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Rise of Hindu nationalism and the future of Christians in India (La Croix International)

April 30, 2024

Delhi court issues fresh summons to BBC UK office (Times of India)

April 30, 2024

HJV to launch legal battles against externment (Times of India)

April 30, 2024

Kashmir faces a severe power supply crisis, but in the election, the vote is likely to be on Article...

April 30, 2024

Swastikas of Both Sorts: Hindu Nationalism’s Fascist Nostalgia (Quillette)

April 30, 2024

Aakar Patel | Apex court rulings on Hindutva give BJP, RSS room to further agenda (Asian Age)

April 30, 2024

Karnataka: Dalit family forced by temple to pay for kin’s cremation, refunded (Hindustan Times)

April 30, 2024

Featured

April 30, 2024

No quota for Muslims as long as I am alive, says PM Modi (The...

April 29, 2024

In Mathura, Muslims say they were denied their vote. No complaints in Hindu areas...

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Vishwa Hindu Parishad members disrupt an event organized by members of Christian community

April 12, 2024

Vishwa Hindu Parishad distributes sharp tridents among hundreds of Hindu youths

April 11, 2024

Authorities demolish 3 Madrassas alleging that structures had been built illegally

March 12, 2024

Cow vigilantes harassed and assaulted a Muslim cattle trader

March 12, 2024

Police fired at an alleged “cattle smuggler” in Firozabad

March 11, 2024

Bittu Bajrangi delivers inflammatory and dehumanizing speech against Muslims

March 11, 2024

Authorities demolished a shrine over allegations of being built upon encroached land

March 10, 2024

Police fired at an alleged “cattle smuggler” in Kushambi

March 10, 2024

2024 Election Watch

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Elections 2024 | How PM Modi is Using Fearmongering to Reinforce the OBC Card (The Quint)

2024 Election Watch

Two Congress and AAP functionaries arrested for posting doctored video of Amit Shah (The Hindu)

2024 Election Watch

No quota for Muslims as long as I am alive, says PM Modi (The Hindu)

2024 Election Watch

Indore Congress candidate backed out days after attempt-to-murder charge added to 17-year-old case (Scroll)

2024 Election Watch

In Mathura, Muslims say they were denied their vote. No complaints in Hindu areas (Scroll)

2024 Election Watch

Omar Abdullah: ‘BJP symbol won’t be on the machine but it’s very much part of Kashmir’s electoral process’ (Indian Express)

2024 Election Watch

‘Forced into isolation as KS Eshwarappa feared we would contest polls,’ alleges slain Bajrang Dal activist Harsha Hindu’s sister (Indian Express)

2024 Election Watch

‘India does not become an electoral autocracy if Yuvraj cannot get power’: PM Modi to TOI (Times of India)

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Muslims

2024 Election Watch

In Mathura, Muslims say they were denied their vote. No complaints in Hindu areas (Scroll)

April 29, 2024

‘Invisible in our own country’: Being Muslim in Modi’s India (BBC)

Malgaon stands up to polarisation (Rural India Online)

Christians

Christians

Rise of Hindu nationalism and the future of Christians in India (La Croix International)

April 30, 2024

Manipur Police, Extremists Not Questioned Despite Viral Video Probe That Reveals Complicity in Gangrape (Article 14)

Christian Leaders Are Attacked with Swords in Northern India (Morning Star News)

Dalits/Tribals

Dalits/Tribals

Dalits find cow dung mixed in overhead drinking water tank (Times of India)

April 26, 2024

TN: Two Dalit girls forced to clean toilets; Headmaster and teacher suspended (Edex Live)

Days after death of Dalit man, his friend also dies due to ‘police torture’ in Rajkot (Indian Express)

Institutionalising Hindutva

Hindutva in Legislative

WhatsApp, Meta move Delhi High Court against India’s IT rules (The Hindu)

April 26, 2024

Hindutva in Executive

Geneva-based UN-related body to review India’s human rights accreditation status this week (The Hindu)

April 28, 2024

Aakar Patel | Apex court rulings on Hindutva give BJP, RSS room to further agenda (Asian Age)

April 30, 2024

Hindutva in media

How Bollywood Films are Promoting Hindutva Politics and Influencing India’s Elections (American Kahani)

April 29, 2024

Hindutva in Education

UP: Students Writing ‘Jai Shri Ram’ in Exam Awarded 50% Marks at VBSP University, Reveals RTI (The Wire)

April 27, 2024

Hindutva Abroad

Teach-In Draws Attention to Hindu Nationalism, Provokes Protest from Groups Outside College (Oberlin Review)

April 26, 2024

Kashmir

Kashmir

Kashmir faces a severe power supply crisis, but in the election, the vote is likely to be on Article 370 (The Hindu)

Kashmir

FIR Registered In Kashmir Over “Doctored” Video Of Amit Shah (Daily Excelsior)

Kashmir

SC likely to hear review petition on Article 370 abrogation (Greater Kashmir)

Kashmir

Lok Sabha polls: Election Commission reschedules polling in J&K’s Anantnag-Rajouri, voting on May 25 (Hindustan Times)

2024 Election Watch

Omar Abdullah: ‘BJP symbol won’t be on the machine but it’s very much part of Kashmir’s electoral process’ (Indian Express)

REPORTS

US State Department: India 2023 Human Rights Report

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In run-up to LS polls on TV, 52% primetime segments against Oppn, around 1%...

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Slandere, Lies, and Incitement: India’s Million Dollar Election Meme Network

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Lynchings

Chhattsigarh: 10 Including Woman Arrested For Lynching Man (ETV Bharat)

April 18, 2024

The victim was identified as Dharam Singh Dhurve, who was beaten by several youths throughout the night for allegedly molesting a woman. It is...

Why be selective in citing mob lynching incidents, SC asks NGO petitioner (Deccan Herald)

April 16, 2024

Meghalaya: 52-year-old labourer lynched to death at Mawlai (Assam Tribune)

April 11, 2024

J’khand Governor sends Bill on lynching to Prez (Hindustan Times)

April 11, 2024

Man killed, murderer lynched in S’garh (Times of India)

April 8, 2024

Journalists

Journalists

Delhi court issues fresh summons to BBC UK office (Times of India)

April 30, 2024

NewsClick Case: SC Pulls Up Delhi Police for Flouting Norms During Purkayastha’s Arrest (The Wire)

Her investigations were not welcome in Modi’s India, so neither was she (The Sydney Morning Herald)

hate watch

No quota for Muslims as long as I am alive, says PM Modi (The Hindu)

SC Extends Stay On Proceedings In Hate Speech Case Against TN BJP Chief K Annamalai (ETV Bharat)

EC Notice No Bar, BJP’s Star Campaigners Echo Modi’s Communal Pitch (The Wire)

Elections 2024: The lead up to the first two phases of voting have seen far right leaders deliver anti-Muslim hate speech across India (Sabrang...

After ‘Sharia’ dig, Yogi Adityanath launches ‘right to eat beef’ attack at Congress (Hindustan Times)

‘Can country run on Sharia’: Amit Shah claims Congress wants separate law for minorities (Indian Express)

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Civil Society

April 22, 2024

Setback for BJP as foreign parliamentarians demand action on human rights violations in India (Maktoob Media)

Foreign entities funding NGOs to stall public projects: I-T Dept to...

April 16, 2024

Supreme Court Grants Bail To Shoma Sen In Bhima Koregaon Case...

April 5, 2024

FCRA registration of five NGOs cancelled by MHA for ‘violation’ of...

April 3, 2024

Death By Detail: How The Govt Has Used Penalties In Law...

March 31, 2024

Gujarat: Former IPS Sanjiv Bhatt Convicted By Palanpur Sessions Court In...

March 28, 2024

Sangh Parivar

Sangh Parivar

HJV to launch legal battles against externment (Times of India)

By TNN Mangaluru: Hindu Jagaran Vedike has stated that they will protest and engage in legal battles against the externment notices issued by the govt towards their workers. Mahesh Kadaga, the joint convener of Vedike’s South...

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2024 Election Watch

‘Forced into isolation as KS Eshwarappa feared we would contest polls,’ alleges slain Bajrang Dal activist Harsha Hindu’s sister (Indian Express)

Harsha Hindu, 22, was hacked to death on Feb 20, 2022. His family says they received much support in Shivamogga initially but began to...

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Sangh Parivar

RSS never opposed reservation, says Mohan Bhagwat (The Hindu)

The organisation believed reservation should continue as long as it was necessary for those who needed it, provided it was for reasons of backwardness...

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