Religion

Did the SC passingly affirm right to choose one’s religion?

The apex court made oral remarks while dismissing a petition seeking directions for curbing alleged mass conversions of SC/ST community through intimidation, threats and gifts

UP: Inter-faith couple found dead in Bareilly

Police suspect suicide due to opposition from parents, as poison was recovered from next to the bodies

My Hindu Religion

I am a devout Hindu but not a believer...

Koran, Madrassas and Terrorism

Wasim Rizvi’s motivated understanding of Islam

40 mosques to be covered in plastic sheets ahead of Holi to ‘maintain peace’

Mosques along a Holi procession route are being covered so people do not hurl any objectionable projectiles at them, and disturb communal amity, says gov't

BJP leader challenges Places of Worship Act in SC

The petition states that the law takes away rights of Hindus, Jains, Buddhists, and Sikhs to reclaim their places of worship through Courts , says it legalises illegal acts of invaders

What will Waseem Rizvi gain by antagonising the Muslim community?

The ex-Chairman of the Shia Waqf Board has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking ‘removal’of 26 verses of the Quran

Bad news for those still looking for gold in cow milk

Govt ‘admits’ no conclusive information available on difference in quality of milk of foreign breeds and indigenous cattle

Two Chief Ministers, one vision: Ram Rajya

UP CM Adityanath says secularism biggest threat to India's tradition on global stage; Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal says Ram Rajya is the best

Swiss Vote for Burqa Ban and Its Reaction among Indian Muslims

The established theologians of Islam around the world have debunked the untenable theological justifications around the full-face veil of all forms

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Several Kuki-Zo civil society organisations warn against any attempt to breach ‘buffer zone’.

“Anti-conversion laws being weaponised”: CJP urges SC to curb misuse of anti-conversion statutes by states

Citizens for Justice and Peace urges interim relief to curb weaponisation of anti-conversion laws, challenges 2024 UP amendment enabling third-party complaints and harsher penalties

Waqf Amendment Act 2025: SC grants some time to Centre on condition no non-Muslims appointed to Board, Council & no change in any Waqf status

After the Union government insisted it would bring to the Court’s notice grave violations of the previous law, the Court recorded the Centre’s assurance of any appointment to the Waqf Board or Council, implying a bar on any non-Muslim appointments to the Waqf Boards/Council and stayed any Waqf property de-notifications, including waqf by user, under the 2025 amendment; next hearing on May 5

Why Indian Democracy Feels No Shame About the Bastar Killings

Here, state action is like a reflex. No debate is needed. No processing is needed. The Indian republic is hardwired, programmed to automatically respond the way it is doing in Bastar. Nothing can come in its way.

‘We Didn’t Know the Law’: NMC apologises after illegally demolishing Jehrunissa Khan’s home in Nagpur

Nagpur Municipal Corporation razed a home of an accused in communal violence hours after the Bombay High Court was approached — violating binding Supreme Court directions, exposing the dangers of bureaucratic impunity, bulldozer justice, and the state’s failure to protect the right to shelter

“Urdu Is Not Alien”: Supreme Court reclaims the language’s place in the Indian Constitutional fabric

By upholding the use of Urdu on a municipal signboard in Maharashtra, the Supreme Court reaffirms India’s plural ethos, debunks politicised language divides, and restores dignity to a shared linguistic heritage