Uttar Pradesh: Seven cops booked for ‘murder’ of dalit in Bijnor on court orders
Bijnor: Seven police personnel, including two sub-inspectors, have been booked for allegedly murdering a dalit youth here in an area under Noorpur police station...
The Double Standards of Hindutva Ideology on Religious Freedom in India and the United...
BY RAJU RAJAGOPAL
I was recently in a talk show along with three other panelists on TV Asia’s “Bottom Line with Jyotsna Sharma.” The topic was Religious Freedom...
Renaming and banning names galore this month, all in 3 BJP-ruled states
By Kumar Shakti Shekhar
NEW DELHI: Besides renaming cities and roads, the governments are also on a spree to ban the use of words. About 10...
Gujarat High Court Stays Sections of New Anti-Conversion Law
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court on Thursday put a stay on the operation of some sections related to interfaith marriages of the state’s new anti-conversion...
Judge who remanded Amit Shah to CBI custody excluded from SC elevation
Hyderabad: Justice Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi, one of the senior-most High Court chief justices in the country, has been left out from the list cleared...
Hell, by any other name
By Deborah Grey
On August 17, the Government of Assam, issued a notification saying that henceforth detention camps in the state will be known as...
Assam detention centres for ‘foreigners’ renamed ‘transit camps’
A notification issued by the Assam government on Tuesday says the nomenclature of the “Detention centre is changed to Transit Camp for detention purpose”.
The...
Kanpur Mob Attack on Muslim Rickshaw Driver Prompts Demand for a Law Against Hate...
NEW DELHI — The horrific video of a Hindutva mob attacking a Muslim man in UP’s Kanpur while his daughter pleads for mercy has sparked...
“People Are Being Forced To Chant Jai Shree Ram For No Reason”
By Godhuli Barat
“Media”—the word sounds amazing, full of a gala life. But the fact is that life in media is difficult and different. Media...
Decoding the Sangh Parivar’s Selective, Biased Reading of Anti-Caste History
By Pallikonda Manikanta
The current social and political scenario in the country is marked by multiple dilemmas. One such dilemma is on the subject of...
Delhi riot-injured forced to recite national anthem: 3 policemen identified
By Mahender Singh Manral
The Delhi Police has identified three of the policemen who allegedly forced five men injured during the Northeast Delhi riots last...
Muslims more likely to be targeted by Delhi Police if facial recognition technology is...
The use of new technology, including facial recognition technology (FRT) by police in India brings with it questions of efficiency, surveillance, and discrimination. Existing...
Indian Christians Discuss Different Reports on Persecution
By SURINDER KAUR
Christians in India are seeking to square conflicting research on communal tensions in their country.
About 100 Christian leaders from across the subcontinent...
