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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

My father was lynched on September 6, UP police have no updates: Mohhamad Sabir

Mohhamad Sabir has launched an online support campaign to seek justice for his father Aftab Alam, a taxi driver who was allegedly lynched for not chanting 'Jai Shree Ram'

Accused of providing shelter to Tabhligi Jamaat members without permission, Jharkhand HC grants pre arrest bail to two mosque coordinators

The Single Bench noted that he was inclined to grant anticipatory bail privilege to the two petitioners under section 438 of Cr.PC on conditions that they should cooperate with the investigation of the case.

Mumbai court acquits 20 Tablighi Jamaat members

Court finds no evidence against two sets of ten persons belonging to Indonesia and Kyrgyzstan

Bihar Elections: Deconstructing the Muslim monolith

Why we need to recognise the heterogeneity of the Muslim community in Bihar in order to understand their impact on the political landscape in the state

Minority Lives Matter

Is new India a better place for Dalits, Muslims, women and other minorities?

Krishna Janmabhoomi case: Mathura district court admits plea against Shahi Idgah

Recently a civil court had dismissed the plea seeking removal of the 16th century mosque adjascent to the Krishna temple

157 attacks on christians in 3rd quarter of 2020: Persecution Relief

The crimes to include murders, crimes against women, church attacks, and unjust arrests

Assam BJP stirs the communal pot again!

Without directly mentioning ‘Love Jihad’, Himanta Biswa Sarma says will crack down on interfaith marriages solemnised ‘by deception’ 

Tablighi Jamaat case: Bandra Court discharges 12 foreign nationals 

Court notes that the Indonesian men didn’t disobey orders or negligently spread Covid1-19

Krishna Janmabhoomi case: Appeal against Mathura Court order

Court had dismissed a civil suit demanding removal of Shahi Idgah

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From Permanent Refuge to Perpetual Limbo: Why Sri Lankan Tamil refugees remain without citizenship even as electoral assurances reshape belonging in Bengal

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