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Police detain Adivasi students for second day, force them out of Mumbai

Students who marched from Nashik are denied Azad Maidan protest, prevented from leaving Tilak Bhavan and forcefully transported out of the city

UP SIT probe says there is no ‘love jihad’, rules out conspiracy, outside funding

Conclusion reached,  report submitted after probing 14 cases of  relationships between Hindu women and Muslim men lodged in police stations across Kanpur district

Closure of schools, a threat to Odisha’s tribal education

While the state government goes over the merger policy, a civil organisation questions the drafting of such a policy without interacting with villagers at the local level.

Adivasis protest BJP’s ‘insult’ to freedom fighter Birsa Munda

1,000 Adivasis gather to denounce Amit Shah's recent faux pas in Bankura

Hathras case: All accused to undergo brain mapping, polygraph tests

As the next date for hearing approaches before the Allahabad High Court, the CBI is yet to decide a date to conduct the tests.

Why does Karachi Bakery always give the right wing goons heartburn?

Ignorant Shiv Sena member turns up the heat on the beloved sweet shop in Bandra, that has everything to do with Hyderabad, Telangana, and nothing to do with Karachi, Pakistan!

Will the Army’s “pinpoint strike” rebuttal finally fact check overenthusiastic TV anchors?

It took a statement from the Indian Army to force TV anchors to take back fake news on air strike

Demand for ‘Hindu Rashtra’ trends on Twitter

Communal hashtag was tweeted over 48,000 times at the time of going to press!

Delhi HC issues notice to Union in a plea to recognise same sex marriage

The court will now hear the matter on marriage equality of same sex couples under Hindu Marriage, Special Marriage and Foreign Marriage Act

CJP moves MEITY against Kapil Mishra’s communal social media posts

Known for being a serial offender, this controversial BJP leader is now recruiting his own Hindutva gang seeking his followers’ special interests- Fight love Jihad, Gauraksha, terms created by the right wing

Uttar Pradesh has failed its Dalit community, especially Dalit women

A 15-year-old Dalit girl set afire in Bulandshahr, died in a Delhi hospital; just the latest in such crimes against the community in UP

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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

‘Free the Temple’, ‘Protect the Faith’, ‘Take Up Weapons’: How September’s festivals became stages for anti-Muslim hate

From contested places of worship to demographic fearmongering, a series of speeches used Hindu religious identity to construct Muslims as an existential threat and recast exclusion as religious defence

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‘Solidarity Is Not a Crime’: Mumbai activists protest alleged police harassment over Palestine event

Indian People in Solidarity with Palestine members gather at Azad Maidan after police search activist Harshada’s home in connection with a kite-flying programme for Palestinian children

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