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Hate crimes: Report documents 602 hate crimes, 345 hate speech incidents in 1st year of Modi’s third term

A staggering 947 hate-driven incidents have dotted the first year of the third term of the Modi (NDA) regime says a report jointly documented by the APCR and Quill Foundation and released recently

Supreme Court trains its gaze on hate speech, once again

After a ruling in September 2022, two more benches of India’s top court take cognizance of the threats to violence caused by hate speech in October

Hardline Hindutva leaders give call to bear weapons, chop off hands, heads of minorities

Open call for violence made at same VHP rally where Parvesh Verma called for economic boycott of a particular community

BJP MP Parvesh Verma calls for total boycott of a particular community

Though he does not specifically name the community, he was referring to an alleged case of murder where all accused are from the Muslim community

How the Supreme Court has interpreted hate speech over decades

A close look at the law and jurisprudence around hate speech over decades

Uttar Pradesh: Jagran singer asks people to stock up on machetes to fight for Hindu Rashtra

Dharmendra Pandey, while performing at an event in Itwa, Siddharthnagar, also urged women to sharpen their tongs

Yati Narsinghanand booked for call to blow up madrasas

The controversial spiritual leader also suggested that madrasa students should be sent to detention camps

Marry Hindu men to avoid triple talaq: Suresh Chavhanke’s advice to Muslim women

Says this way they won't have to become baby making factories, and their children will not grow up to become terrorists

Supreme Court refuses to extend interim bail granted to Jitendra Tyagi, asks him to surrender

Court refused to extend Interim medical bail granted on May 17

Prophet row: Hyderabad cops arrest youth from homes after protests intensify

The angry youth at Shalibanda were demanding the arrest of Raja Singh after he passed derogatory comments against Prophet Muhammad in a video released on August 22

Prophet remarks: 4 hurt in protests against BJP MLA Raja Singh

Among the injured was also a sub-inspector of police. The now-suspended BJP MLA got bail after getting arrested for passing derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad in a Youtube video on August 22.

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