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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
Hate Watch: ‘India becoming Lebanon’ propaganda video aims to create panic and hate
A video, shot to look like a talk on history by an ‘expert’, but in fact is aimed at spreading panic and communal hate is now doing the rounds on whatsapp groups
UP CM Adityanath targeting minorities again?
On the day of the second phase of polling for Assembly elections, Adityanath uses terms like 'Ghazwa-e-Hind', 'religious fanatics' of 'Talibani thinking', claims BJP ‘winning’ UP Assembly elections
Hate Speech: BJP MLA Raghvendra Pratap Singh targets Muslims in UP election meeting
Singh told voters that if they elect him again, Muslims will stop wearing their skullcaps and start putting Hindu tilaks
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami’s UCC talk, a sign of pre-poll jitters?
Two days before polls, CM says if re-elected the BJP government will form a panel to prepare Uniform Civil Code draft
JSW destroying forest without permit: Dhinkia villagers
Worried about the ruined flora and fauna, Dhinkia villagers write to higher officials
Stop infecting college campuses with the communal poison: Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD)
More than 150 secular human rights activists strongly condemn the...
Are Christians being targetted in Uttar Pradesh with the blessings of the regime?
ADF records 102 instances in 2021; the report reveals shocking details of incidents where even the police allegedly played a role, often taking action against the victims!
Jharkhand: Dalit youth beaten by BDO in Garhwa district
BDO Roushan Kumar refuted the allegation, though he is purportedly seen slapping Ramesh Bhuiyan several times in a viral video
UP can become Kashmir, Kerala, Bengal if you do not vote for BJP: CM Adityanath
The incumbent Chief Minister's controversial statement, singling out states withing the Indian union, virtually painting them as undesirable, came on the eve of Assembly elections
UP professor throws Muslim girl out of class for wearing hijab!
Actions against hijab-wearers went unchecked in Karnataka, matter now escalates and spreads to other states
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