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Brute Violence in Bengal sparks citizens’ urgent warning
A joint statement signed by more than 140 activists, academics, former ministers, artists and scientists has warned of “all out fratricide” in India following violent attacks on opposition leaders in West Bengal.
Judges on way to court attacked by unknown persons in UP’s Auraiya
The investigation of the matter is underway under the supervision of forensic teams and the police
Kapil Mishra remains invisible and unnamed in Delhi Police charge sheet
“We will remain peaceful till Trump leaves. After that we will not listen to you,” Kapil Mishra had told Delhi Police official in February 2020
Is the UP administration using harsher sections of the law against Muslims, dissenters and activists?
UP slapped NSA charges on two accused in Kamlesh Tiwari’s murder, and also booked four teenagers under sedition for allegedly burning the tricolour for a TikTok video
Muslim man called “terrorist”, lynched in Saharanpur
Incident took place in western UP, four days ago, but came to light only when video of the lynching went viral!
“Obviously it is the government’s fault,” Sheen Bharti, Ajay Pandita’s daughter to the Centre
Larkipora’s sarpanch Ajay Pandita Bharti’s daughter puts the Union Government in the dock, seeks answers, and justice
Ajay Pandita: When I am not safe, how can I say everyone is safe?
“When you yourself know, there is no need to...
Mob lynchings continue unabated despite Covid-19!
Six incidents of mob lynching reported from across India in a month
129 persons arrested in Telinipara communal clashes; internet services suspended
Violent clashes took place in Telinipara, WB last Sunday after members of one community were taunted ‘corona’ by another
One killed, one injured critically by lynch mob in Jharkhand
The men were attacked on suspicion of being goat thieves in Jharkhand’s Dumka district
Christian man lynched by tribal animists in Odisha
The incident that took place a month ago, reportedly left Kama Sodi in a coma for one and a half days
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