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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

Bringing Peace to Gujarat in 2002, the Army Way

Operation Parakram and Operation Aman  The Pakistan-sponsored terrorist attack on...

Woman who entered Sabarimala shrine thrown out by in-laws

The development came days after her mother-in-law allegedly assaulted her...

Yogi Adityanath govt may announce pension for sadhus ahead of 2019 polls

According to sources, the Adityanath cabinet would meet in...

Rising roar of faux faith in poll-bound India

Read the newspapers, listen to the TV “debates” and...

Bangladesh’s Ulama League demands ban on NGOs working to curb child marriage

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Does the Northeast even count in the Regime’s Cynical push to the Citizenship Amendment Bill?

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SIT report a cover up of 2002 Gujarat riots: former Army officer

Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) Lt General Zameer Uddin Shah...

Is Cow Politics Working in Uttar Pradesh?

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Rahaf al-Qunun, whose Twitter posts for help captured global...

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The bulldozer retreated, and the court offered temporary relief. But who gets to decide which ideas can occupy Bengal’s public spaces?

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Ajabha Khatun’s conditional release brings relief to her family, while her pending legal case and her plea for another detainee underline the fight that remains

Calcutta High Court says political dissent must not be stifled, directs police to protect CPI(M) bookstall near Durga Puja Pandal

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

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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