Police in India charge priest, three others with rape, murder of Dalit girl, 9
By Agence France-Presse
A priest and three other men have been charged with the gang-rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl,
Indian
police said, in a case...
12 Tablighi Jamaat men acquitted of all charges
BAREILLY: Twelve members of the Tablighi Jamaat have now been acquitted of all charges by the chief judicial magistrate of Bareilly.
Fifteen months ago, they...
Witness in 2008 Malegaon Blast Case Turns Hostile
MUMBAI – A witness, who had earlier given a statement to Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) in the 2008 Malegaon blast case has turned hostile,...
After Communal Attack on Mathura Dosa Shop, Muslim Worker Worried About Losing Job
By Ismat Ara
New Delhi: A day after an FIR was registered against “unknown” persons for vandalising a dosa stall in Mathura’s Vikas market on August 18, the...
State is deriving sadistic pleasure by extending custody period, its torture: Ishrat Jahan
Former Congress councillor and human rights defender Ishrat Jahan’s bail application came up for hearing before a Delhi district today, on August 26. She has...
Haryana: Farmers Injured as Police Lathicharge to Disperse Anti-Farm Laws Gathering
New Delhi: Several were injured on Saturday, August 28, as police lathicharged protesters heading towards Karnal to demonstrate at a BJP meeting, against the farm...
Global Spotlight on Harassment of J&K Journalists Grows With UN Experts’ Latest Letter
By Shakir Mir
Srinagar: The UN Special Rapporteur for protection of right to freedom of expression’s “serious concerns” over the reports of arbitrary detentions and intimidation...
Hate Speech: Delhi Court Refuses Bail to Jantar Mantar Event Organiser Preet Singh
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday, August 28, refused bail to Preet Singh, an accused in the anti-Muslim hate speech case.
LiveLaw has reported the court having observed...
#TalibaniMughals: The marvels of Aman Chopra’s bigoted mind
By Diksha Munjal
“Mughals weren’t Muslims. Why do some Indian Muslims glorify the barbaric Mughals? The ancestors of all Indians were Hindus,” Aman Chopra proclaimed...
How Falsified History Is a Ready Tool to Deepen Communal Divide
By N.C. Asthana
A Bollywood lyricist Manoj Muntashir has released a 11-minute long video on YouTube titled Aap Kiske Vanshaj Hain? (‘Whose descendant are you?’).
At the time of writing...
Hindutva activists arrested in Karnataka for stopping, questioning interfaith group
By Prajwal Bhat
In yet another instance of moral policing in Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada district, five men were arrested for stopping and questioning a group...
Karnataka: Minor dalit girl gang-raped in Belagavi district
BELAGAVI: Just a couple of days after Mysuru horror, another shocking incident of rape of a minor Dalit girl by five men has been...
Taliban takeover: Euphoric Indian media intensifies war against Muslim
By Quamar Ashraf
The Taliban takeover in Afghanistan has rejuvenated TV news anchors to continue with their ‘demonise Muslim agenda’ with even more propensity ostensibly...
