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Nine years, Najeeb from JNU is almost forgotten, India’s CBI investigation has found none guilty

The investigation marks a shocking failure in the capabilities of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), increasingly critiqued for malfunctioning under political pressure; in 2018 the CBI filed a closure report and seven years later, today, June 5, the Court is likely to hear and decide whether to accept that a missing student from one of India’s premier institutes, the JNU simply cannot be found nor the circumstances behind his disappearance

Prosecute the hate-peddling school teacher Tripta Tyagi: IMSD

Hindu majoritarianism has turned India into a sick society

Muslims are equal citizens, not subjects, Mr. Himanta Biswa Sarma 

In a recent interview with NDTV, Assam Chief Minister...

Tripta Tyagi and Puru, my son

Reflections from a Hindu Indian parent bringing up his son in a white neighbourhood school in north America where joy and sharing not prejudice and hate greeted kids’ return from a long summer break; a shameful comparison with what is happening in parts of India read Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh

Farm leaders reach Muzaffarnagar, reports of pressure on young victims father to not press charges: UP

Muslim boy beaten for an hour, on instigation by a school teacher, Tripta Tyagi leads to national outrage; even as UP police dither, farmer leaders usher in a call for unity.

Outrageous, hate corrodes UP classrooms

The video of a Muslim boy being beaten up, slapped and humiliated in front of the entire class in a school in Uttar Pradesh, has only shown how much the hate propaganda against the Muslims in India has reached inside our hearts and minds.

How hate spills onto physical targeted attacks on the streets: August 2023, India

From Assam to Haryana, incidents of hate against minorities flood the news

Far right, Hindutva leaders stoke communal fires across India

Hate speeches and provocative declarations by Hindutva leaders spread communal tensions, as anti-Muslim conspiracy theories and incendiary remarks are repeated in various speeches

A decade of suffering, unyielding pursuit of citizenship by Assam woman

Fulkumari Barman was declared a 'D' voter a decade ago. Since then, the mental trauma and difficulties have almost pushed her into hopelessness.

Brutal attack on young Muslim boy in Mumbai’s Ghatkopar

A young Muslim pizza delivery boy's harrowing account sheds light on a recent incident of hate crime.

Massive minority scholarship (Ministry of Minority Affairs) scam raises questions about actual beneficaries

Fake institutions, exaggerated numbers who have claimed scholarship funds all point to a huge corruption snag in funds disbursal in a ministry of the union government

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