Hate & Harmony

From Nashik to Mumbai: Adivasi students’ protest meets police detentions

Weeks of agitation over tribal hostels and schools culminate in alleged detention of protesters ahead of planned Azad Maidan march

FIR against Rajasthan Textbook Board for claiming Islamic terrorism as a strand of Islam

Objections were raised by the Rajasthan Muslim Forum, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and Muslim Parishad Sansthan

3,110 rape cases recorded against Dalits and ST women in 2019: Centre in RS

1,117 cases of rape of SC children were recorded, and the number stood at 396 for ST children in the year 2019 across all states and UTs

Is Secularism a threat to traditions of India?

India is inherently plural with rich diversity in religious traditions, languages, ethnicities, etc.

Delhi court rejects news anchor’s pre arrest bail plea in rape case

The ASJ held that a woman’s past sexual experience is not relevant to consent

CJP’s complaint against Kamlendu Sarkar: NCM asks DGP Assam for detailed report

The RSS leader had delivered an Islamophobic speech in December, 2020  

Municipal officials look other way while manual scavengers still engaged for work: Madras HC

The Court opined that heads of corporations and municipalities should be personally held responsible for deaths of manual scavengers

Kerala HC directs Water Authority to compensate families of manual scavengers who died cleaning manhole

The court directed the state to pay compensation of Rs. 10 lakh in addition to the compensation paid by the contractor

Bhainsa communal riots triggered by Hindu Vahini: IGP Nagi Reddy

Impartial probe is being conducted, investigation is based on technical evidence, he says.

Mob attacks Christians in Chhattisgarh, 8 hospitalised

Hindutva hardliners accused the Christians of conversions, when they were praying at a house church in Dantewada district

Parliament passes Bill to extend abortion deadline to 24 weeks  

A motion to refer the Bill to select committee and other amendments were defeated and was passed by a voice vote

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