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Reading Violence: Gender injustice in India and its dimensions
As is visible in the data analysed in this analysis, the three worst offending states were Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan.
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“Help! I’m being threatened because I’m a Christian”
A distress helpline for Christians under attack, has recorded around 154 incidents of violence in just six months, over 1,000 calls were made from across India
Press Freedom in India – 2021: A half-yearly report
Increasing instances of violent attacks on the Indian mediapersons do not bode well, either for the rule of law or democratic dissent
Patna High Court acquits 13 previously convicted in the Senari massacre
The court found that the police did not provide convincing evidence against the accused who were charged with either a death sentence or a life imprisonment
Delhi violence: HC denies bail to murder accused part of ‘Kattar Hindu Ekta’ Whatsapp group
The Whatsapp group was created on February 25, 2020 and the petitioner was one of the members who was allegedly involved in killing 9 persons of the other community
Silger firing: Collector orders probe, requests protesters to return home
In the firing that took place on May 17, the police claimed that 3 “maoists” were killed, while villagers deny the same
Silger police firing: Bela Bhatia, Jean Dreze stopped from meeting survivors
SP says the activists were not “not detained” but asked to get tested for Covid-19; IG says area needs to be “cleared” before any visit is allowed
Chhattisgarh: Villagers allege police fired, killed peaceful protesters at Sukma security camp
Protests continue outside the camp, while police claim three Maoists were killed during the exchange of fire
BJP Cadres attack Manik Sarkar, others in south Tripura
Image Courtesy:indianexpress.comIt was cadres of the Sangh Parivar in...
BJP leader moves SC against post-election violence in West Bengal
Referring to the violence as ‘dance of democracy’, BJP leader and lawyer Gaurav Bhatia he has asked for a CBI probe into the incident
Battleground Bengal: Blame game, fake news aplenty amidst reports of post-poll violence
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