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Dalit Class XI student dies by suicide after alleged casteist harassment in Coimbatore School

Family had reportedly complained to school management about caste-based taunts over food choices; headmaster, teacher and two students booked

Christian prayer hall attacked in Karnataka

 On February 28, in Karanataka’s Ramanagara, Grace Community prayer hall was attacked and vandalised.

Hindu Jan Akrosh rally in Mumbai sees conspiracy theories against Muslims

The rally organised by the Sakal Hindu Samaj took place last weekend and saw BJP Leader Nitesh Rane, amongst others, make speech calling out ‘Jihadis’ and accusing people of bringing in ‘Bangladeshis’, and ‘Rohingya’ to conduct riots.

Assam: Hindutva group issues ultimatums to Christian-run schools

Civil society groups and leaders have tried to raise attention to the government regarding the harassment and fear faced by Christians in the state

Why Hindutva Is Worried About “Woke People” or “Wokeism”?

“How Mohan Bhagwat’s exhortation that ‘cultural Marxism’ and ‘woke people’ are spoiling India’s ethos betrays Hindutva Supremacism’s real agenda vis-a-vis assertion of the subalterns and independent thinking“

Not livable in summer, Chitrakut PM-Awas houses ‘push’ tribals in moneylender trap

Those who are in-charge of implementing the PM-Awas scheme...

Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code: A Majoritarian Code – Neither Uniform nor Civil

The Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code adopted by the Uttarakhand...

7 shows broadcasted by mainstream news channels to be removed orders NBDSA, fines imposed in some cases

These shows were on issues such as ‘Love Jihad’, pride parades, political opponents; since 2018, a total of 23 complaints have been filed by CJP with the NBDSA

BJP’s Nitesh Rane gives authorities ultimatum of ‘fifteen days, threatens violence

Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Kankavli Nitesh Rane was caught on camera openly threatening violence against what he claimed to be migrants from Bangladesh and Rohingya refugees in the presence of police officers in Mumbai’s Thane on February 27.

Hate Speech in India: How to Promote Amity?

India has been ruled by Hindu Nationalist Bharatiya Janata...

Ten years of a powerful PM but the country is a landscape of worrying divisions: Christoffe Jaffrelot to Karan Thapar

Modi is India's most powerful PM ever but the country has become a landscape of very worrying divisions: Christophe Jaffrelot to Karan Thapar for The Wire. 

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Justice Subramonium Prasad upholds preventive proceedings over Bora’s October 16 protest, but directs the Special Executive Magistrate to follow due process and independently decide whether an interim bond is necessary

7,000 farmers and workers rally in Maharashtra as drought deepens agrarian crisis

With 265 of Maharashtra’s 358 talukas declared drought-affected, protesters in Akole demand immediate crop-loss compensation, insurance payouts and loan waivers

Assam must resist sir, defend voting rights, says Guwahati Citizens’ Forum

At a protest meeting organised by the Forum for Social Harmony, speakers criticise the Election Commission and demand a time-bound completion of the NRC; police prevent demonstrators from marching out of the Press Club

UP voter lists: Software manipulates Voter’s names, Pilibhit investigation finds 10,470 irregular entries

Software “translated” a voter Ramhit Yadav’s name into “Ram ne Yadav ko maara” in UP’s Legislative Council rolls! Separately, an inquiry found 10,470 irregular Pilibhit entries, while reports of duplicate IDs and deletion forms without reasons raise questions about scrutiny during and after SIR

People take to the streets to defend the right to vote and protest against SIR

From Delhi to Bengaluru and Mumbai, farmers, workers, students, women’s groups and citizens’ organisations came together on October 23 to demand the scrapping of the SIR of electoral rolls and the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar

Bombay High Court orders ₹5 lakh compensation for man illegally arrested, slams police-developer collusion

Court finds arrest arbitrary and mala fide, flags manipulation of police records and orders action against officers; judicial officers who authorised remand to face administrative scrutiny

SKM calls for scrapping SIR, removal of Gyanesh Kumar and restoration of voting rights

Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) sent a memorandum to the President demanding restoration of voting rights for 13.41 crore citizens, electoral reforms and action over alleged police violence against students, women journalists and protesters