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Delhi court orders FIR against Abhijit Iyer Mitra for sexually abusive posts targeting women journalists
Court finds tweets “sexually coloured,” prima facie intended to outrage modesty; directs police probe into X account and devices
Chhattisgarh: Why we must save the Hasdeo Aranya Forest
Located in Chhattisgarh, the Hasdeo Aranya forests are rich...
Lavanya Ballal Jain, Congress spokesperson, subjected to online sexual harassment; incident motivated by BJP spokesperson
Shehzad Poonawala used a sexual innuendo against Lavanya on social media, posted a video, and encouraged his followers to share the same with a contentious hashtag
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar: Outrage erupts as policemen commit heinous crimes against Dalits
Two harrowing stories of brutality emerge from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar as a 25-year-old Dalit woman is found dead in Agra, allegedly murdered by a police constable. Similarly, in Bihar's Sitamarhi, public outrage rises as a police inspector is under investigation for assaulting a Dalit woman at a marketplace.
India’s Catholic clergy urges acts of conscience not political opportunism: Church leaders meet with PM Modi
A war of conscience and powerful words has broken out among the Indian Catholic clergy after Prime Minister Modi’s Christmas invite (December 25, 2023) to select church heads, who then circulated videos bowing in abject praise to the leader; a public campaign “Not in Our Name” was sought to be curtailed by some priests, leading to a powerful Open Letter from Father Anand in Varanasi
Chhattisgarh: Adivasi rights activists condemn large scale tree-felling in Hasdeo, question the state’s first Adivasi CM
Speakers also criticised both the previous Congress and BJP governments for failing to protect forests and Adivasi rights.
Growing intolerance across religion: Conservatives, Hindutva and some Islamic groups oppose New Year and Christmas celebrations
Conservative and right-wing groups rise in power across the world, a growing number of citizens are inevitably consuming and accepting the ideology they seek to preach.
Month long NGO campaign launched against frenzy of organized communalism in India
A month-long campaign of a multitude of online and offline events called Jana Gana Mana Abhiyan has been launched in an effort to re-vitalize citizens who take pride in India’s rich, diverse, plural cultural heritage and work towards a society based on constitutional values.
Assam: After taking an oath to uphold Ambedkar’s Constitution, the BJP CM invoked the Gita to promote caste-based occupation
The servitude of non-Brahmins to Brahmins has no place in Ambedkar’s Constitution, a fact Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma unconsciously or consciously overlooked when he wrote a post on his social media account, telling the Shudras that their natural duty was to serve the upper castes. This was close to ten days ago.
IIT-BHU gangrape: 3 accused arrested, at least 2 associated with BJP IT cell of Varanasi
Previous posts of accused with PM Modi, Minister Smriti Irani and BJP president JP Nadda go viral, opposition slams BJP for protecting rapists, mainstream media maintains mum
Anti-Dalit incidents in December: 14-year-old killed for plucking gram leaves
Incidents of violence against Dalits continue unabated across the country and continue to receive less media coverage. Sabrang India brings to you a roundup of incidents of reported crimes against Dalits.
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