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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
Withdraw comments against Quran, apologise: National Commission for Minorities tells Waseem Rizvi
NCM issued notice to the former Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board chairman for his plea to Supreme Court seeking ‘removal’ of some verses from the Quran
Uttar Pradesh: Three deaths, multiple theories, murder or accident?
Three young men were killed, in what the media says is a road accident, but locals fear may be a case of targeted communal violence Varanasi
Mehmood Pracha raids: Delhi court asks police how they plan to protect lawyer-client privilege
Mehmood Pracha’s firm Legal Axis represents several persons accused in the Delhi violence cases
UP man arrested for assaulting Muslim boy for entering temple to drink water
The video was shared widely on social media and was brought to the cognisance on Ghaziabad police through Twitter
What will Waseem Rizvi gain by antagonising the Muslim community?
The ex-Chairman of the Shia Waqf Board has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking ‘removal’of 26 verses of the Quran
The curious case of four men accused of theft, but slapped with attempt to murder!
Azamgarh police arrest four people from Jaunpur district, accuse them of being gang of looters stealing poultry, cattle
Restore Maharashtra State Urdu Sahitya Academy: Rahman Abbas’ appeal to CM Thackeray
One of India’s well-known fiction writers writes an open letter to the Maharashtra Chief Minister to request the resumption of the Urdu Academy free of any political or religious influence.
Delhi court stays search warrant for Adv. Mehmood Pracha’s office raid
Pracha’s office was raided the second time since December 2020, and this time it was done in his absence
Advocate Mehmood Pracha’s office raided again!
Pracha, who is also the lawyer of many accused in the Delhi violence of February 2020, has moved court against the search claiming that it is an intimidation tactic
Delhi HC slams Centre for ‘unsatisfactory response’ to plea seeking appointing members to NCM
The Court asked the Centre to file another affidavit giving proper timelines for appointment of the Commission that is functioning with a lone member
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