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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 HC grants bail to 4 accused in the 2020 violence

Justice Kait slammed the police constable for not making a DD entry or calling a PCR van during the violence 

Withdraw comments against Quran, apologise: National Commission for Minorities tells Waseem Rizvi

NCM issued notice to the former Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board chairman for his plea to Supreme Court seeking ‘removal’ of some verses from the Quran 

Uttar Pradesh: Three deaths, multiple theories, murder or accident?

Three young men were killed, in what the media says is a road accident, but locals fear may be a case of targeted communal violence Varanasi

BJP leader challenges Places of Worship Act in SC

The petition states that the law takes away rights of Hindus, Jains, Buddhists, and Sikhs to reclaim their places of worship through Courts , says it legalises illegal acts of invaders

UP man arrested for assaulting Muslim boy for entering temple to drink water

The video was shared widely on social media and was brought to the cognisance on Ghaziabad police through Twitter

What will Waseem Rizvi gain by antagonising the Muslim community?

The ex-Chairman of the Shia Waqf Board has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking ‘removal’of 26 verses of the Quran

Two Chief Ministers, one vision: Ram Rajya

UP CM Adityanath says secularism biggest threat to India's tradition on global stage; Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal says Ram Rajya is the best

Have the RW’s “land jihad” claims been busted?

News reports suggest that, contrary to media claims, a very small percent of land was allotted to Muslim community in the Hindu-majority Jammu region under the Roshni Act

Gyanvapi case: Varanasi court issues notice

Petition had been filed to remove the Gyanvapi mosque from the site of the Kashi-Vishwanath temple

20 years after they were destroyed, Bamiyan Buddha resurrected virtually

Taliban had destroyed the historical treasures in 2001, in Afghanistan's Bamiyan valley as the world watched in horror

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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