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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
Karnataka: Two BJP members condemn ban on Muslim traders during festivals
Veteran and new leaders alike criticise the state government for flouting constitutional rights and sentiments
Kerala: Why was a ‘Non-Hindu’ Bharatanatyam dancer barred from temple?
Dancer Mansiya, born in a Muslim family, alleged that the programme that was to be held at the Koodalmanikyam Temple in Thrissur on April 21, was cancelled due to ‘religion’
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t! Muslim man lynched for chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ in UP?
The victim, Babur, resident of Kushinagar, was allegedly beaten to death by neighbours for supporting Bharatiya Janata Party's Assembly win
In rare circumstances woman can acquire caste of husband: K’taka HC
Court was examining a case where a woman married to an ST man was removed from her position in the gram panchayat as the seat was reserved for an ST candidate
Is This the Islam of Prophet Mohammad, a Blessing to Mankind?
Moderate ulema, from whichever sect, must realise the need to introspect deeply and honestly and go far beyond their present positions, if they are serious about rescuing Islam from extremism
Viral WhatsApp message targets Congress and Gandhi family, distorts history
The message has many dangerous claims, which are attempts at communalising history, here is a point-by-point factcheck
West Bengal: Muslim mason allegedly lynched by Hindutva mob
Sekh Poltu was allegedly choked by stuffing sand into his mouth
Maharashtra: Hindu man offers terrace to Muslims for namaz in Amravati
Rejecting all communal hate spread by the right-wing elements, a Hindu man from Melghat region offers his home to a Tablighi Jamaat group without hesitation
Kashmiri Pandit organisation files curative petition in SC
Roots in Kashmir seeks probe into the killings of Kashmiri Pandits in 1989-90
Kashmir Files hate project: Radicalising people, one show at a time?
Anti-Muslim hate has manifested itself offline, across the country and is most visible as boycott, hate speech, slogans, before, and after screenings of the film The Kashmir Files
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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
Rights
Nearly two decades without elections, Jamia students’ agitation forces administration to set deadline for union revival
The university has agreed to implement the students’ union constitution by May 15, 2027, and conduct elections under Lyngdoh Committee guidelines
India
Arunachal’s anti-dam protests intensify as arrests, militarisation and threats to press freedom fail to silence resistance
Communities resisting the proposed 11,200 MW project fear the loss of ancestral land, livelihoods and cultural heritage, with activists detained under the APUAPA
India
Food Security during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Need for a shift from food security to nutrition justice.
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India
Delhi SIR: Public audit finds 416 of 1,236 deleted voters still at their registered addresses
A four-day door-to-door audit in Trilokpuri found voters marked absent, shifted or dead who were still living at their registered addresses, with 47.57 lakh names missing from Delhi’s draft roll, affected voters have until October 30 to file claims
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SIR’s elusive illegal immigrants: Bogey Busted but will the injustices heaped be corrected?
Barely 771 “foreign nationals” identified in Karnataka and a miniscule 1,600 in six other Indian states; yet the hysterical bogey of the “ghuspetiya” (illegal immigrant) has been used to render 130 million plus Indian without the right to vote?
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2020 Delhi Riots: Delhi High Court upholds seven-year sentence for five men in 22-year old Muslim migrant worker’s death
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