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Understanding the Supreme Court’s Interim Intervention in the Waqf Amendments, 2025

Be it on the issue of the disproportionately stringent control over the Islamic institution of Waqf (as compared to the administration of Hindu muths or temples), the Supreme Court’s part interim reliefs to the controversial 2025 Waqf Amendment Act, risk a judicial stamp on the state’s sledgehammer approach; a detailed analysis of the SC’s interim order dated September 15, 2025

Zomato delivery boy assaulted with sticks and bricks on Holi

4 Arrested after the video went viral; local Police investigated for refusal to file FIR

Jaunpur Horror: Thakurs allegedly shot Muslim man, assaulted 9-month-old baby

The family was assaulted as the men was asked to not drink in front of their puncture shop

Islamic Groups in Kerala Accused of Homophobia

Islamic outfits including the political party the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) and Jamaat-e-Islaami have been publicly making transphobic and queerphobic statements

The threat and lawlessness of “Gau-Rakshaks” in North India

“Nationalist" cow protection movement results in the targeted lynching of Muslim men over suspicion of carrying beef

Molestation, harassment: the un-Holiness of a festival

From across India, incidents of humiliation of minorities, molestation and harassment of women were reported

Women & Men too, must arise now and #Embrace Equity!

On February 13, a mother and her daughter were...

Can RSS be compared to Muslim Brotherhood?

In his recent tour abroad (August 2018) while addressing...

UP: Journalist, Lawyer to Approach Court Over House Demolition, Scribe Says ‘Razed Without Notice’

The demolition drive was carried out a day after Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath said in the state Assembly that his government will finish mafias operating in the state and will not spare anyone.

2nd week, four mob lynchings: Bihar government remains mum

In the last 2 weeks four incidents of mobs beating up men from the Muslim community have emerged.

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Court stays proceedings against RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat over alleged derogatory remarks targeting Muslim women

After a video of his alleged inflammatory speech at a Deepotsava event went viral, the Sessions Court in Puttur restrained police from arresting or detaining Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat — the latest in a long series of hate speech complaints against the influential RSS organiser in coastal Karnataka

Haunted by NRC fears, 57-year-old West Bengal man dies by suicide; Mamata blames BJP for turning democracy into a “theatre of fear”

Pradip Kar, a resident of West Bengal, allegedly died by suicide, leaving behind a note that, “NRC is responsible for my death” Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee slammed the BJP for turning democracy into a “theatre of fear”, the family told police that Pradip had been deeply disturbed by reports related to the NRC — a tragedy reminiscent of the March 2024 Kolkata case of 31-year-old Debashish Sengupta, who allegedly died by suicide over fears related to the CAA

Statistical Amnesia: How Communal Violence Vanishes in NCRB 2023

When “rioting” becomes the default label, targeted violence is invisible—this is India’s quiet apocalypse in the NCRB 2023 report

ECI’s announced nationwide SIR, will cover 12 States and UTs with a reduced documentary burden

The ECI’s nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR), announced across 12 States and Union Territories — including Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal — scales back the stringent document collection requirements seen earlier in Bihar’s SIR, prioritising inclusion over immediate documentary proof during enumeration

Citizens move to stop privatisation of Mumbai’s Public Hospitals

Aspatal Bachao Neejikaran Hatao Kruti Samiti and Unions that font a coalition are also demanding adequate health staff and upgraded public health services for all people of Mumbai

Can majoritarian societal pressure re-write the rulebook? The illegality behind forced non-veg shutdowns during festivals

Across cities, self-styled vigilantes and pliant administrations are turning a majoritarian religious sentiment into state policy—forcing meat shops shut, harassing small vendors, and eroding constitutional freedoms. As livelihood and dietary choice fall victim to faith-led policing, we ask, can devotion be invoked to justify discrimination? Does this trend underline how faith is being weaponised to erode rights and livelihoods?