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From treating Adivasi communities to being branded an instigator: Odisha jails doctor Randall Sequeira
Arrested in a case in which his name did not figure in the original FIR, Dr Randall Sequeira faces serious criminal charges amid an intensifying crackdown on Adivasi communities resisting bauxite mining in Odisha
Temple vandalised in Doda leading to protests, students to study online until situation improves: J & K
Protests broke out in different parts of the erstwhile state over the destruction of the place of worhip, police lodge FIR
The interplay of caste and faith
While faith often overshadows special marriages, experts talk about how caste and religion both influence this social institution
“Google wilfully ill-equipped to deal caste discrimination”
Google’s senior manager Tanuja Gupta gives her account on the organising and cancelling of Dalit activist,Thenmozhi Soundararajan’s talk
The long march of Hindutva in Karnataka
If Karnataka is today outdoing any state in its march towards a rigidly hegemonist rashtra, its roots can be found in historic Brahmanical counter-revolutions...
Google cancels caste-based talk with Dalit activist Thenmozhi Soundararajan!
The latest incident reinforces the growing spread of casteism and the fight back by the progressive Indian diaspora
BJP dumps spokesperson Nupur Sharma, Naveen K. Jindal in damage control move
Action comes after outrage from Gulf nations, days after Sharma Jindal made derogatory remarks about the Prophet
Three FIRs registered, 500 booked as police personnel stay alert: Kanpur violence
Image: ANIAfter violence had broken out in Uttar Pradesh’s...
Unnatural in Indian culture that father-in-law would rape daughter-in-law: Allahabad HC
Court granted anticipatory bail to rape accused after making an observation based on the culture of the land, but not the allegations of the survivor
Why has VHP’s ‘Srirangapatna Chalo’ call been permitted?
Section 144 CrPC imposed in Srirangapatna in Karnataka fearing an outbreak of violence
Kashmir: Friday sermons in mosques express solidarity with Kashmiri Hindu brethren
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