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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

God Is Everywhere: A Hindu Reflects on A-Yodhya

Painting of Lord Hanuman by M.F.HusainAs a person who...

Cutting through communal hate: Mosque postpones celebrations for Hindu girl’s marriage

After tying the knot, the girl called the mahal committee and thanked them for the gesture

“Allah and Ram are one”: Muslim youth who cleans mosques and temples

Saddam goes to the Ram Mandir where he cleans the Gopura and temple premises

Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb: Muslims help with Guru Nanak Jayanti celebrations

They joined hands with the Sikh community at nagar kirtans on the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak

Promoting inter-faith harmony: Pakistan to reopen, restore 400 Hindu temples

The temples had earlier been converted to madrasas, stores and restaurants

Bengal’s Syncretism: Hindus & Muslims share worship of Satya Pir

Worshipped by Hindus as Satya Narayana, the legend of Satya Pir is syncretic

Gandhi more relevant than ever, even in India

Looking at the present state of affairs in India, the birthplace of Gandhi, one would probably surmise that Gandhism, whatever the term may mean, cannot have any relevance in this twenty-first century. Gandhi is rightly called the Father of the Nation because he single-handedly stood up against the mighty British Empire, without any arms, and brought independence to India. However, today, Gandhi is mostly forgotten and his relevance questioned even by his ardent devotees. Today, Gandhi is remembered in India mostly on his birthday, which is celebrated as a national holiday, rather as a ritual.

Humanity Prevails: Kashmiri saves non-local in militant attack

Parvez Ahmad was on constant hospital vigil by the...

Maulvi inaugurates temple that Muslims helped restore after demolition

Members of the community had raised money to rebuild...

Masjid Parichay’ – Mumbai mosque invites non-Muslims to combat misconceptions

The initiative by Jamaat-e-Islami Hind is aimed at eradicating...

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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

SC greenlights SIR, upholds ECI’s power to revise electoral rolls

The SC has upheld the ECI’s power to conduct SIR expressly stating that the contested process does not violate either election law nor rules; Court however directs that cases of voter exclusion should be provided routes and methods of adjudication

“₹4 a Kilo for a Crop That Costs ₹20 to Grow”: Nashik’s onion farmers erupt in protest over deepening price crisis

Farmers in the thousands blocked the Mumbai–Agra Highway in Maharashtra’s onion belt, demanding fair procurement prices, compensation for distress sales and relief from export restrictions; the protests were supported by the Opposition Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders who were also detained

Attempts to communalise Mira Road Eid preparations defused by residents and police

Outside fringe mobilisation attempted to turn a long-standing local practice into a communal flashpoint

Himalayan Courts: Young folds & new cracks in environmental jurisprudence

This third part of a careful and exhaustive legal analysis looks at the environmental jurisprudence of the Himalayan High Courts over the last decade that reveals an unsettling paradox: the vocabulary of ecological protection has never been richer, yet the physical landscape has never been more legally vulnerable. The courts of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh have masterfully preserved the text of environmental law while pronouncing judgements that blunt its teeth.

Bhodu Sekh Case: Union agrees before Supreme Court to repatriate deported Bengali-speaking individuals pending citizenship inquiry

Union tells Court those sent to Bangladesh will be brought back and their citizenship claims examined in India; clarifies decision is confined to the exceptional facts of the case

Have Hindus always been Vegetarian?

The author academic exposes the propaganda in what he terms as the “Hindutva Hoax of Vegetarian Hinduism”

J&K High Court quashes preventive detention in cattle transport case, says PSA cannot substitute ordinary criminal law

Court holds allegations relating to cattle transportation and offences under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act concern “law and order” at best, and do not justify preventive detention under the Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act