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Kashmir: Sajad Gul Arrested for Tweeting Video of Protest; Media Groups Point to Continuing...

By Kaisar Andrabi Srinagar: On January 5, 26-year-old Sajad Gul, a trainee reporter with a local magazine Kashmiri portal The Kashmir Walla and student, was in Srinagar when...

Genocide as Pop Culture: Inside the Hindutva World of ‘Trads’ and ‘Raitas’

By Alishan Jafri and Naomi Barton New Delhi: On January 4, the Mumbai police booked the alleged perpetrators of the ‘Bulli Bai’ app. The two persons...

To Counter BJP’s Politicised History, India Must Promote Historical Multiculturalism

By Sarim Naved The proponents of the Hindutva project having failed abjectly at administration and economics have only one crutch left: of a misremembered and...

Bajrang Dal activists held for ‘hate posters’ on Ganga ghats

VARANASI:  Two Bajrang Dal leaders were arrested by the Varanasi police for displaying posters with a message that “Only Hindus should visit ghats along...

First arrest in Sulli Deals case: 25-year-old Aumkareshwar Thakur

Delhi Police Sunday arrested a Madhya Pradesh man Aumkareshwar Thakur who is the alleged creator of the application ‘Sulli Deals‘ – a GitHub App...

“1984 would be dwarfed in memory,” BJP genocidal calls on Sikhs

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s convoy got stuck on a flyover for 15 minutes during his visit to Punjab, BJP has accused the peaceful...

UP: Dalit Women Allege Attack By Upper-Caste Goons

By Masihuzzama Ansari Kushinagar (UP)–A Dalit family in the Kushinagar district located in northeastern Uttar Pradesh was attacked by goons and anti-social elements of the...

Readers’ comments: Kalicharan did more than just criticise Gandhi – he was glorifying violence

This is a very well-written and thought-provoking article (By arresting Kalicharan for ‘insulting Gandhi’, we encourage the uncritical veneration of our icons). Is it...

Kashmiri journalist Sajad Gul charged with criminal conspiracy, press body condemns arrest

Kashmiri journalist Sajad Gul has been arrested and booked under criminal conspiracy and other charges days after he posted a video of a family shouting anti-India...

A Media that Publishes Islamophobic Government Advertising is Thriving on Blood Money

By Apoorvanand Last week, a front page advertisement by the Uttar Pradesh government in a newspaper I subscribe to made me squirm. It had two...

‘Bulli Bai’, ‘Sulli Deals’ show we made our youth monsters: Swara Bhasker

By Swara Bhasker  For many Indians, especially Muslims, the New Year began on a bitter note with the discovery that an app called Bulli Bai...

Bulli Bai app and the descent of India’s educated youth into using tech for...

By BISMEE TASKIN Vishal Jha, Shweta Singh, Mayank Rawal, and Niraj Bishnoi — all between 18 and 21 years old — have been arrested for creating...

‘Prevent dehumanization of minorities’: 77 women lawyers write to CJI over Bulli Bai App

Signed by 77 women lawyers, a letter petition has been sent to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana, to take cognizance of...

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