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SCs, Muslims both live in highly segregated neighbourhoods with poorer public services: International Study

The international working paper found that government services – like secondary schools, clinics and hospitals, electricity, water and sewerage – were all “systematically worse” in marginalised neighbourhoods

Tablighi Jamaat: Delhi court acquits all foreigners after months of trial

The court pulled up the SHO of Hazrat Nizamuddin/complainant for lapses in the identification of the accused

Why did Delhi Police detain Umar Khalid’s mother and sister at night?

The women were detained on the night of December 15, 2020. But the Supreme Court has mandated that it is illegal to arrest / detain women after sundown and before sunrise

Part-3: Identity of the ‘Ordinary Indian’

Concluding part of a three-part series

Derogatory remarks against Islam create communal tension in Assam

AAMSU compelled to register case against RSS leader

Siddique Kappan’s arrest: NHRC calls for Action Taken Report

The NHRC has addressed a letter to the District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police Hathras, calling for reports by early January, 2021

Assam charity slapped with ‘sedition’ charges!

AIUDF leader Badruddin Ajmal’s trust, Ajmal Foundation, accused of receiving funds from foreign terror groups; allegations emerge after AIUDF-Congress alliance for BTC polls

It’s a sweet love story, but UP govt’ sees jihad phantom

After the love marriage ceremony was stopped in UP, the brave groom steps to say ‘no talk of conversion… love enough’

First arrest under anti Love Jihad law in UP 

The 21-year-old accused has been booked for trying to forcefully convert a Hindu girl under the UP law and criminal intimidation under the IPC

Delhi Police opposes bail granted to riot accused Jamia student to write exams

The State argued that many people study in jails and that Asif Tanha in the interim can be shifted to a guesthouse near the exam centre

Delhi violence: HC issues notice to State in plea seeking compensation for victims

The petitioners who lost everything in the violence have stated that the compensation provided by the Delhi Government is inadequate

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