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Brinda Karat seeks review of SC verdict in Thakur-Verma hate speech case

Plea argues the Court wrongly held no cognisable offence was made out without a merits hearing

Conspiracy or Coincidence? Mosques defaced in March after spate of hate speeches provoking the crime weeks before

Provocation and crime: three separate incidents of vandalism and defacement of Mosques since January after three hate speeches calling for demolition of Mosques since January

Another case filed against T Raja Singh as he calls for fighting war against religious conversion

In a recent speech in Karnataka made on March 4, Singh reportedly made incendiary comments against Muslims in India as he called them slurs and reportedly asked Hindus to rise against them.

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.

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...

Report: 668 incidents of hate speech in 2023; BJP major player

A report by Washington D.C. based research group, Information Hate Lab (IHL), has released a new report shedding light on hate speech, disinformation, and conspiracy theories that target religious minorities in India

BJP MLA Raja Singh uses anti-Muslim slurs, targets Muslims, encourages violence at rally permitted by Bombay High Court

Even after submitting an undertaking stating that no hate speech will be made at the rally, Singh made inflammatory comments while addressing an audience of thousands, BJP MLA Geeta Jain plays supporting role

Communal brainwashing to hate and kill: Zeherkhurani, a Hindi novel by Nirmala Bhuradia

The recently published novel Zeherkhurani (Samayik Prakashan, Delhi, 2023) by Nirmala Bhuradia depicts the horrendous implications of putting religion to the worst abuse in the pursuit of remorselessly divisive power politics. Bhuradia is an Indore-based fiction writer and journalist (associated with a Hindi periodical of Indore, Nai Duniya) and a known name in the Hindi literary world.

Mira Road to see Hindutva rally tomorrow after HC grants permission, citizens approach police to ensure peace

After the Bombay High Court granted permission to Hindutva outfits to organise a shobha yatra near the Mira Bhayandar area in Mumbai which had recently seen violence, residents of Mira Road wait with trepidation for the February 25 rally and meeting of controversial BJP MLA Raja Singh to take place

Bombay HC grants conditional permission to BJP MLA Raja Singh for Feb 25 Mira Road-Bhayander meet, orders videotaping and ‘No Hate Speech’

Pursuant to the conditional Court order, CJP files follow-up complaint with Maharashtra police, urges officials to take necessary action; listed below are the list of offences for which Raja Singh has been charged

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