Explainer: How the Sedition Law Has Been Used in the Modi Era
By Abhishek Hari / The Wire
New Delhi: The law of sedition was created by the British government as a tool to deal with any harsh...
‘Perpetual Violence’: India’s Dangerous New Pattern of Communal Tensions
By Hari Kumar, Mujib Mashal and Suhasini Raj / NY Times
KHARGONE, India — The authorities sent bulldozers to the small city in central India within 24 hours of...
“Muslims Are Cancer”: Witnessing A Hindu Rashtra Convention In Bengaluru
By Nivedita Niranjan kumar / Boom Live
Bengaluru: A 35-year-old man asks a gathering, "Are there legal grounds under which I can refuse to rent...
Land On Which Taj Mahal Built Belonged To Jaipur Ruler, Says BJP MP
Jaipur: The land on which the Taj Mahal was built originally belonged to Jaipur's ruler Jai Singh and it was acquired by Mughal emperor...
Karnataka: Tense situation after saffron flag hoisted atop mosque
Belagavi: Tense situation prevailed after some unidentified people hoisted a saffron flag on a mosque in a village in Karnataka’s Belagavi district on Wednesday.
According to...
Fact-finding team flags lapses in probe into killing of Dalit youths in Tumakuru
A fact-finding report on the killings of two Dalit youths in Peedanahalli, Tumakuru district, on April 21, states that the two youths were lynched...
The hidden mental health cost of Islamophobia
For Muslims all over the world, Ramadan is a month of peace, spiritual reflection, and hope. For Muslims in India, it has been anything...
Mob lynching in Indian state worries Catholic activists
Concern is growing among Catholic activists in India over repeated incidents of mob lynching in the eastern state of Jharkhand, which has a sizable...
Elections Won or Lost, BJP Is Succeeding in Realising its Hindutva Dreams
By Avay Shukla / The Wire
Last week I received a draft petition to the Election Commission of India (ECI) from a well-known writer and...
Dalit woman sexually assaulted
By HASSAN / The Hindu
Incident occurred at Araga village
A group of four people allegedly sexually assaulted a Dalit woman at Araga village in Tirthahalli...
ABVP Storms Lucknow University, Threatens Professor for Allegedly ‘Disrespecting Hindu Deities’
New Delhi: Members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), stormed the Lucknow University campus on...
How Modi govt has turned India virtually unlivable for common man in just eight...
By Bharat Dogra / National Herald India
There is increasing worry that in some areas of critical importance, the situation in India has been deteriorating...
Muslims Move Gujarat High Court Demanding Fair Probe Into Khambhat Riots
By Damayantee Dhar / News Click
Muslim residents of Khambhat in Gujarat's Anand district have filed a petition in the High Court stating that they...
