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Delhi Court sentences riots accused for promoting hatred against Muslims, sentences him to 3 years in custody

Lokesh Kumar Solanki convicted for inciting violence during 2020 Delhi riots; court calls his conduct “fuel to already simmering tensions” but releases him citing maximum sentence already served

Only Inter-faith marriages under Maha govt scanner; earlier GR was incorrect says Fadnavis

The Deputy CM said that the government encourages inter-caste marriages but cases of cheating were on the rise in inter-faith marriages

Maha: Bahadur Shah Zafar’s portrait smashed by right-wing group in biryani outlet

No complaint was filed against anyone regarding the incident that occurred on Wednesday night, an officer of Rajarampuri police station in Kolhapur said on Thursday

Now MP home minister Narottam Mishra directs police verification by marriage registrars to “stop love jihad” cases

The application for the marriage is submitted a month prior to the marriage, under the Special Marriages Act of 1954

ABVP’s strong arm tactics have received a soft touch from law enforcement & the Indian state: 2014-2022

As we near the end of 2022, we see how over the past year especially, as before, the immunity enjoyed by the ABVP continues continuing a pattern set in 2014 and fine-tuned in 2016

Bilkis Bano review petition to be listed before Bench for consideration through circulation, says SC

Bilkis Bano has sought a review of the Supreme Court judgment which had paved the way for the Gujarat government to consider and release 11 convicts serving life sentence in her case

Remove scurrilous remarks against minority religions, SC tells Ashwini Upadhay: petition against ‘mass coversions’

A bench of Justices MR Shah and Ravinndra Bhat also stated that they would consider all interventions, those filed by Kerala Rationalist Association, some Christian organisations including activist John Dayal and former planning commission member Dr Syeda Hameed

CJP’s PIL seeking directions for established law & procedure on religious processions: A Factsheet

While an MHA 2019 advisory, Indian criminal law and Arms Act as well as judgements & Judicial Commission Reports required implementation of strict norms and restrictions these were often breached, states the PIL

M.P. police: author of book on Collective Violence & Criminal Justice’ arrested from Pune

Following a diktat from MP’s home minister Narottam Mishra, the writer was arrested from a hospital

Hate watch: ABVP alleged WhatsApp chats leaked; calls for targeted crimes exposed?

While it cannot be verified that these chats were in fact of DTU students being members of the ABVP, the nature of the conversation and the calls for mass violence and crimes against women comes as a rude shock

US Hindutva fringe group calls for demolition of “illegal churches” in India

The Global Hindu Heritage Foundation's fundraiser held on November 27 also had “gharwapsi” on its agenda.

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Supreme Court rebukes Haryana SIT for overreach in probe against Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, reasserts narrow scope of investigation

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Gauhati HC closes Bakkar Ali writ petition as missing detainee Samsul Ali is found, not rearrested

Court notes production before SP (Border) was attempted; says no deportation threat survives at present but grants liberty to petitioner to return if State takes further action

DUJ stands by journalist Ajit Anjum after Bihar government lodges an FIR against him for ground reportage on ECI’s SIR process

The DUJ has expressed strong condemnation of the FIR lodged against senior journalist, Ajit Anjum in Begusarai

Weaponising Truth: A critical analysis of the Karnataka Misinformation and Fake News (Prohibition) Bill, 2025

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‘Define Special Intensive Revision scope… make it clear not linked to citizenship’: BJP ally TDP writes to CEC Gyanesh Kumar

Questioning the modus of the recently begun controversial SIR exercise, the TDP letter to Election Commission (ECI) states categorically that any such ‘Special Intensive Revision’ (SIR) should provide voters enough time, and that those in electoral rolls must not be required to re-establish eligibility “unless specific and verifiable reasons are recorded”

Journalist Ajit Anjum booked for exposing Bihar’s SIR flaws

Senior journalist Ajit Anjum faces FIR in Balia, Bihar for exposing alleged voter list irregularities, he calls the FIR "a certificate for me as a journalist," vowing to continue reporting despite perceived intimidation tactics, Anjum said “I will not be scared. I will show only the truth”