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Abducted While Visiting Wife, Killed on Camera: Manipur’s fragile peace shatters again
The murder of a Meitei man married to a Kuki-Zo woman highlights the dangers faced by inter-community families as Manipur remains divided under President’s Rule
This is what we feared: Sanjay Tickoo on the rising attacks in Kashmir since March
Kashmiri Pandits had warned that The Kashmir Files movie made them and others who lived in the UT more vulnerable; appeals for enhanced security have fallen on deaf ears
WB: TMC’s Bhadu Sheikh’s murder incites arson, at least 8 dead
The incident is fast gaining a political colour with the Opposition decrying the ruling regime and the latter refusing any internal conflicts
Shivamogga: 20 injured in violence during Bajrang Dal member’s funeral
Vehicles were set on fire and public property destroyed when miscreants resorted to stone-pelting
Dalits and Adivasis suffered violence and discrimination even in 2021
Though most of these attacks emerge from societal prejudices and historic alienation, a dispensation that has encouraged a state of impunity to targeted crimes of the most marginalised has made matters more acute
Zewan militant attack: 3 dead, 11 cops injured
In 2021, as many as 20 policemen were killed in militant attacks in the Valley; two days ago, militants killed two policemen in Bandipore
Army tried to hide bodies: Nagaland DGP’s report
After killing mine workers near Oting village, security forces put the bodies in a truck, covered it with tarp and tried to whisk them away, but villagers intervened
Security forces gun down 13 civilians in Nagaland
Gov’t issues feeble “non-apology”, bad intel blamed; bandh call across state as protesters attack Assam Rifles camp
Amravati: Curfew, police lathi charge mark Bandh called by Hindutva groups
This was the second consecutive day a bandh was called in the area; Friday’s bandh was called by Raza Academy and saw stone pelting in many areas
Hundreds mourn Srinagar resident Mohammad Ibrahim Khan
Khan was a salesperson at a shop owned by a Kashmir Pandit and was shot dead, allegedly by militants, on Monday evening, the second such killing in 24 hours
Afghanistan: Bullet riddled bodies of women activists found in Mazar-e-Sharif
Frozan Safi (30), who had taught at a private university in Balkh the northern Afghan province, was one of the victims identified
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Making Waves: After inspiring swathes of peacemakers all over India, ‘Mohammed’ Deepak and his friend will launch a nationwide ‘Insaniyat Jodo Yatra’ to fight hatred
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SCs, Muslims both live in highly segregated neighbourhoods with poorer public services: International Study
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