Hate & Harmony

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

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

Delhi HC grants bail to 4 accused in the 2020 violence

Justice Kait slammed the police constable for not making a DD entry or calling a PCR van during the violence 

Madras HC urges govt to suspended Special DGP in sexual harassment case

The court has been closely monitoring the investigation in the case and has noted that suspending the officer will ensure free and fair investigation

Withdraw comments against Quran, apologise: National Commission for Minorities tells Waseem Rizvi

NCM issued notice to the former Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board chairman for his plea to Supreme Court seeking ‘removal’ of some verses from the Quran 

Aligarh: Woman allegedly raped while undertaking ‘Kanwar Yatra’

Aligarh SSP Muniraj G said that two men known to her, offered to drop her home on their bike but took her elsewhere and raped her

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