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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

Telangana MLA Raja Singh arrested for remarks about Prophet Mohammed

BJP suspended him after Singh was arrested over Islamophobic remarks about comedian Munawar Faruqi

Hyderabad: Raja Singh arrested for remarks on Prophet Muhammad

Raja Singh arrested for remarks on Prophet Muhammad  Hyderabad: Just...

NCM acts on CJP’s complaint, directs Mumbai Police to investigate Swami Jitendranand Saraswati’s hate speech

CJP had moved NCM in June following his call for lynching of pregnant Muslim women

NBDSA acts on CJP’s complaint, directs News18 to take down fake news video about bombing in WB school

Channel asked to take down the video and send confirmation to NBDSA in writing within 7 days of receiving the order

SC asks Centre to collect information from State on preventive, corrective and remedial measures on Hate Speech

Centre to submit a compilation of a booklet within a period of six weeks

Ajmer Dargah cleric arrested for calling for Nupur Sharma’s beheading

Police arrest him after his video goes viral on social media; incident comes just days after the horrific Udaipur beheading case

Hate Watch: Kerala Governor says madrasa education responsible for Udaipur beheading

Governor AM Khan claims madrasas violate the right to education, asks Sharia followers to leave India

Nupur Sharma single-handedly responsible for what is happening in the country: SC

SC remarks on how Nupur Sharma’s remarks set the country on fire

Ilyas Sharafuddin spreads communal hate, CJP moves NCM

He has painted a false picture of the teachings of Islam, made anti-Hindu comments

Demons to Jihadis, BJP’s Haribhushan Bachaul targets Muslims yet again

The first time elect from Bisfi in the Madhubani district of Bihar has not spared any occasion to stigmatise Muslims; this time he called Agnipath protesters “Jihadi”

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