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A week of anti-minority hate that grips UP-Uttarakhand
Eight incidents across Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand between June 28 and July 5, 2026, ranging from hate speech and conspiracy rhetoric to forced religious sloganeering and vigilante violence targeted religious minorities. The recurring use of ‘jihad’ narratives, demographic anxieties, anti-conversion rhetoric, and vigilante enforcement illustrate a continuing pattern of communal polarisation and vigilantism.
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UP: NCPCR Bid to ‘Trace’ Non-Muslim Students in Madrasas; ‘Discriminatory’, Says UPMEB
The madrasa body has written to the President and Prime Minister, terming the NCPCR recommendations as “violative of Right to Education and against the spirit of the Constitution”.
22-year-old jailed for life, Gujarat court comments on how cow’s urine can cure many incurable diseases & how problems on earth will be solved...
Charged with transporting cows and bullocks from Gujarat to Maharashtra under the stringent Gujarat Animal Preservation (Amendment) Act, 2017, a 22- year-old man sentenced to life imprisonment
Assam: Man lynched on suspicion of cow theft
14 persons have been arrested so far, with locals protesting the arrest, saying that the deceased was accused of stealing cows earlier as well
UP tops the list in complaints received in 2022-2023, followed by Delhi & Telangana: NCM
Uttar Pradesh (UP), followed by Delhi and Madhya Pradesh top the list of states with complaints to the National Commission of Minorities (NCM); the latest UP annual tally of 662 which is 50 % of the total 1,279 complaints received for 2022-2023 is followed by 120 for Telangana.
Hate Watch: 2 Muslim men attacked by minors in MP
In two separate incidents, 4 minors are involved who are believed to have been influence by local goons
Jammu and Kashmir on Edge as Fear of ‘Eviction’ Haunts Residents
The J&K administration's demolition directive triggered a row, with many terming it a draconian move that would render lakhs of people homeless.
Concerns raised over Sakal Hindu Samaj proposed event in Baramati
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CJP has written to Maharashtra Police seeking preventive action the February 9 event and rally where Kalicharan Maharaj and Shankar Gaikar are invited as speakers
Bom HC restrains police from depicting Muslims as terrorists in mock drills
The bench has sought guidelines, if any, on basis of which these mock drills are conducted
‘Ban FGM’: Rival Syedna writes to PM
The rival religious head of the Dawoodi Bohras seeks to make a distinction between female genital mutilation and 'khafz' but gender justice activists including those within the communty challenge this claim
Disturbing images emerge from Srinagar as people protest the ongoing demolition drive
Locals alleged they were given no notice, homes demolished despite documents of ownership
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A week of anti-minority hate that grips UP-Uttarakhand
Eight incidents across Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand between June 28 and July 5, 2026, ranging from hate speech and conspiracy rhetoric to forced religious sloganeering and vigilante violence targeted religious minorities. The recurring use of ‘jihad’ narratives, demographic anxieties, anti-conversion rhetoric, and vigilante enforcement illustrate a continuing pattern of communal polarisation and vigilantism.
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