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Bangladesh: Why Indian Muslims’ voice against anti-Hindu violence matters

It is reassuring to see some noted Indian Muslim intellectuals and scholars including a few Ulema come out and call spade a spade.

Pakistan: Bheel family tortured, for fetching drinking water from mosque

Attackers reportedly related to a local Parliamentarian of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, police has not even registered a case 

We do not recognise a Taliban govt: Afghan students in Pune

Afghan students from various Pune colleges came together outside the Savitribai Phule University to voice their dissent against the Taliban and Pakistan

EXCLUSIVE: Craig Whitlock exposes the Secret History of the War in Afghanistan

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‘Taliban Are Unlikely To Reform’

Afghan Women's Greatest Fears May come true even under Taliban 2.0

Indian Muslims and the Allure of Sharia

The Failure to Condemn the Taliban Can Only Mean That the Dream of Establishing Islamic State and Implementing Sharia Is Widely Shared By Indian Muslims

Taliban 2.0: Old laws in newer package?

Better PR skills cannot hide the chaos that continues at Kabul airport, or the firing at Jalalabad where two people were killed and a dozen injured

Undaunted by temple attack, Pakistani Hindu stuck in India, wants to go home

A Pakistani Hindu man, stranded in India with his three children after his wife died in April, is pleading with the authorities to let him return to Pakistan before his country’s Independence Day on August 14

Islamabad: Journalist Asad Ali Toor attacked in his own home

Attack on Toor is yet another distressing reminder of how vulnerable journalists working in South Asia are, especially if they question the government

Manipur: CCM applauds HC order allowing safe passage to Myanmar refugees

The people’s group requested central and state governments to uphold humanitarian rights and obligations

Manipur Human Rights group resolves to help Myanmar refugees

Decides to write to PM about plight of those feeling violence given historical, demographical and cultural links

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“Here I am, born in Tamilnadu, mother tongue Telugu, settled in Hindi-speaking Delhi, representing the people of West Bengal in Parliament and addressing the august gathering here of Tamil speaking people from all over the world. This is India,” said Sitaram Yechury, in 2010, the erstwhile general secretary of the CPI (M) whose demise after a prolonged lung infection on September 12 this year, has drawn forth an outpouring of shared memories

Inter-Community clashes erupt at Dehradun railway station after interfaith couple meets

Members of both  Hindu and Muslim communities reportedly started throwing stones at each other, leading to the parked trains getting damaged, said the police.

Vendor ID display Controversy: Congress high command compels Himachal minister to backtrack on contentious mandate after uproar

Controversial vendor ID proposal rolled back as Congress high command moves swiftly to control narrative and prevent communal unrest, minister Vikramaditya Singh backtracks on mandatory name display order for street vendors 

TN: Samsung Workers Continue Strike, Demand Union Recognition

According to CITU, Samsung spends less than 0.3% of its annual production value in India on labor costs, and has operated in the country for 16 years without any union.

“Leaked Intelligence report” on alleged Kuki militants entering Manipur from Myanmar sparks panic, later retracted by authorities

A reportedly “leaked report” alleging the infiltration of 900 Kuki militants from Myanmar stoked ethnic tensions and fear in Manipur, only to be refuted by security officials as unsubstantiated, leading to shutdowns and heightened unrest.

Hygiene or Harassment? Fears of profiling arise as UP government, once again, mandate name displays at food establishments; HP govt follows

Amid new food safety rules mandating display of personal details and identification, concerns grow over selective targeting of marginalised vendors under the guise of public health measures; HP govt “distances” itself from its minister’s stance Thursday evening

Threatened by Meitei Leepun, Babloo Loitongbam stands firm against false claims and advocates for refugees

After receiving threats from Meitei Leepun, Babloo Loitongbam issues a statement denying allegations of financial ties to the Kuki community, calls for a transparent refugee policy and reaffirms his commitment to peaceful advocacy for human rights in Manipur