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Censorship and the Drumbeats of Hate: Mapping the state of free speech ahead of the 2026 polls

A new report by Free Speech Collective traces five years of censorship, criminalisation of dissent, and the rise of hate-driven political discourse across Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry—raising urgent questions about the conditions for free and fair elections

Hate Watch: Communal “shoot the traitors” slogans raised against Christians in Delhi

Bajrang Dal mobs chanted the call for violence outside a Church, in West Delhi, vandalised the structure, filed counter FIR against Christians

Delhi Assembly committee summons Kangana Ranaut for remarks on Sikhs

Ranaut allegedly “labelled the Sikh Community as ‘Khalistani Terrorists’,” and has been asked to appear before the committee at noon on December 6

Hate Watch: Did a Bajrang Dal member descecrate a Muslim shrine in Ballabgarh?

Jeet Vashisht remains unmasked in the videos and introduces himself as well as his fellow Dal members, however he has escaped arrest so far

Gurugram: Will the right-wing agenda of dividing Muslims and Sikhs over namaz space succeed?

Fuelling hate in Gurugram is a right-wing backed step in disturbing this peace between the two communities, who have stood together on many issues

Videos of News Nation’s “Conversion Jihad” show to be taken down: NBDSA

CJP had complained about blatant vilification of the minority community in the programme where the anchor constantly used terms and phrases that incited hate against Muslims

Will install Krishna idol in Mathura mosque on December 6: Hindu Mahasabha

The choice of the anniversary of the Babri Mosque demolition makes the Hindutva group’s announcement sound even more chilling

Hate Watch: VHP ‘purifies’ Ahmedabad garden where Muslims offered Namaz

A VHP member told the media that that "casual namaz eventually results in claim being staked on that piece of land"

Hindutva group tries to evoke ‘love jihad’ bogey in Kasganj case

Uttar Pradesh police have dropped the kidnapping charge against Altaf, the young Muslim man who died in their custody

Why are right-wing bhakts so easily triggered by satire?

Comedian Vir Das is being hounded after he performed a set titled 'I come from two Indias' at Kennedy Center

Wasim Rizvi releases book full of Islamophobic diatribe

Book launched by none other than Yati Narsinghanand is full of vile allegations against Prophet Mohammed and Islam

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Censorship and the Drumbeats of Hate: Mapping the state of free speech ahead of the 2026 polls

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