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Urdu is not the monopoly of mullahs, nor even the Muslim community 

Our self-styled “left liberal” intelligentsia, otherwise loud in denouncing Hindu majoritarianism, suddenly turned mute when confronted with Muslim right-wing pressure

13 Questions by Christian Laity answered: Bishop Franco Murakkal ‘Rape’ Case

The booklet, The Kuravilangad Case – A Critical Study raises and answers questions raised by ordinary Catholics

Sexual Assault & the Indian Church Hierarchy

The case sent shock waves down the Indian Catholic...

Pack up your belongings: VHP leader to Maulvis in Manesar

Incident took place at Trishul Diksha ceremony at Manesar

Mob vandalises mosque in Gurugram, threatens faithful; no arrests so far

A mob of more than 200 reportedly people ransacked...

Clash over loud music during Durga idol immersion, 32 held, 50 booked: Sultanpur, UP

Video shows bulldozer promise by cop after scuffle, he claims amnesia

Kheda police flogging: Victim-Accused files private complaint, court directs police to conduct probe

A local Kheda court has directed the Ahmedabad Range Inspector General to conduct an inquiry into a private complaint filed by a farmer, Ayub Shaikh, who happened to be Muslim, who was arrested for stone-pelting at a garba event and also flogged by police personnel

CJP serves a notice to News18 over debate show justifying flogging of Muslim men by Gujarat Police

The show intended to spread hatred against Muslims by questioning why should they take part in Garbacelebrations at all

No hope for Rape Survivors: Muzaffarnagar Riots 2013

In February 2017, on the eve of the Uttar...

Who to blame for the ‘sar tan se juda’ fatwa?

Theological legitimacy for beheading the blasphemers comes from the Hanbali follower and pioneer of Salafism—Ibn Taymiyyah

Notice to Centre on plea to declare ‘Talaq-e-Kinaya’ and ‘Talaq-e-Bain’ unconstitutional: SC

The supreme court was hearing a plea filed by Karnataka-based Syeda Ambreen asserting that the practices are arbitrary, irrational and contrary to the fundamental rights to equality, non-discrimination, life and freedom to practice religion. In 2017, the SC had held talaaq-e-biddat to be ultra vires of fundamental freedoms

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Urdu is not the monopoly of mullahs, nor even the Muslim community 

Our self-styled “left liberal” intelligentsia, otherwise loud in denouncing Hindu majoritarianism, suddenly turned mute when confronted with Muslim right-wing pressure

Election Commission seriously risks losing all credibility: senior advocate Sanjay Hegde

Senior advocate, Supreme Court Sanjay Hegde on Saturday, September 6, raised concerns over the credibility of the Election Commission of India, cautioning that the institution is increasingly being viewed as partisan, speaking at the annual public lecture on the occasion of Gauri Lankesh’s brutal assassination

India’s Silent Push-Out: Courts, states, and the deportation of Bengali-Speaking Muslims

From migrant workers vanishing in midnight raids to a Kolkata man driven to suicide by fear, reports across states reveal a disturbing pattern of expulsions without due process — now under scrutiny in India’s courts

Safe harbour or shadow censorship? The battle over India’s digital speech

The Karnataka High Court’s ruling on X Corp’s challenge could either restore the centrality Section 69A as the sole content blocking mechanism, or re-ignite the issues that were closed in Shreya Singhal

The Mubarakpur Saree in the Digital Age: Can e-commerce bypass traditional barriers?

An age-old saree weaving tradition is also one area brutally affected by the US-driven tariff war with India

From Whispers to Shouts: How India’s voter roll irregularities are finally being heard

From ghost voters in Bihar to duplicate entries in Maharashtra, years of citizen warnings have exploded into a national flashpoint after opposition parties accused the Election Commission of enabling “vote theft”

Storms battered her from outside, but she stood, an unwavering flame: Gauri Lankesh

Shivasundar, a freelance journalist, writer, and longtime associate and dear friend of fiery activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh, who was assassinated on September 5, 2017, by extremists alleged to belong to the dreaded Sanatan Sanstha has penned this heartfelt poem on Gauri. On the eighth anniversary of her dastardly assassination.