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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

Two Delhi-based women journalists arrested by Assam police on request from Tripura cops 

The journalists have accused the police of "Intimidation", FIR by right-wing follower unleashed police action

Amravati violence: Minority owned shops targeted during bandh by Hindutva groups

Curfew extended to four more towns, 60 arrested, 8 BJP members detained

A historicity of Savarkar’s rehabilitation project

An examination of claims made as part of the Hindutva leader’s image makeover

Amravati: Curfew, police lathi charge mark Bandh called by Hindutva groups

This was the second consecutive day a bandh was called in the area; Friday’s bandh was called by Raza Academy and saw stone pelting in many areas

Yati Narsinghanand and his ‘ecosystem of hate’: CJP moves NCM

The complaint highlights how Yati Narsinghanand, has seemingly created Dasna as a breeding ground for hate where politically-motivated Hindus are trained and manipulated to act against Muslims to disrupt harmony

Violence erupts in Maharashtra after bandh call by Raza Academy

The group had called for a bandh to protest the persecution of Muslims and destruction of mosques in Tripura, but several instances of violence were reported from Amravati, Malegaon and Nanded

CBI authenticated Tehelka sting tapes, but SIT ignored them: Zakia Jafri to SC

The tapes had right-wing leaders boasting having bombs and brutally killing people; were used to secure convictions in Naroda Patiya massacre case

Madhya Pradesh: NCPCR ‘inspects’ girls hostel run by nuns, alleges conversion

There are five Christian girls and 14 Hindu girls in residence; the Christian children hail from North Eastern states, the rest are from the interior villages of MP and have no proper access to schools back home

SIT was only ‘SIT’ting, not investigating: Kapil Sibal in Zakia Jafri SLP

SIT not only failed to look into aspects like police officials concealing important records, but also readily accepted statements of accused without ‘tracking the footprint’ of such statements

Stop persecution of lawyers, citizens against communalism in Tripura: Citizens and Lawyer’s groups

Nearly 700 citizens have signed an online petition by Nagrik Adhikar Manch and All India Lawyers Union, demanding that Tripura Government “stop communal violence” and “stop persecution of lawyers and citizens against communalism”

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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