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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

PUCL also urges EC to take action on Hate Speech

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To hell with the law: Sanjay Raut

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Breaking: EC bans Yogi for 3 days and Mayawati for 2 days from election campaigning

Finally there is action: the Election Commission, roundly criticised...

Vote for me or don’t come to me for jobs: Maneka Gandhi tells Muslims at UP rally

Union Minister Maneka Gandhi stoked a controversy by asking...

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