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Kerala court grants bail to T.G. Mohandas in Jantar Mantar remarks case, cites arrest procedure irregularity
The Thiruvananthapuram court granted regular bail to right-wing activist T.G. Mohandas, a former head of the BJP’s State intellectual cell, a day after his arrest over alleged remarks about women and student protesters at Jantar Mantar; the court cited non-issuance of notice under Section 35(3) BNSS, recovery of electronic devices, cooperation with investigators, and his age and health.
Activists counter call for genocide with a call for secularity
Human rights activists and experts talk about the dangers of increasing hate-speech in India during a press conference organized today
Uttarakhand: Will Jitendra Narayan Singh Tyagi nee Wasim Rizvi benefit from the FIR against him, or will he be the scapegoat?
Uttarakhand police filed an FIR against Tragi-Rizvi for speaking at the ‘Dharma Sansad’ that became a platform for Hindutva 'leaders’ to spew anti-Muslim hate speech and call for communal violence
How did Uttarakhand govt allow calls for Muslim genocide in Haridwar?
A ‘Dharma Sansad’ held between December 17-19 was a platform for Hindutva 'leaders’ to spew hate speech and call for communal violence.
Wasim Rizvi converts to Hinduism, continues spewing venom against Islam
Converts at Dasna temple in Ghaziabad, and his name reportedly is "Jitendra Narayan Singh Tyagi"
Hate Watch: UP Dy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya continues spewing anti-Muslim venom
Calls Muslims “lungi chaap, jaalidaar topi goondas” and accuses them of “roaming the streets with revolvers in their hands and threatening businessmen” before the 2017 Assembly elections
NCM asks Tripura gov’t to expedite report about alleged vandalism of mosques
CJP had filed a complaint before the Commission on October 29 seeking inquiry into news reports that indicated vandalism of mosques and properties belonging to Muslims.
Hate Watch: UP Dy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya adding fuel to the communal embers?
Keshav Prasad Maurya seems to have made a bid to share the limelight with his political bosses and perhaps outdo them in some ways by making controversial statements
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
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