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Amendments to the Waqf Law were needed, but the grab-and-control Waqf Amendment Act, 2025 is not the answer

In a menacingly bipolar polity and society, an era of easy-labelling and stereotyping, presenting the truth and holding a mirror before two extreme poles is both a complicated and...

3 migrant workers burned alive in Meghalaya, CM Conrad Sangma condemns the incident

This is the third incident in the past two months where workers have been fatally beaten in the state. The chief minister of the state has urged for harmony and unity.

Mob attacks Christian school in Telangana, principal gets beaten and is forcibly applied tilak

A case has been filed against school authorities after a mob in Mancherial district of Telangana attacked the Christian school after a video was shared online stating that the school principal did not allow Hindu students to wear their religious clothing.

Attempts to create communal tension reported during Ram Navami celebration in parts of Bengal and UP

Men were seen brandishing swords at a Ram Navami rally in Bengal despite specific directions to the contrary by the Kolkata HC, while a mob of Bajrang Dal members started sloganeering in Kaushambi, UP; habitual offender T Raja Singh leads rally, uploaded video of his presence even after being denied participation permission to participate in a rally by the Hyderabad police in Telangana

Delhi High Court dismisses petition challenging closure of the Maulana Azad Education Foundation

A petition filed challenging the closure of the Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF) was dismissed by the Delhi High Court on April 16.

Report says 30 Muslim sports coaches and trainers fired without reason in Gujarat

A report by The Wire notes 30 coaches and trainers, belonging to the Muslim community, to have had their contracts terminated by their employers in the last two months.

Concerned Christian citizens strongly criticise the screening of the ‘Kerala Story’ by the Diocese of Idukki

Over two dozen prominent Christians from all walks of life have strongly criticise the Kerala Dioscese of Iduki screening the controversial film, ‘Kerala Story’

MBA graduate and activist, Gulfisha Fatima awaits justice

Fatima, and a series of activists and scholars, have been incarcerated as an undertrial, awaiting justice for four years today.

Targeting Muslims in Ramzan: Lynching, assault, harassment mar the holy month in India

Even prior to the beginning of the month, one RSS leader had made contentious statements regarding Hindus and Muslims sharing the same ancestry, asking them to open their fast with cow milk

Five BJP run states see spiral in targeted anti-Muslim violence, cow vigilantism and assaults reported

A total of seven anti-Muslim incidents were reported in the past three days; three in UP, one each in MP, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Gujarat

February 2024: Report card on communal violence, India

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BJP MLA Balmukund Acharya apologises amid uproar over Mosque protest in Jaipur

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