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When Faith Becomes a Licence for Control: The 2026 Kanwar yatra, violence, vigilantism and the politics of meat
From attacks on vehicles and commuters to the targeting of Muslim-owned businesses and meat shops, the 2026 pilgrimage raises urgent questions about vigilantism, selective policing and the State's accommodation of majoritarian demands
UP: How did a 5.6 foot Altaf ‘hang himself’ to death from a 2 foot pipe in a police lockup toilet?
Questions are being raised over UP Police’s lock up suicide theory in custodial death of Muslim youth; victim’s father now says he’s ‘satisfied’ with police
UP: Muslim man accused of kidnapping Hindu girl dies in police custody
Altaf’s family alleges he was murdered in custody, but police claim he hung himself to death with a drawstring in the lockup’s toilet
Meghalaya: Eviction imminent for Dalit Sikh families?
State government acquires land on which Punjabi Lane was built; residents who are sanitation workers and their families to be relocated to staff quarters
Assam minorities take anti-eviction protest to Delhi
AAMSU hold demonstration at Jantar-Mantar on demonetisation anniversary to highlight regime's many anti-minority decisions in the state of Assam
Tripura: Solidarity statements pour in for those penalised for raising voices
Support grows for Lawyers For Democracy, as well as Twitter users booked under stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
Yet another eviction drive in Assam
Authorities will begin to remove people from the reserve forest in Hojai
Evicted families will be rehabilitated only if name appears in NRC: Assam Gov’t to Gauhati HC
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State claims 1,000 bhigas of land set aside for rehabilitation, but it is not for “encroachers”
Gurugram: Hindutva leaders conduct Govardhan Puja at namaz site
Group conducted the puja, with Hindutva leaders in attendance at the public spot where they are opposing namaz gathering
Gujarat: Citizens group may march to Raj Bhavan to protest “inaction by police”
Ahmedabad based rights group Minority Coordination Committee (MCC), calls for march on November 10 to protest “inaction by police on complaints by Muslim activists”
EXCLUSIVE: Lives shattered further for evicted families in Assam as three infants die
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The families were left shelter-less and to the mercy of the elements after they were thrown out of their homes and their huts levelled to the ground
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