly elections, Adityanath uses terms like 'Ghazwa-e-Hind', 'religious fanatics' of 'Talibani thinking', claims BJP ‘winning’ UP Assembly elections 

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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