Email: sabrangind@gmail.com
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.
CJP Team -
Does paying salaries to Imams amount to ‘betraying’ the Hindu community’?
Remarks of Central Information Commissioner (CIC), Mahurkar followed the Delhi Waqf Board submitted data that revealed that the wages of imams and mosque helpers increased four-fold since 2014 after the Kejriwal-lef AAP government came to power in the national capital.
Bilkis Bano approaches Supreme Court to contest premature release of rape convicts
Survivor of Gujarat Riots Gang Rape Demands Justice, files petition against remission granted on August 15
After UP Madrasas Survey, Centre Stops Scholarships For Students of Class 1- 8
The Centre has said that seminary students already get meals and other facilities free of cost.
Manipal University suspends professor who made “terrorist” jibe at student
The video was widely circulated on social media, after which the University took prompt action and initiated a probe into the matter
Delhi High Court directs Delhi Police to handover keys of Markaz Nizamuddin to Maulana Saad
Delhi High Court grills Delhi Police for continuing with its restrictions at Markaz Nizamuddin premises since March 2020, says the case was registered under Epidemic Diseases Act.
Being a Muslim in this country and facing this every day is not funny
Says a Muslim student as his professor allegedly made a joke about Muslims being terrorists, in a classroom full of students
Imam Bukhari is a sexist: IMSD
Press releaseImam Bukhari is a sexist OK for boys to...
Hate watch: Christians attacked during Sunday mass in Chhattisgarh; 9 hospitalised
The pastor who founded the church had converted from Hinduism a few years ago
India has chosen a path of exclusion and persecution for religious minorities: CMRI report
The CMRI report provides data on hate crimes against religious minorities, and touches upon their portrayal on news media, status of educational institutions, among other aspects
Calling it “improper,” Delhi’s Jama Masjid bans entry of single, unaccompanied women
Putting into practice this objectionable gender driven exclusion, this iconic masjid and monument will impose in India’s capital an unconstitutional practice
Trending
Related VIDEOS
ALL STORIES
ALL STORIES
India
Sumit Sarkar: Engaged scholarship, ways of historical thinking, an enduring legacy
Scholar of modern India with a path breaking approach to research and his discipline, historian Sumit Sarkar transformed how modern Indian history was understood, bringing ordinary people and their experiences to the centre of historical scholarship
Gender and Sexuality
When Family Becomes Custody: Allahabad HC holds adult women’s faith, residence and liberty cannot be placed under parental control
Holding that an alleged unlawful conversion cannot become a licence for private confinement, the Court separates the legality of religious conversion from the legality of detention—and holds the father and Uttar Pradesh State jointly liable for ₹25 lakh in constitutional compensation
India
‘How Can Rehabilitation Work If We Are Not Safe?’ Sanjay Tickoo on the fresh threat to Kashmiri Pandit employees
Sanjay Tickoo speaks to Sabrang India on repeated threats, targeted killings and security lapses have eroded Kashmiri Pandit employees’ faith in the State.
Communalism
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.
Education
Maharashtra SIR extension keeps teachers away from classrooms as unit tests face delays
Teachers deployed as BLOs for over a month will continue election-related work until August 17, with the draft electoral rolls now scheduled to be released on August 24. Schools across Maharashtra have reported reduced teaching time, limited staff and difficulties in conducting unit tests, while educators say prolonged deployment is affecting classroom teaching and the academic schedule
India
Kashmiri Pandit employees in the Valley asked to stay home after threat letter
Threats naming six government employees prompt tighter security and unofficial work-from-home instructions, even as authorities deny issuing any formal order
Hate Speech
Kerala court grants bail to T.G. Mohandas in Jantar Mantar remarks case, cites arrest procedure irregularity
The Thiruvananthapuram court granted regular bail to right-wing activist T.G. Mohandas, a former head of the BJP’s State intellectual cell, a day after his arrest over alleged remarks about women and student protesters at Jantar Mantar; the court cited non-issuance of notice under Section 35(3) BNSS, recovery of electronic devices, cooperation with investigators, and his age and health.