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When the State Valued a Desecrated Grave at Rs 100: The Mathura cemetery controversy
The reported desecration of graves in a century-old Muslim cemetery in Mathura raises troubling questions about dignity, religious freedom and state accountability
Glaring loose ends: Is all fair in the Ayodhya verdict?
Hiren GohainWhile there is little doubt that their Lordships...
The lives of Pakistani Hindus, a shrinking minority
Religious persecution of minorities is a harsh reality of today’s world not only limited to the Indian sub-continent. History has been witness to religious persecution of minorities all over the world and while people continue to cling on to such fascist ideologies, minorities in every region will continue to bear the brunt of this malice.
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Is the Indian State validating the Two Nation Theory?
Giving blood to save human lives is my response to the repression of Indian state
This past Saturday, November 9 was one of those gloomy days that brought together the Sikhs and Muslims to jointly grieve the highhandedness of the Indian establishment.
Oh, Ayodhya! It’s time for Muslims to introspect
Burhaan Kinu/HT PHOTOWith a constitution bench of the...
The BSF have left the 300 plus livestock to die a slow death
Cattle killers: Will the BSF be pulled up for the inhuman killing of cattle in West Bengal?
Himanta Sarma in Assam claims protection of Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, Christians from detention centers after Citizenship Amendment Bill is passed
Himanta Biswa Sarma, a BJP leader in Assam –now the finance minister of the state--who has on previous occasions,too used the CAB to reassure non-Muslim communities, is once again playing the CAB card and pushing its agenda, to keep the weather ripe for acceptance of CAB before its re-introduction in the winter session of the Parliament in November.
Jharkhand becomes ‘lynching capital’, records one more death by mob violence
This is the 22nd death by mob violence in Jharkhand in the past three-and-a-half years
Muslim Organizations appeal for peace, law and order before Ayodhya verdict
AIMPLB implores media organizations to not engage in rabble rousing and follow SC directives with relation to curbing the spread of communal hate
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Everybody tried to halt the RSS’ communal tactics in the 1980s, but failed.
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