Communalism

Between Celebration and Suspicion: How Bakri Eid passed across india in 2026

With police deployments, cattle regulations, housing society disputes and political mobilisation surrounding Eid-ul-Adha, the festival reflected the tensions of contemporary India

HJS dubs Narendra Dabholkar ‘Urban Naxal’

Is this a nefarious ploy by right-wing extremists to delegitimise the work of the slain anti-superstition activist, and other rationalists and dissenters?

Homogenisation critical to rise of majoritarian nationalism: Justice Gautam Patel

In the Asiatic Society’s 27th Smt. Bansari Sheth Memorial Lecture, the Bombay High Court judge explains modern day nationalism

To ban or not to ban: K’taka cabinet yet to decide SDPI-PFI fate

Cabinet says, they still do not have concrete evidence or a police report on the case

B’luru riot: Govt to ask HC to appoint claims commissioners to assess damages to property

The state is following in the footsteps of the UP govt which had passed an ordinance to recover damages after violence that erupted during anti-CAA protests

The new Hindutva

An outline of the new avatar of Hindu nationalism

Karnataka CM invokes UAPA against Bengaluru rioters

State Govt may ban PFI, SDPI; Cabinet meeting on August 20, around 52 FIRs filed, 264 arrested, prohibitory orders extended till Aug 18

Delhi Police complicit in February 2020 violence: Polis Project

Report slams police for manufacturing evidence and abusing power to selectively target and frame human rights defenders  

The curious case of a secular alcoholic, an Eid banner and hate mongers

The police found that a drunk man placed an Eid banner atop a Hindu saint’s statue without any culpable motive

Virtual collapse of rule of law on the street: Prashant Bhushan

As lawyer Prashant Bhushan, writer Arudhati Roy, senior journalists stood in solidarity, the woman reporter stated it was the Muslim women who made the mob back off

Bengaluru riot: 3 dead, journalists beaten up by cops, vehicles gutted

Naveen, nephew of Congress MLA Srinivas Murthy, allegedly posted communal remarks on Facebook, setting of a night of violence, arson, deaths

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CJP flags ‘communal polarisation campaign’ in Bengal polls, seeks action against BJP leaders over election speeches

CJP has filed two separate complaints before election authorities and police in West Bengal, alleging that speeches by Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar and BJP candidate Jagannath Chattopadhyay sought to polarise voters through religious appeals, anti-minority rhetoric, and fear-based narratives, thereby violating the Model Code of Conduct, electoral laws, and constitutional principles

High-Level Committee on Demographic Change (HLC-DC): Another Offensive on Indian Muslims!

Based on the hypothetical fallacy of large-scale Muslim immigration affecting demographic change, the discourse of this government, evident in the terms of reference of the HLC-DC defies figures and logic: In fact, indeed, the fertility rate among Hindus in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar is higher than the fertility rate among Muslims in many southern states. In other words, Muslim women in the southern states are, on average, having fewer children than Hindu women in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

Telangana: A Congress Chief Minister inspired by Hitler; justifying forcible evictions & demolitions?

Telangana Chief Minister, Revanth Reddy, often also criticised because of his student day association with the RSS’ affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has kicked up a storm with his open admiration for Hitler. He stated this in the context of justifying the HYDRAA [Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA)] that, says, drew its name and concept from the German dictator's alleged fondness for the word 'Hydra.'

May-June 2026: Youth Congress nationwide protests challenge education system collapse under Modi government, media gives cold shoulder?

From mid May 2026 until as recently as June 6, Youth Congress units and leadership have been protesting across the nation on the NEET paper leak row the education system had "collapsed" under the BJP-led NDA government; from Bhopal to Bhubhaneshwar, Delhi to Guwahati, Amravati to Ahmedabad, and Jodhpur to Ranchi. These protests have resonated across the country, available on social media but not commercial or mainstream. On June 6, Saturday, when a huge concentration of media attention was on the “Cockroach” gathering at Jantar Mantar, the IYC President led thousands in a protest in Haryana

The Supreme Court blinks when it comes to Hate Speech

By declining contempt proceedings, denying guidelines, and acquitting the accused without inquiry, the Court in Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay undoes what it spent years building

Appeal by Adivasi-Mulvasi leaders to Jharkhandis: Protect Birsa Munda’s legacy from the RSS

On Birsa Munda’s death anniversary, over 200 renowned Adivasi-Mulvasi leaders, representatives of people’s organisations, traditional self-governance representatives, academics, and activists have issued a joint statement appealing to Adivasis and all Jharkhandis to observe next Tuesday, June 9, the martyrdom day of Dharti Abba Birsa Munda, across every corner of the state by commemorating his Adivasi culture, struggles, and the Ulgulan. Crucially, they have urged them to declare a solemn pledge to protect his legacy from manuvadi organizations such as the RSS, the Janajati Suraksha Manch, and the Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram.