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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

Christian group writes to PM asking for nationwide social-security safety net

Group makes a case for universal health insurance and stronger health infrastructure

Karnataka’s ‘Hindutva lab’ churns out fresh bout of hate messaging, communal clashes

59 new cases of communally charged incidents including 37 instances of hate speech

Muslim traders barred entry to Madhya Pradesh village

Yet another instance of Muslim vendors being targeted by religious bigots as apart of a larger economic boycott plan

Sikh pilgrims fear ostracization after 197 test positive on return to Punjab from visit to holy site in Maharashtra

Almost 4,000 pilgrims had returned to Punjab from Hazur Sahib Gurudwara in Nanded, Maharashtra

Accusing Dr Zafarul Islam Khan of sedition, is an attempt to intimidate: Activists

Dr Khan’s name is the latest, and he is certainly the oldest, and the only one holding a Constitutional post, on the list of Muslims to have been accused of Sedition

‘Untraceable’ detention camp inmate from Assam found, released with CJP’s help

Zubeida Khatoon had lost all hope after being forced to spend more than five years in captivity

Muslims must give up use of loudspeakers for religious purposes

The controversy over the use of loudspeakers with the...

Designate India as ‘Country of Particular Concern’, impose sanctions: USCIRF

Annual report highlights "discriminatory policies, inflammatory rhetoric and tolerance for violence against minorities" in India

“I am a patriot to the core and I have always defended my country abroad:”  Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan Chairman, Delhi Minorities Commission

For over a month now, the right wing troll teams have been hard at work to vilify Muslim activists, students leaders, and intellectuals. Dr Khan is their latest target.

Arab Solidarity is Welcome, But Indian Muslims Must Remain the Vanguard

There seems to be a new wave of empathy...

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Policing Identity: Maharashtra’s birth certificate crackdown and the politics of belonging

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