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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

Environment of targeted hate and violence against Christians: Report

The half yearly report by the Religious Liberty Commission of the Evangelical Fellowship of India paints a grave picture of minority rights in India

Foreign attendees of Tablighi Jamaat Markaz pay small fine, may go home soon

Delhi Police say that none of the 956 foreigners were charged with serious crimes, yet Indian Muslims however continue to deal with hate

AMU alumni Sharjeel Usmani arrested for allegedly clashing with cops during anti-CAA protests

Usmani was reportedly arrested by a joint team of the Aligarh police and anti-Terrorism Squad from his home in Azamgarh

HC notice to J&K Govt on PIL on Hindi as official language

Urdu was the official language in the state before its special status was scrapped in 2019

Did Hindutva extremists mobilise rioters in NE Delhi in February?

Chargesheets accessed by various media houses show that the members of a Whatsapp group 'Kattar Hindu Ekta' talked about killing minorities and making them chant Jai Shri Ram

Kafeel Khan describes prison to be ‘a living hell’ in letter from jail

The doctor said there is absolutely no social distancing in prison and there are 1600 inmates in a barrack meant for 534

All non-Muslim minorities are Hindus: Puri Shankaracharya wants amendments to Article 25 of Indian Constitution

He says doing so will make Hindus the second largest religious group in the world

Ahmedabad violence: HC grants bail to 4 accused as no specific case is made out

The four are among the 27 people arrested for being a part of a mob that allegedly assaulted the police and pelted stones at them

Students protested without permission; tear gas was “avoidable”: NHRC report on Jamia violence

The Commission, in a shocking report, has seemingly absolved the police for using brute force in unarmed students and blamed the students for destroying public property and for protesting without permission.

Domicile certificate for others, no rehab plan yet for Kashmiri Pandits?

The community has demanded that the gov't first rehabilitate the lakhs of Kashmiri Pandits before it grants outsiders the domicile rights

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JNU: Former JNUSU President complains against Vice Chancellor’s casteist & racist remarks

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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

Four decades after the 1983 exodus, thousands of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees remain classified as foreigners despite generations of residence in India — even as citizenship becomes a visible electoral assurance in Bengal through CAA-linked mobilisation