Sopore Attack Comes Under Fire: Civilians’ Kin Rebut Police Claims
By JEHANGIR ALI
Photographs: Faizan Mir
Riyaz Ahmad was standing outside his kirana shop in north Kashmir’s Sopore town on Saturday, 12 June, when a group...
The Hindu Right Chokes Academic Freedom
BY AUDREY TRUSCHKE
In early March 2021, I awoke to a social media barrage of misogynist and bigoted slurs, unhinged accusations, and threats to hurt...
Accused of Misusing Donations for Questionable Land Deal, Ram Temple Trust Pleads Rising Prices
By Ismat Ara
New Delhi: Two opposition leaders in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday released sale deeds indicating that the Ram temple trust had likely paid...
Elderly Muslim Man Attacked in Ghaziabad, Assailants Chop Off His Beard
New Delhi: An elderly Muslim man was attacked in Loni, in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district, on June 5 while on his way to offer...
Elderly Muslim man beaten and has beard shaved by men chanting Hindu slogans
An elderly Muslim man was allegedly attacked by a group of men who forced him to shave his beard and shout Hindu religious slogans...
VHP activists demand actor Chetan be deported to US over anti-Brahmin statements
BENGALURU: After two FIRs were registered against Kannada actor Chetan for his alleged derogatory statements against the Brahmin community, a Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP)...
Al Jazeera condemns threats to Indian journalist for report on Covid-19 funds to US...
News organisation Al Jazeera Media Network on Sunday condemned the online harassment and death threats made by Hindutva social media users to Indian journalist...
RSS worker was discharged on daughter’s request, not own: RTI
In April this year, it was reported in the media that 85-year-old RSS activist Narayan Dabhadkar gave up his hospital bed in Nagpur to...
Uttar Pradesh: Cleared of NSA, catering staff ‘can’t be hired back’
By Amit Sharma
HAVING spent more than three months in jail on charges under the National Security Act (NSA), Naushad can’t believe his luck. The...
Assam CM’s Remark on ‘Family Planning’ for Muslims Lacks Context
By KRITIKA GOEL
On completing 30 days of his government in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday, 10 June, asked the Muslim community...
Mounting Atrocities Against Dalits Across India
By Dr Ram Puniyani
In Karakthal village in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, a Dalit youth was recently thrashed for daring to sport a moustache. In Chikkmagaluru, Karnataka,...
Suraj Pal Amu and the New Hindutva
By Samar Halamkar
“They make nude photos of our sisters and daughters and we cannot even murder them? Those who try to stop this panchayat,...
The Atlantic: How Dissent Dies in Modi’s India
By Snigdha Poonam
For most of her life, Gulfisha Fatima showed little interest in anything beyond academics. By late 2019, the 27-year-old Delhi resident had finished...
