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Jharkand government accused of continued communal lynchings by fact-finding team

The fact-finding team that comprised representatives of Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha, Karwan e Mohabbat, Sajha Kadam and United Milli Forum has demanded that both the family of the deceased (lynched) man and victim survivor be provided protection and an impartial probe be conducted

Delhi: Christian pastor assaulted, forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ 

The pastor was accused of conducting "conversions", tied on road divider, thrashed and even called “Bangladeshi"

NRC shadow still looms over Assam

Those excluded from it, continue to live in limbo

Hijab ban: News media loses interest but student protests continue

Experts have time and again pointed out that students are fighting for their rights in a controversy created for political benefit

Prelude to the Gujarat 2002 Carnage

A look back at the communal buildup to the violence that broke out in February 2002, as documented meticulously in Communalism Combat Archives by Teesta Setalvad

Memories of Struggle: The quest for justice continues 20 years after the Gujarat Carnage

CJP and Teesta Setalvad bring together TM Krishna and Naseeruddin Shah to honour the memory of the victims, and the strength of the survivors with music and conversations

Bajrang Dal members assault Muslim family in Assam

A retired school teacher’s beard was pulled, his wife and daughter suffered injuries, little granddaughter was left traumatised!

First they came for the hijab, then they came for the turban; what is next on the list?

Bengaluru college asks Sikh girl to remove turban, following High Court interim ruling on the matter 

What is not obligatory is not essential: AG in Hijab ban case

He argued that if wearing hijab is freedom of expression that means it is optional and not obligatory

Muslim man allegedly lynched by cow vigilantes in Bihar, why is CM silent?

Victim, Mohammad Khaleel Alam, was reportedly a JDU member, his body was later burnt and the accused claimed it was to send a message

No interfaith nikah sans parents’ consent: MP’s Ulama Board’s latest diktat

Madhya Pradesh Ulama Board has “decided” that Muslim parents will have to take a call if their consenting adult children or daughters can marry a non Muslim partner or not

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Jharkand government accused of continued communal lynchings by fact-finding team

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When Family Becomes Custody: Allahabad HC holds adult women’s faith, residence and liberty cannot be placed under parental control

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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.

Maharashtra SIR extension keeps teachers away from classrooms as unit tests face delays

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