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Dhandhuka violence: Gujarat minority group seeks judicial action, cites targeted arson
The Minority Coordination Committee (MCC) Gujarat has written to the Director General of Police seeking judicial action in connection with recent violence in Dhandhuka town of Ahmedabad district, alleging...
Now Kadi, north Gujarat sees hate speech by Vishwa Hindu Parishad, this time against Christians
A video that has gone viral on social media since Sunday night makes abusive statements against Christian nuns and the Pope, Christians have filed a complaint
What is the real intent of the extremists launching this aggressive “love jihad” campaign
While the overt fault lines are communal, with the Hindu-Muslim binary feeding base level social and political prejudices, increasingly evident is the real intent/motive behind this assault; it is Autonomy and freedom of choice, for women
Aurangabad badgered with hate speeches, vandalism and destroying of public property followed in protest supporting name change of Aurangabad
Free hand given to hate mongers, as 7 FIRs filed for rioting and damage to public property, but no arrest of T. Raja, Suresh Chavhanke
Police disrupt anti hate-speech campaign in Mira-Bhayandar
‘Don’t name the MLA, say the police, confiscate postcards and strike out the legislator’s name from banners at the venue
Marginalising the already marginalised: Economic Boycott Targeting Muslims
Looking into the prevailing economic status of the Muslim minority in India shows that these calls for their economic boycott will further push them over a dangerous precipice of marginalisation.
Even after 3 months, zero cases filed before the Maha Inter-faith Marriage-Family Coordination Committee: Maharashtra Women and Development Ministry
SP president files privilege motion against BJP leader Lodha for making false claims of having received 152 cases in the state assembly, Bombay HC allows PIL by Rais Shaikh against the Maha GR
Himanta Biswa Sarma targets poll bound Karnataka, spreads communally divisive ideology, distorts history, attacks Congress
The new poster-boy of Hindutva’s hate mongering, the Assam CM also says that he envisions the new India to have more Ram Janmabhoomis, more temples, and to be madrassas free
Rising Intolerance in Maharashtra: 2 Muslim boys arrested for putting a status on Aurangzeb
Both Muslim boys, arrested by the Kohlapur police, have been charged for disturbing “religious harmony”
Rising Instances of Hate-speech, Hate Crimes in Rajasthan condemned: PWA, Delhi
In a strongly worded resolution passed at the two day conference at Macchadi, Alwar the Delhi Unit of the Progressive Writers Association has urged the Rajasthan govt to prosecute and prevent trishul distribution rallies and calls for violence against minorities that are likely to increase as state assembly elections draw near
Tension prevails in #Haveri, # Rattihalli after stone pelting on Mosque and Homes: Karnataka
A special visit by ADGP Karnataka led to heightened security in the area, the deployment of six platoons of the KSRP, 23 arrests five of whom are minors
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As police probe serious claims of harassment, a parallel story of conspiracy and conversion dominates public discourse
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Telangana: Stop forcible ‘re-location of Chenchu Adivasis from Amrabad Tiger Reserve
Adivasis and supporting activists have petitioned the authorities against what they term as the ‘forcible re-location” of Chenchu (PVTG) Adivasis in the Amravad Tiger Reserve and urged a ‘co-existence’ model of conservation
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Victory for Forest Rights: Allahabad HC recognises land claims of Tharu Tribes, strikes down decision of DLC
The Allahabad High Court recently struck down a 2021 decision of the District Level Committee (DLC), Lakhimpur upholding the land rights of the Tharu tribe while observing that the authorities cannot short-circuit the existing statutory rights of the forest dwellers by blindly relying on court orders issued before the enactment of the Forest Rights Act, 2006 (FRA, 2006). This law recognises the individual and community rights of Adivasis.
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Amendment to Women’s Reservation Bill: BJP’s hyperbole on women
The past conduct and ideological moorings of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as that of its parent body, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) reflect not just extreme and exclusivist views on women’s participation but are arguably distinctly misogynistic
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Police action in Odisha’s Rayagada district condemned, Adivasi rights paramount: CCG
The Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG) in an Open Letter to the President of India has condemned Odisha police’s wrongful dispossession of Adivasi lands in the state and violent action against protesting tribals
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Bihar “Infiltrator” Hysteria: Samrat Choudhary’s claims of disenfranchising 22-lakh people corresponds to ECI’s “deceased voters” figure
Over the past weeks—even before replacing Nitish Kumar as Chief Minister of Bihar on April 15—Samrat Choudhary has, while campaigning for the Bharatiya Janata Party, claimed that 22-lakh people would be struck off Bihar’s electoral rolls, with their driving licences and other benefits cancelled. The irony, however, is this: the figure of 22-lakh—drawn from the recently conducted, controversial SIR exercise in the state—corresponds only to deceased voters