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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

Delhi violence: Court questions credibility of police witness, grants bail to accused

The court questioned why the police witnesses waited two months before naming the accused, instead of taking immediate action when the incident happened.

Love Jihad bogey derailed in Mangaluru

Right wing fundamentalists who had thus far been promoting the specter of love jihad were left shellshocked when their own strategy backfired, and police arrested a twice-married Hindu man for allegedly raping a Muslim widow

Harassment of nuns in train at Jhansi  can become a major poll issue in Kerala 

Union Home Minister Amit Shah assures strong action after Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan writes to him raises issue, and Congress mocks ‘assurance’

Delhi violence accused thrashes Muslim man, forces him to chant anti Pakistan slogans

The accused identified as Ajay Goswami, has been out on bail in connection with the North East Delhi violence case

Delhi HC grants protection to Muslim-Dalit couple, allegedly attacked by violent mob

The court asked the police to file a status report of the incident

Nuns harassment case: Catholic Union demands action against vigilantes, cops

AICU writes letter to Home Minister asking that government send strong warning against persecution of minorities

Mosque loudspeaker impedes yoga, puja, govt duties: UP Minister

Uttar Pradesh minister Anand Swaroop Shukla writes to Ballia district magistrate, asking volume be fixed according to High Court order

BJP’s election manifesto in Assam promises “corrected” NRC, end of “Love Jihad”

The deeply communal content is all that there is in this ‘Sankalp Patra’ that is otherwise full of old promises that the government has failed to deliver upon in the last five years

UP’s Hindutva goons harass Catholic nuns, teens on Delhi-Orissa train

Police march nuns, teens to police station, release them after more identification papers are sent from Delhi

CAA is unconstitutional as it distinguishes on the basis of religion: Justice V.G Gowda

Says that amending a law after over 70 years of independence in a country where 50 percent people are unlettered and do not maintain records, is problematic

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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