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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

New Bengal BJP chief spews communal venom

Sukanta Majumdar continues Dilip Ghosh’s hateful legacy, when focus should be on preventing party men from jumping ship

Atrocity as Mode of Governance

The mass evictions of peasants of largely immigrant Muslim origin from supposedly government land have been planned and set in motion within a short span of time

Suresh Chavhanke’s communal campaign now targets SRK!

Chavhanke and company claim he donates his earnings to Pakistan, make other vile allegations, ignite old hashtags

Pakistan: Bheel family tortured, for fetching drinking water from mosque

Attackers reportedly related to a local Parliamentarian of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, police has not even registered a case 

Meerut: Hindu Jagran Manch leader booked for assault on Muslim youth

Sachin Sirohi, local Hindutva leader and another unnamed man booked for forcing a woman to assault her Muslim friend

RSS grows in West Bengal, but no match for Didi’s outreach during Covid

The recent victory of the BJP in 70 plus...

Jantar Mantar sloganeering case: Court denies bail to right-wing group President Vinod Sharma

The court noted that he might not have directly delivered inflammatory speeches but was instrumental in organising the event

Communal violence cases nearly doubled in 2020: NCRB Report

The annual report states that a total of 71,107 cases of offences against public tranquillity were registered, out of which 51,606 cases pertain to rioting

Karnataka: Why has the Hindu Jagarana Vedike reactivated its aggression now?

Mob assaulted and manhandled a Muslim journalist, another disrupted a church service

Kerala diocese apologises after its book sparks Muslim protest

Syro-Malabar Church’s Thamarassery diocese, forced to apologise after uproar over a catechism book that allegedly had “derogatory statements against Islam”

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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