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Three years after Darshan Solanki, Sahil Wakode’s death shows IIT Bombay still has no answer on caste, power and student deaths

The second-year student died hours after a mid-semester examination; his family alleges caste-based harassment, while the professor named in the FIR continues as faculty despite being removed as Dean

Sabyasachi divorces bikini-clad mangalsutra advt after legal action threatened

Designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s response to BJP politician’s warning of legal action, online hate, was to drop the advertisement of his version of the mangalsutra.

Challenges of ‘hyper-nationalism’ highlighted in Vatican’s Diwali message

Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue’s Diwali message was on the theme - “Christians and Hindus: Together bringing light into people’s lives in times of despair”

Delhi Violence: Peace and Harmony Committee serves notice to Facebook

The Delhi Legislative Assembly’s committee has asked a Facebook representative to present themselves before it on Nov 2

Panisagar mosque safe and secure: Tripura Police

Police warn against sharing fake news or posting provocative messages on social media

Controversy couture: Hey fashionistas, do you wear a mangalsutra with your bikini?

Designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s puts mangalsutra on bikini clad models, responses are as expected

Rajasthan ADG bans temple construction on police station premises 

PUCL lauds the move, but calls for stricter implementation to ensure preservation of secular nature of public authorities 

Udham Singh: An icon of inspiration and idealism

‘Sardar Udham’: a new film by Shoojit Sircar, a...

Hate Watch: TN Police demolish Sudarshan TV’s communal ‘Fake News’

The channel had claimed in a news report that a student was beaten for wearing a ‘rudraksha’ mala

Deported from Australia for Hate Crimes, Vishal Jood, gets hero’s welcome

The Haryana youth who had gone to Australia as a student, was convicted and jailed for attacking Sikhs

Bhopal: Goons force woman to remove her Burqa

In the video that went viral on social media, one man can be heard saying that she is bringing disrepute to the community

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