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Shared Muharram Heritage: Hindus lead Tazias, Sikhs serve water

Across Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Assam and Jammu & Kashmir, families and communities came together during Muharram through processions, acts of service and remembrance. Whether by preparing Tazias, organising processions, distributing water or joining commemorations, these local traditions continue to reflect mutual respect and peaceful coexistence among people from different communities.

Hate Watch: Dalit worker’s hand chopped for seeking wages in MP

The construction worker was allegedly attacked with a sword by the so called "upper caste" employer, when he asked for his wages to be paid

You know it’s Friday in Gurugram, when Hindutva groups disrupt namaz!

Yet again, right-wing goons created a ruckus and held demonstrations at Gurugram’s Sector 37 namaz site amid police presence

NCM asks Tripura gov’t to expedite report about alleged vandalism of mosques

CJP had filed a complaint before the Commission on October 29 seeking inquiry into news reports that indicated vandalism of mosques and properties belonging to Muslims.

Uttar Pradesh: Kairana back in the spotlight in the run up to Assembly Elections

Home Minister Amit Shah follows Adityanath, invokes alleged ‘exodus’ from Kairana, it was last spoken about in run up to  2017 elections, BJP had claimed that Hindu families had left town after threats 

Zakia Jafri SLP: Gujarat gov’t offers no defence, launches smear campaign against Teesta Setalvad

Solicitor General fails to defend State, digs up old cases where Setalvad has either been exonerated or given protection by courts

Teesta Setalvad calls out modern day “zamindars” who are trying to usurp control of India’s forests

Setalvad was the keynote speaker at the inaugural event of the AIUFWP’s 2nd National Conference being held in New Delhi

Are Bengaluru authorities promoting the ‘cancel culture’ of the right wing?

Comedian Kunal Kamra was forced to cancel his upcoming shows in the city; has alleged “threats'' and the audience numbers being restricted

AIUFWP’s 2nd National Conference begins in New Delhi

Adivasis, forest workers, activists and farmers come together to discuss land and forest rights

Zakia Jafri SLP: SIT continues to pat its own back, denies lacunae in investigation

As the SIT continued to make its submissions before the Supreme Court, it pointed out how the findings of the Nanavati Commission were concurrent with its own, including discrediting the petitioner’s main witnesses

AIUFWP’s second National Conference to discuss land, legal, constitutional rights and more

Eager to mobilise more people at the ground level, the AIUFWP invites various peasant leaders and human rights activists from Dec 1-3, 2021

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Shared Muharram Heritage: Hindus lead Tazias, Sikhs serve water

Across Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Assam and Jammu & Kashmir, families and communities came together during Muharram through processions, acts of service and remembrance. Whether by preparing Tazias, organising processions, distributing water or joining commemorations, these local traditions continue to reflect mutual respect and peaceful coexistence among people from different communities.

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As Karnataka's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls began on June 30, the State Cabinet called for greater transparency and safeguards against wrongful voter deletions. It sought an extension of the Enumeration Form submission deadline from one month to at least three months, along with the publication of a comprehensive manual detailing categories of "logical discrepancies", the software or algorithm used to identify them, and the standard operating procedures