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Odisha: 18 months, 54 incidents of communal hate crimes, 7 mob lynchings

Admitting to a spiral in communally driven hate crimes in eastern state of Odisha since June 2024 when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a majoritarian outfit came to power, Odisha’s chief minister, Charan Majhi said on Monday, March 9 that 54 such incidents and seven mob lynchings were recorded in that state; this was in a written reply to the State Assembly

Hindutva ‘activist’ murdered in Uttar Pradesh

Police rule out political conspiracy, father accuses fallout between friends over money

Dalit woman found dead, family alleges gang-rape: Kancheepuram

CPI (M) and VCK allege that police is protecting ‘upper-caste’ perpetrators

Pakistan sets a better example of secularism than India in these difficult times

The mood inside the Punjab Banquet Hall in Surrey...

Swachh Bharat: Who Will Clean & Empty Out 9.8 Crore Septic Tanks/Pits?

Ideally, there should be machines but there is no such plan. That means govt. wants people to continue with manual scavenging.

Sabrimala activist Bindu Ammini attacked in Kerala

A man from a radical Hindutva outfit attacked her with chilli powder and pepper spray outside the Kerala Commisserate

An all-India NRC, coupled with CAB aims to threaten, destabilise & stigmatise Indian Muslims: Arundhati Roy

Roy delivered the Jonathan Schell Memorial Lecture for 2019 on November 12 in New York City organized by The Nation. The text has appeared in The Nation and The Caravan and is now being published here.

Welcome to Bengal, where there is not one or two, but thirty Muslim Professors who teach Sanskrit

Around 14 were recruited last year through College Service Commission and 12 this year. The most recent recruitment being of Ramzal Ali at the Sanskrit department of Ramkrishna Mission Vidyamandir, Belur

In Jharkhand, Forest Rights Could Decide Votes In 77% Assembly Seats

New Delhi: Tribals’ dissatisfaction with the slow implementation of...

Only 8 states use the Institutional Support for Tribal Produce scheme

In what appears to be a double body blow to rights of indigenous people and forest dwelling communities, it appears that not only has the government failed to implement the Forest Rights Act, it has also been unsuccessful when it comes to implementing provisions of the Institutional Support for Tribal Produce scheme.

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