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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

Mumbaikars condemn Dharma Sansad

Mumbaikars gathered just before the New Year to denounce the hate spewed during the Dharma Sansad

Did Sudarshan News trick school children into chanting ‘will kill to create Hindu Rashtra’?

Suresh Chavhanke, CMD and editor-in-chief of Sudarshan News, it seems is on a mission to administer the communal oath

“Godman” who insulted Mahatma Gandhi arrested 

Kalicharan was arrested by Raipur Police on December 30, however, many who called for genocide of Muslims in Haridwar continue to roam free

2021: A year of unprecedented communal hate crimes

The sheer nature and number of incidents of communal hate crimes in 2021 are overwhelming and a reminder to authorities that it is high time to act against them

CJP files complaint against ‘Dharam Sansad’ before NCM

The complaint calls for strict action against all perpetrators, monitoring of police investigation as well as a separate inquiry

Haridwar hate offenders file police complaint against The Quran, Muslims, cop accepts it with a smile

Narsinganand assures group cops on "their side" as police officer happily receives complaint, poses for pictures

Civil society speaks up against ‘Dharam Sansad’; protests planned, police complaints filed

Feminist organisations in Mumbai are amongst those who have filed complaints at police stations against the contentious event and a protest has also been planned in Mumbai

CJP campaign against hate crimes grew stronger in 2021

CJP’s petitions led some authorities to initiate action, there’s a glimmer of hope in other cases

Poisoning people’s minds to ensure polarisation in the coming polls

With Uttar Pradesh going to poll soon, the ruling party wants to reignite its communal agenda

Alienation and apathy: Assam government’s 2021 agenda?

From a new cow protection law to eviction of minority communities, here are some of the Assam government’s most blatantly exclusionist policy decisions of 2021

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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