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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

Day to day hearings begin in Ayodhya case: Highlights from Day 1

The Supreme Court has started hearing the Ayodhya dispute...

Jharkhand, Mob Lynching and Marginalization of Adivasis

A fact finding report of Mob LynchingIntroduction: Tabrez Ansari, a...

Godhra: 3 boys brutally assaulted after refusing to chant Jai Shree Ram

Three young men were brutally assaulted in Godhra after...

The Tiger Of Mysore & Chameleons of Karnataka: Banning Tipu Jayanti

So, Yeddiyurappa  has done what we expected from him....

Triple Talaq Bill: Shame on the personal law board

It is high time to ask an inconvenient question:...

Women’s organisations extend support to JNU Asst Prof Rosina Nasir

A week after the Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers’ Association...

Pastor beaten up by Bajrang Dal members over conversion rumours, Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow: Hindutva militant organisation, the Bajrang Dal, has yet...

Muslim youth beaten up after asking his name, Gujarat

Bharuch: In yet another attack on minorities, a 22-year...

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Justice Saugata Bhattacharya stresses that democracy requires space for competing political ideologies, directing West Bengal Police to ensure the Left party can set up its traditional bookstall amid allegations of preferential treatment for the Hindu Jagran Manch.

Seeking justice for Ankita Bhandari, parents detained in pre-dawn crackdown at India Gate

The pre-dawn police action came as the family demanded that Dushyant Kumar Gautam’s appointment as Sikkim Governor be put on hold until the CBI completes its probe into the alleged VIP angle

Mumbai Police detain Ambedkarite leaders demanding justice for Sahil Wakode; IIT Bombay refuses to hear delegation

As Sahil Wakode’s parents continue their hunger strike over his death and allegations of caste discrimination, Mumbai Police barricaded access to IIT Bombay and detained civil society leaders

Jantar Mantar shut to protest, CJP leaders sent to jail, Delhi police invoke ‘breach of peace’

Denotification of the protest site precedes preventive action against Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, who attempted to enter the barricaded area and unfurl the Tricolour

Bihar custodial death: Six suspended after Dilshad Ansari’s death in custody; family demands high-level probe

Dilshad Ansari’s family disputes the police claim that he jumped from a moving vehicle, demanding a thorough probe into his fatal head injury

Supreme Court seeks senior Delhi Police officer’s presence over alleged assault on women journalists; NWMI seeks binding safeguards

The Network of Women in Media, India, has moved the Supreme Court under Article 32, alleging that the detention, physical handling and forcible removal of journalists covering protests violate Articles 14, 19(1)(a), 19(1)(d) and 21 of the Constitution

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

Ruling in a murder case, the Court orders Shingare’s release over non-compliance with Article 22(1), states signed arrest notice cannot cure failure to communicate factual grounds of arrest