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Between Celebration and Suspicion: How Bakri Eid passed across india in 2026

With police deployments, cattle regulations, housing society disputes and political mobilisation surrounding Eid-ul-Adha, the festival reflected the tensions of contemporary India

Guj HC orders police protection to inter-faith couple wishing to solemnize marriage

In the Habeas corpus petition filed by the man, it was alleged that the woman was being illegally confined and was not permitted to use her cell phone

131st Birth anniversary of Frontier Gandhi

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan--Who?

Kerala prepares a token of religious harmony for Republic Day

Kasaragod district’s locals talk about the secular history of the region that received its first symbol, 20 years ago.

Gujarat HC slams police for detaining interfaith couple

The court has ordered the immediate release of the arrested couple

Festivals: Occasions for spreading communal harmony in India

India's Tryst With Destiny has been overwrought with the legacy of violent bloodshed and communal disharmony of Partition, leaving behind scars which we have neither been able to completely comprehend, nor heal, to this day.

Another interfaith couple receives protection by the Allahabad HC

The court noted that the couple was being harassed and directed the SP to look into their grievances and offer them protection if necessary

J’khand inter-caste couple allegedly threatened by family and Cabinet minister, HC provides protection 

The court, like many other courts of law in the country, upheld an adult’s right to marry person of their choice

Allahabad HC reunites interfaith couple, provides police protection

The court held that the woman has attained majority, thus is free to move and live on her own terms

93rd anniversary of Kakori martyrs  

Remembering their egalitarian secular ideology and joint martyrdoms can be a bulwark against the Hindutva onslaught

Great friends and fellow martyrs

Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqullah Khan are immortal symbols of communal harmony

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