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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.

Pak court sentences Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi to 15 years in prison

The anti-terrorism court in Lahore found LeT commander guilty of terror financing among other charges

Temple attack, an international embarrassment to country: Pak SC 

The apex court of Pakistan has ordered that the vandalised temple at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa be rebuilt, money recover from attackers

Should India applaud Pak’s move to rebuild one Hindu temple demolished by mobs?

Pak will rebuild one destroyed Hindu temple, what is its plan for tribals, Christians, Sikhs, Hindu’s targeted in other provinces?

Mob vandalises, sets ablaze Hindu temple in Pakistan

Indian right-wingers try use it as excuse to further pro-CAA agenda

Daniel Pearl Beheading: Pak court orders release of Omar Sheikh and aides

The Sindh High Court held their detention to be null and void and that they have been in prison for 18 years without committing any crime

Why Sheikh Hasina Is the Reason for the Rise of Islamists in Bangladesh

One of the important reasons why these Islamists feel so emboldened is because the Hasina government has been soft on them.

Sheikh Hasina’s ‘Strategic Compromise’ With Hefazat-e-Islam Turning Bangladesh Into An Extremist Hotbed Once Again

The Hefazat has been blackmailing the Hasina government into accepting its demands and its leader Junaid Babunagri has been issuing Taliban like diktats to the government.

Khadim Husain Rizvi and the Weaponisation of Barelwis in Pakistan

Khadim Husain, though responsible for giving a sense of purposive militancy to the Barelwis might also have been an unconscious player in someone else’s strategic game.

Why did Pak Minister plagiarise PM Modi’s ‘ghar me ghuskar’ line?

Is Pakistan guilty of terror attacks? But how did it dare attack India ‘ghar me ghuskar’? Bhakts on both sides are confused!

Your grave will be dug here: Hindutva mob threatens Kashmiri lawyer Deepika Singh Rajawant

Death threats, mobbing, online trolling are now leading to real violence against women, activists, lawyers, journalists in J&K, and elsewhere

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Bombay High Court directs filing of a First Information Report (FIR) against the 5 cops held responsible for death of accused in Badlapur Sexual Assault case

Encounters in custody are shockingly common in India and can be said to be a result of the slow and dysfunctional judicial system of India. Often cases are seen to get delayed, evidence is destroyed or lost, witnesses turn hostile, and the defendants buy their freedom. But the response of the police by taking the law into their own hands is even more threatening for the judicial system in India. Encounters usually end with dead criminals and not at all scathed police, raising multiple questions as to the necessity of use of such force by the police.

Maharashtra’s Descent into Hate: Six incidents reported in January 2025 highlight Maharashtra’s rising communal and caste-based violence

A surge in hate crimes and divisive rhetoric under the new government reveals a growing threat to Maharashtra’s secular and pluralistic identity, with minorities and marginalised communities bearing the brunt of the assault

Conflict of interest: M’tra cabinet grants Fadnavis sole authority, serving IAS man appointed as SEC

After the Maharashtra Cabinet granted CM Fadnavis sole authority to appoint the new SEC days ago, Dinesh Waghmare, a 1994-batch IAS officer, takes charge as SEC on January 21. Waghmare served as the Principal Secretary of Medical Education and Drugs department with additional charge of Employment Guarantee Scheme in Maharashtra and resigned only after this appointment, a development that raises serious questions of a conflict of interest: the SC in 2021 has held that SECs have to be "independent persons" not occupying a post under the Centre or state governments

Bhagwat’s remarks spark national unity debate

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s remarks linking independence to the Ram temple consecration have sparked debates on historical revisionism, divisive narratives, and constitutional values.

CJP calls for electoral action against BJP leader’s hate speech at Rohini Chetna event

Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) filed a complaint with CEO, Delhi, R. Alice Vaz, against BJP leader Nazia Elahi Khan for delivering a hate-filled speech on January 5, 2025, in Rohini. Khan’s remarks, including “Tell them (Muslims) to get education, they will not! Tell them to create terror, they will do it immediately,” incited communal hatred against Muslims, violated the MCC and threatened the integrity of the Delhi Assembly elections – 2025

Vacancies, Backlogs, and increased governmental involvement: How the RTI Act has lost its glory!

The recent Supreme Court judgement brings to attention the attempts made by the Centre over the past few years to dilute the powers of the one law that has the power to hold the Government accountable