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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
Serial hate speech offender Paramhans Das rants about Taj Mahal security SOP
Das claims ‘saffron discrimination’, Archaeological Survey of India refutes saying he was just asked to deposit ceremonial stick in locker
Jignesh Mevani’s arrest: NCSC issues notice to Gujarat, Assam
Dalit groups had filed a complaint with the Mamlatdar’s office siting how key procedures for arrest of a sitting MLA, such as informing the Speaker, were ignored
SC impact: No Dharm Sansad as peace prevails in Roorkee
Uttarakhand Police impose Section 144, thwarting any attempts to hold a ‘Dharma Sansad’ as threatened by right-wing groups
Jogeshwari’s secular Shobha yatra sets the bar
While other regions reported violence, Jogeshwari went the extra mile to display its Hindu-Muslim unity
Meerut: Local BJP leader threatens cop, says will hold Hindu prayers on Eid eve.
Kamal Dutt Sharma, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ‘leader’ from Meerut, threatens to hold a public jagran prayer on May 2
Why Salman Nadwi’s Lamentation Puts a Negative Spotlight on Islam
He argues that India was gift given to Muslims by God to spread the light of Islam which they have squandered by behaving like the Hindu polytheists
Hindus worldwide denounce hate
A Hindu organisation and various individual groups identifying with the religion sign a joint letter denouncing the climate of anti-minority hatred n India
Gun wielding cow vigilantes walking free in Haryana?
Armed cow vigilantes reportedly abduct a man in Shekhpur Village, Mewat, Haryana, proudly upload video on YouTube
Wave white scarves on Labour Day to battle hate
A citizens’ campaign suggests organic ways to assert their stand against communal attacks in India
Senior Indian Army officers offer Namaz in Kashmir, shut trolls down
The Indian Army’s social media team had been criticised, since April 21, after it deleted a photo of an Iftar party held in Doda district of Jammu
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