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Caste Atrocity in 2025: Normalisation, neglect and the crisis of accountability

In 2025, between January and June alone, CJP recorded 113 incidents of caste atrocities on Dalit individuals across different states in India worst offending states were Uttar Pradesh (34 cases), Madhya Pradesh (15), and Tamil Nadu (8) while 962 reported land conflicts affect tribal populaces; of these 116 conflicts are in the Conservatory and Forestry sector, with 459,735 people currently affected.

Communal clashes in MP village, police detain 24

Clashes erupted in Chandan Khedi village after Hindutva groups shouted slogans in front of a mosque

Delhi riots: Court grants bail to Muslim man accused of lynching fellow Muslim

The accused was also missing from CCTV footage of the attack, where there was delay in filing FIR

Turmoil in the North East: 24 arrested for Arunachal violence

Three government offices were burnt down by group protesting voting rights for non-indigenous people

Independent inquiry into the North East Delhi communal violence must be set up: CPI(M)

“In search of justice”, a three-part report that studied the Communal violence in North East Delhi, was released by the Delhi State Committee of CPI(M) today

Lest we forget: World’s 10 worst genocides

On World Genocide Prevention Day, let us take a look at some of the most shameful chapter's in world history 

One dead as BJP rally turns violent in Bengal

Police forced to use tear gas and water cannons in Siliguri, one BJP worker reported dead

Delhi court orders for fair probe into riots complaint case closed by the police

The court noted that an independent and impartial investigation is necessary despite the fact that the complainant had FIRs lodged against him

Tribal Christian families attacked in Chhattisgarh!

The alleged violence broke out at around 2 AM in the village Sindhwaram, in the Sukma district

Turmoil in the North East: One killed, 32 injured in police firing in Tripura

Police opened fire on people protesting resettlement of Bru refugees in the state; trolls spread fake news with communal hues

Bihar: BJP victory procession allegedly attacks local mosque

An impromptu victory procession turns violent when BJP members at Jamua village in Bihar attack a local mosque following a verbal disagreement.

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Bengali Migrant Workers Detained in Odisha: Calcutta High Court demands answers, seeks coordination between states

Court poses six pointed questions on detention of Sainur Islam and demands answers from Odisha over detention of youth during ‘identification drive’; Court directs West Bengal to appoint nodal officer

Thane School Horror: Principal, attendant arrested for forcing girls to strip in menstruation check, case registered under POCSO

Girls as young as 10 were allegedly stripped and subjected to invasive checks by school staff in Thane’s Shahapur after bloodstains were found in a washroom, prompting arrests, protests, and charges under POCSO and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

Bihar:  SC signals that ECI should consider Aadhaar, EPIC (Voter ID card) & Ration card for electoral roll revision 

Hearing a batch of petitions challenging the sudden “special intensive revision” being conducted in Bihar by the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Supreme Court (SC) pressed ECI to include Aadhaar, Voter ID Card, and Ration cards in Bihar's electoral roll revision process, since the only concern for the constitutional body was establishing accurate identity not citizenship

Mumbai’s Second Lifeline in ICU: Mumbaikars respond to call of “Save BEST”

By deliberately running Mumbai’s unique and stellar public transport system to ‘die’, the BMC backed by a land-grabbing state government is set to make transport even more unafordable for working Mumbaikars

Dissent Note: Maharashtra Special Public Safety Bill, 2024

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One of Urdu’s Greatest Scholars, C.M. Naim, Passes Away

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