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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
Mosque loudspeaker impedes yoga, puja, govt duties: UP Minister
Uttar Pradesh minister Anand Swaroop Shukla writes to Ballia district magistrate, asking volume be fixed according to High Court order
CCTV was not working: Delhi Police to HC in Faizan death case
The incident where the grievously injured young man was forced to sing the national anthem was shot on video and went viral on social media; Faizan's mother had filed a plea seeking a probe into his death
UP’s Hindutva goons harass Catholic nuns, teens on Delhi-Orissa train
Police march nuns, teens to police station, release them after more identification papers are sent from Delhi
25 arrests in three months under Madhya Pradesh’s ‘Love Jihad’ law
In all cases, the accused persons are from minority communities, including 15 cases against Muslims and six cases against Christians
Waseem Rizvi’s Challenge an Opportunity for Ulema To Proclaim the Inapplicability of These 26-War-Time Verses of Quran For Muslims Today
Do Muslims consider Islam a political, totalitarian ideology that aims at conquering the world or do they consider it as a spiritual path to salvation, one of the many?
Maharashtra: MBBS book linking Covid-19 spread with Tablighi Jamaat, recalled
The book, among the list of reference book for 2nd year students was withdrawn after outrage expressed by a student body, and the authors have apologised
Delhi violence: Court slams police for arresting complainant in mosque arson case
The arson took place during the February 2020 violence; court directs DCP (North Eeast) to file status report on the investigation so far
Minority Ministry has not utilised big chunk of welfare fund: Parliamentary Panel
Low utilisation of fund, allocation reduced by more than Rs 1,000 Crore, panel tells government to plug loopholes in scholarship schemes for minorities
CJP’s complaint against Kamlendu Sarkar: NCM asks DGP Assam for detailed report
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The RSS leader had delivered an Islamophobic speech in December, 2020
Mob attacks Christians in Chhattisgarh, 8 hospitalised
Hindutva hardliners accused the Christians of conversions, when they were praying at a house church in Dantewada district
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