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After Babri Masjid, India’s far-right seeks to raze several other mosques

By SUVOJIT BAGCHI Indian Muslims worry that several mosques will meet the fate of Babri Masjid, which was first demolished by Hindu mobs in 1992...

How to chargesheet a dead man in his own murder case

New Delhi: Money was tight, his third child born a couple of months ago, Babbu Mohammed, 34, left his home in Khajuri Khas' Shree...

Why should UP vote Adityanath?

By Ajaz Ashraf It is inelegant to begin an article with a question. But the only way to fathom Uttar Pradesh’s psyche is to ask:...

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...

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