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Police, Bajrang Dal and the Making of Anti-‘Love Jihad’ Squad in Madhya Pradesh

A Bhopal gym turns into a flashpoint as cops and Hindutva groups push communal claims, banning Muslims, in the name of ‘love jihad’.

1992-2022 How Indian State & Society have both been targeted and transformed

The first attack through bullets hit and killed Mahatma...

Uttarakhand further amends its ‘anti-conversion law, maximum sentence up to 10 years

Maximum punishment for forced conversion increased, mass conversion introduced as an offence

What is the Ram Temple Really about?

Teesta Setalvad presents a ready reckoner on what the Ram Temple movement really is

ABHM leader held while going to recite Hanuman Chalisa at Idgah

The Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha had given a call for reciting Hanuman Chalisa inside the Shahi Masjid Idgah to mark the anniversary of the Babri Mosque demolition.

VHP leader promises free ‘licenses’ swords, knives and sticks after ‘training’

Swords and blades over nine inches in length and which are not kitchen appliances require a licence under the Arms Act.

Ajmal’s controversial remarks invite more slurs and hate: Assam

It’s as if Badruddin Ajmal, plays to the BJP’s hate tune each time; with his recent exhortation to Hindu women on child-bearing, now a fellow MP and Minister derides all Muslims

Babri Masjid demolition 30 years on with Teesta Setalvad

Teesta Setalvad speaks on the significance of the 30th anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition.

False allegation of Conversion leads to the continuing Abuse against Christians

Christians in UP’s Fathepur allege attempt to target the community by Hindu Outifts

Badruddin Ajmal Himanta Biswas war of words on population continue, will Ajmal be booked?

Since, Assam’s controversial member of parliament (MP) from Dhubri, Badruddin Ajmal’s remarks on Muslim and Hindu population growth, chief minister Himanta Biswas has hinted at action against him

When silence is eloquent

The tortuous course of the law

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Bombay High Court stays SC/ST/OBC reservations in minority-run junior colleges for FYJC admissions

Bench grants interim stay as it find substance in petitioner’s arguments against State’s move to impose SC/ST/OBC quotas on open seats in minority colleges

Trimmed at the edges, dangerous at the core? Maharashtra’s Public Security Bill still raises alarms, to be reintroduced during Monsoon session

Amendments exclude individuals and clarify definitions, yet fears of political misuse and targeting of opposition groups remain unaddressed

Gauhati High Court flags potential illegality in detention of man complying with bail; police directed to verify weekly reporting

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Bowing to outrage, Delhi University V-C says that Manusmriti removed from curriculum, won’t teach in future

That the announcement of inclusion of the Manusmriti was withdrawn days after it was first proclaimed, illustrates the impact of the protests against its inclusion: Earlier, the objective of the course stated that “ancient Indian society, in terms of whole and its parts, has been depicted in the texts compiled in Sanskrit known as Dharmashastra.”