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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

Social media platforms finally compel extremist groups to shun hate speech, fake news

A ‘clean up’ drive is underway on Meta, Instagram and Twitter, as administrators of various ‘nationalist’ Hindutva groups are now asking members to refrain from abusive and hateful content

The changing anatomy of hate speech and communal violence

The executive, the Government, instantly decides who the culprits are and delivers immediate judgment where the houses of minority community are bulldozed

Karnataka: Court directs FIR against hate-monger, Chandru Moger

Dismissing the police’s non-cognisable document, the court called for an investigation into the hate speech by the HJS Coordinator, Monger who had made vile statements against Muslims

Hate Offender Ragini Tiwari is back in action!

Ragini Tiwari is seen raising Islamophobic slogans yet again outside Pawan Hans premises

Hate offender Bajrang Muni Das finally arrested 11 days after making rape threats

Mahant and Hindutva leader openly threatened to abduct and rape Muslim women outside a mosque in Sitapur, UP

Supreme Court directs Uttarakhand Govt to file status report on FIRs in ‘Dharam Sansad’ meet

Petitioners allege laxity on part of Uttarakhand and Delhi police, point out next ‘Sansad’ meet due on Sunday in Himachal Pradesh

Did Kapil Mishra’s Ram Navami speech incite communal violence, demolition drive in Khargone?

Stirring up communal divisions in the region, Mishra made a speech on Ram Navami about entering homes of "Moosas" and telling Hindus that the tragedies in Kashmir cannot be repeated

Sheath the swords, while there is still time!

Swords, tridents, axes, just a few of the weapons Hindutva groups want your neighbours to stock up

Bajrang Muni Das openly threatens Muslim women with sexual assault

The 'Mahant' and Hindutva leader from Khairabad, Uttar Pradesh, while sitting in a vehicle parked outside a Sitapur mosque, threatened to abduct and rape Muslim women; crowd cheered him on chanting ‘Jai Sri Ram’

Gujarat:  Antarashtriya Hindu Parishad is stage for anti-Muslim abuse, trident distribution

The weapon distribution event was attended by a Member of Parliament Dipsinh Rathore, MLA Raju Chavda and members of VHP and Bajrang Dal; there has been no condemnation from Gandhinagar or Delhi

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