From outsiders to termites and infiltrators: How ‘Bangladeshi’ came to signify hate and difference
By Suraj Gogoi / Scroll
In colonial Assam, Census officials encountered several enumerators marking anyone not from Assam as “bongāl”. Bongāl was used as a...
Christian shrines attacked in India, Myanmar
This week we start with a few attacks on Marian shrines. First to southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh where statues of Mother Mary,...
Umar Khalid defends use of word ‘revolution’ in 2020 speech
It cannot be construed as call to violence, he tells Delhi High Court
Former JNU student Umar Khalid, seeking bail in connection with the 2020...
India: Varanasi Gyanvapi mosque row exposes religious tensions
By Srinivas Mazumdaru / DW
Three decades after Hindu mobs demolished a historic mosque in Ayodhya in northern Uttar Pradesh state, triggering a wave of...
Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese pictured wearing scarves bearing symbol used by Hindu ultra-nationalist...
By Meghna Bali and Ariel Bogle / ABC
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese have been photographed wearing saffron scarves bearing the symbol used by a...
Assam Police Arrest Headmistress For ‘Carrying Beef to School Lunch’
New Delhi: Assam police has arrested the headmistress of an Goalpara school over allegations that she had carried beef into the school for lunch.
Beef is...
UP Court Allows Lawsuit Asking for Removal of Shahi Idgah Mosque in Mathura
New Delhi: A court in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, May 19, allowed a plea for the removal of Shahi Idgah mosque at Mathura based...
Hyderabad: BJP protests demanding removal of Urdu option in TSPSC exams
By Shreya Srikonda / Siasat
Hyderabad: Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of the BJP on Thursday staged a protest demanding the immediate removal...
ASI closes Aurangzeb’s tomb in Aurangabad after MNS threats
By Rabia Shireen / The Hindustan Gazette
After the massive controversy that was sparked off following AIMIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi’s visit to Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb’s...
Will behead Muslims who pray in Gyanvapi mosque: Bajrang Dal worker
A Bajrang Dal worker has threatened to kill Muslims who offer prayers at the Gyanvapi masjid. In a video that has been circulating on...
Karnataka: Cop who issued notice against weapons camp gets transferred
By Shreya Srikonda / Siasat
The police inspector who registered a case and issued a notice to the organisers of ‘Shourya Prashikshana Varga’ was transferred....
Gyanvapi Mosque & Similar Litigation Illegal Under A 31-Year-Old Law, Yet Courts Keep Hearing...
By AREEB UDDIN AHMED / Article14
Lucknow: After the Babri Masjid judgment in 2019, there have been five instances where the origin of places of worship, mosques in...
‘We Begged Them to Spare Our Shops’
By Haziq Qadri / Foreign Policy
NEW DELHI—On April 20, Rahima Bibi stood helpless under the blazing sun as a bulldozer tore through her small tea...
