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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

Assam Police Firing: 12-year-old shot dead while returning home from Aadhaar centre!

Family learnt about his death after watching Facebook video; parents still in shock, unable to speak

The life and murder of a Bihar Christian youth, and State impunity in India

Till he was buried in a coffin, with a...

Assam Police Firing: Who are “encroachers” and who are “indigenous”?

CPIML delegation visits scene of shooting, meets victim’s family

Assam Police Firing: People across India demand justice for evicted families

Demonstrations held in Delhi, Kolkata and Aligarh. Meanwhile Assam CM refuses to fire Darrang DC and SP, blames "outsiders" for violence

Assam Police Firing: Death toll rises, victim blaming rampant

Fearful of the growing support for the hapless victims of the indiscriminate police firing in Assam, the conversation is being changed to vilify the protesters, as if to suggest they had it coming

Unwarranted, unethical and un-Christian: Christian group on Bishop’s anti-Muslim diatribe

National Dalit Christian Watch (NDCW) expresses its “anguish and displeasure” about remarks by Bishop Mar Joseph Kallarangat of the Syro Malabar Church

Police firing in Assam: Illegal and unforgivable

The law rarely holds the police accountable for Human right violations, but excessive use of power leaves the door open for prosecution. However, the judicial will to hold the police accountable is scarce and police brutality continues

BREAKING: 2 killed, 10 injured in police firing in Assam

The people were protesting eviction from their homes; police opened fire targeting upper bodies of protesters in contravention of set procedure

Atrocity as Mode of Governance

The mass evictions of peasants of largely immigrant Muslim origin from supposedly government land have been planned and set in motion within a short span of time

Suresh Chavhanke’s communal campaign now targets SRK!

Chavhanke and company claim he donates his earnings to Pakistan, make other vile allegations, ignite old hashtags

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