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112 Years Ago, Raksha Bandhan Stood for Hindu-Muslim Unity

Day after, August 9, 2017 will be 75 years of the Quit India Movement. On August 9, 1942 the Quit India (Chodo Bharat) slogan was given from Mumbai after the Indian National Congress passed the resolution on the agitation on August 7, 1942.

Malasar Tribals evicted from ancestral land in Tamil Nadu

Tribals forced to move to the plains while farmlands and tourist cottages expand in the hilly forest

Maharashtra’s Barad village stands together against loudspeaker controversy

Resolving to maintain peace in the village, citizens remained united in not using loudspeakers at any religious structure

Will Uttarakhand allow yet another anti-Muslim Dharam Sansad to be held at Roorkee?

Hindu Raksha Vahini, demands demolition of Muslim homes, threatens ‘action’, Muslims reportedly fleeing the village

The changing anatomy of hate speech and communal violence

The executive, the Government, instantly decides who the culprits are and delivers immediate judgment where the houses of minority community are bulldozed

Karnataka: Court directs FIR against hate-monger, Chandru Moger

Dismissing the police’s non-cognisable document, the court called for an investigation into the hate speech by the HJS Coordinator, Monger who had made vile statements against Muslims

JJM approaches IG about attacks on Muslim minority

Concerned about the attacks on adivasi and religious minorities alike, it asked the police to raise vigilance in preventing violence and aggressions in such areas

Nashik police prohibit Hanuman Chalisa just before and after Azaan

District Commissioner of Police said the decision was taken recognising the rights of the Muslim community

Ram Navami violence: PILs seek SC monitored investigations, transfer of cases to NIA

Petitions moved before SC to take suo-motu cognisance in the communal violence that took place throughout the country 

How will Delhi Police respond to VHP’s threat?

Vishva Hindu Parishad threatens to launch "a battle" against the Police, cops issue revised statement on ‘arrest’ of VHP man

Curfew back in place after Madhya Pradesh police record first death in Khargone

Victim  Ibraish Khan’s family alleges police cover up, RTI reveals a bizarre new twist to demolition of Muslim homes in the area 

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