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“If there is any justice left in India, we will get...

Nazish Hussain Malegaon: On the night of 22 July, 30-year-old Wasim Khan and 28-year-old Mubin Shaikh were returning to their village in Malegaon in Maharashtra....

US diaspora opposes ‘hate’ spectacle

By Anita Joshua Various US-based diaspora groups are mobilising opinion against a planned celebration at Times Square of the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the Ram...

PB Mehta writes: Ayodhya’s Ram temple is first real colonisation of...

Pratap Bhanu Mehta Ram. You can be properly addressed just with that name. Any proclamation announcing your triumph, like Jai Shree Ram, diminishes you. The...

Ayodhya — History will be the judge

M R Shamshad In 1994, the Supreme Court of India said that, “within a short time, the entire structure was demolished and razed to the...

Unseen photos of how Babri Masjid demolition was planned and executed...

By PRAVEEN JAIN  The Covid-19 crisis in India is still escalating, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to lay the foundation stone for...

#NayaKashmir: Right-Wingers Use Fake Profiles to Paint a Rosy Picture of...

By Zafar Aafaq SRINAGAR — Last August, when Jammu & Kashmir lost its special status, the Narendra Modi government justified the move arguing that changes would...

A Hindu rioter speaks: Delhi violence was “revenge” against Muslims, police...

By Amit Pandey and Shahid Tantray “You can call it self-preservation or revenge, but mainly it was revenge,” a 22-year-old Hindu resident of Karawal Nagar,...

In riot case, Delhi HC says police taking system for a...

The Delhi High Court Wednesday expressed displeasure at the Delhi Police for filing a separate petition seeking cancellation of bail given to Faisal Farooq,...

What will it take to stop India’s police brutality?

Two cases - the custodial deaths of a father and son in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu and a Muslim youth who...

Delhi Riots: Is the Centre Importing the ‘Gujarat Model’ to Subvert...

A violent mob during the riots in North East Delhi on February 24, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Danish SiddiquiIt’s curious to see the Central government so...

Dead and Buried

Senior police officers accused in Delhi violence; complainants continue to face intimidation. Numerous complaints filed by residents of northeast Delhi accuse senior police officials of...

Sri Preston Kulkarni: Hindutva’s Hope in Houston

By Pieter Friedrich “In this campaign, Rameshji has become like my father,” Sri Preston Kulkarni said in May 2018 when he won the Democratic Party’s nomination for...

Gurgaon: Cow Vigilantes Beat Man Brutally on Suspicion of Transporting Beef

The Wire Staff New Delhi: A video showing a man being brutally beaten on suspicion of transporting beef in Gurgaon, while police stand watching, has been...

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