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Systematic Exclusion: Caste-based atrocities across Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, MP, and UP

A spate of anti-Dalit incidents—from a youth killed over leftover food in Amreli to a suspicious death after an inter-caste relationship in Tamil Nadu, and social boycotts in Khargone—also includes temple bans and clashes over Dalit wedding processions

Women’s rights group intervenes in the Allahabad HC challenging “Love Jihad” Ordinance

The intervenors have alleged that the Ordinance disproportionately impacts women and denies them autonomy under the garb of protection  

Tandav Controversy: Deepak Sharma demands ‘anti-blasphemy’ law

Threatens makers of web series with "dance of destruction" by devotees of Shiva over the web series he claims has hurt religious sentiments 

Tandav controversy: Convenient distraction from an on ground crisis?

Makers and the web streaming service have been accused of insulting Hindu gods on the series  

Woman journalist assaulted in Assam

Journalists’ association demands justice, action against accused: a movie producer and an actor

Love Jihad Ordinance criminalises interfaith unions, assault on Article 21: Petitioner to Allahabad HC

Objecting to the submissions made by the Uttar Pradesh Government, the petitioner has submitted that marriage between adults should not concern the state or social watchdogs

Communal violence erupts in Kutch

Members of two communities clashed during procession related to Ram Temple donations

Rohith Vemula’s ‘institutional murder’: Five years on, family and friends still wait for justice

Advocate Raja Vemula, dedicates law degree to brother Rohtih, on his Shahadat Divas, wows to fight for Dalit rights 

African Countries Mozambique, Nigeria And Niger Have Become A Hotbed Of Islamist Terrorism

West and Southern African countries have become killing fields of ISIS-affiliated terrorist groups and they are getting stronger by the day.

Take action against ‘Swami’ for hate speech: Subhashini Ali to UP Police

In the video surfacing on social media, Swami Anand Swaroop  has made objectionable remarks against Quran and calls for forming a Hindu Sena

Madhya Pradesh: How will “tracking’ women and raising marriageable age to 21 keep women safe? 

The state government’s scheme of tracking women for their safety and increasing the marriageable age to 21 takes state surveillance to new levels, and overlooks structural inequalities that women continue to face

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Systematic Exclusion: Caste-based atrocities across Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, MP, and UP

A spate of anti-Dalit incidents—from a youth killed over leftover food in Amreli to a suspicious death after an inter-caste relationship in Tamil Nadu, and social boycotts in Khargone—also includes temple bans and clashes over Dalit wedding processions

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When Safdar Hashmi wrote a play on the centenary of May Day, 1986.

Delhi: Ayaan Saifi, a 16-year old, stabbed to death in nation’s capital on April 30

Man stabbed in Trilokpuri: While media focusses on the just concluded state polls, and television channels turn the other way, two media outlets, The Tribune and Observer Post report the stabbing of 19 year old Ayaan Saifi on April 30

UP: Women protest installation of prepaid smart electricity metres in several districts

At least ten districts of Uttar Pradesh have witnessed widespread women led protests against the hasty, untested installation of pre-paid smart metres that women claim have been programmed to run fast to “inflate” electricity bills

As lynchings “normalise” in ‘New India, a Bihar imam is ‘thrashed, pushed’ from train to die in Bareilly

While the incident reportedly took place on April 26, it took sectional media and social media coverage for the Bareilly police to finally admit that the beating to death of Maulana Tausif Raza Manzari was a targeted attack, not an accident on May 1; his wife provided details of a call to her from the dead cleric where he narrated he was under attack

Reproductive Autonomy Cannot Be Subordinated to Adoption: Supreme Court allows termination of 7-month pregnancy of minor

Holding that a woman’s choice is paramount under Article 21, the SC affirms that constitutional courts must prioritise dignity, mental health, and bodily autonomy over statutory limits under the MTP framework