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‘Free the Temple’, ‘Protect the Faith’, ‘Take Up Weapons’: How September’s festivals became stages for anti-Muslim hate

From contested places of worship to demographic fearmongering, a series of speeches used Hindu religious identity to construct Muslims as an existential threat and recast exclusion as religious defence

Lucknow: Right to Public Health activists called anti-Modi-Yogi, beaten by mob

Cops however detain the activists for hours; the three were pasting posters on right to free masks, sanitisers, talking about shortage of oxygen in UP

UP: Ram Sanehi Ghat mosque demolished despite HC ruling to protected it till May 31

Security is still deployed, “to prevent anyone coming within a mile of where the mosque stood”, reports the Guardian

EXCLUSIVE: Are Varanasi police trying to create communal tension?

While citizens are trying to protect themselves from the on-going health crisis, Muslim communities have condemned police for fabricating Hindu-Muslim conflict, claim Bhojubeer residents

Haryana: Muslim man killed, kin alleges communal lynching, cops say old enmity

Asif Khan was beaten to death, family claims he was asked to chant "Jai Sri Ram"

Brutal Attacks on Muslims in Bengal soon threatens actor Prakash Belawadi

Well known theatre artist from Karnataka, deleted his communal Facebook post after people called his bigotry out

Take a swig of cow urine to finish Corona: Surendra Singh, BJP MLA

Image Courtesy:zeenews.india.comPreviously known for his hate speeches against women,...

Bombay HC grants bail to accused Vikram Bhave in Narendra Dabholkar murder case

He has been granted bail on a condition of furnishing a personal bond of Rs. 1 lakh

What is the purpose of Tejasvi Surya’s communal tilt to BBMP “bed blocking scam”?

The MP gets filmed reading out only muslim names, claiming an 'expose' of Covid bed scam, controversy is now taking attention away from Covid-19 surge in the state

Kotkapura police firing case: HC gives clean chit to Badals, notes the investigation suffered from malice

It held that the conclusion that people protesting desecration of their holy book were sitting peacefully when the police started firing, was incorrect

A peep into Hindutva narratives of Bengal’s history

What happened when Marathas came to liberate Hindus of Bengal

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Bombay High Court orders Maharashtra DGP to review arrest forms, flags failure to communicate grounds of arrest

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Led by the INDIA bloc, the October 12 march brought opposition parties, lawyers, student organisations and civil society onto Delhi’s streets, demanding a halt to the SIR process and accountability for alleged electoral manipulation