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Christian pastor falsely accused of religious conversions
A Christian pastor who has adopted five poor kids was falsely accused of converting them. The local police are currently investigating the allegations.
Hindutva
How BJP leaders and Hindutva groups drove an FIR against multifaith prayers in a Kanpur school
By Aishwarya Iyer / Scroll
Ravi Rajput is dismayed. The 35-year-old salesperson’s son attends the Florets International School in Kanpur. On August 2, Rajput had...
Hindutva in Education
Police Book Kanpur School for Multi-faith Worship, FIR Says Islamic Prayer is ‘Shiksha Jihad’
By Sumedha Pal / The Wire
New Delhi: Directors of the Florets International school in Kanpur have been booked by the Uttar Pradesh Police under Sections...
Hindutva in Executive
UP: Finding No Evidence, Police Set to Release 6 Persons Arrested ‘in Haste’ After Kanpur Violence
By Abdul Alim Jafri / News Click
Lucknow: The Kanpur Police's act of “hasty and indiscriminate arrest” after registration of an FIR for violence during a...
Muslims
Kanpur protest against Nupur Sharma: NSA, Gangster’s Act against 5 Muslims
Draconian National Security Act (NSA) and the Gangsters Act were invoked on Thursday against five Muslim men in the case of the June 3...
Anti Muslim Pogroms
After Kanpur Violence, Lives Of Poor Muslims Upended, No Justice In Sight
By ALIZA NOOR & NIKITA JAIN / Article-14
Kanpur: Sitting with puffy eyes in her one-room house with an attached kitchen in Heeraman ka Purwa, a...
Anti Muslim Pogroms
Former SC, HC Judges, Lawyers Issue ‘Urgent Appeal to SC to Take Note of UP State Repression’
New Delhi: A section of former Supreme Court and high court judges along with senior advocates have issued an urgent appeal to the Supreme Court...
Anti Muslim Pogroms
Kanpur Violence: FIR Reveals ‘Retaliatory’ Stone-Pelting, Fire-Cracker Hurling, Yet ‘One-Sided’ Action so Far
By Tarique Anwar / News Click
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh)/New Delhi: Protests to press forth the demand for legal action against two ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...
Anti Muslim Pogroms
Prophet Row: Bulldozers Raze Buildings of Violence Accused in Kanpur, Saharanpur
Buildings were demolished in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur and Saharanpur after violence erupted during protests held over BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma's remarks against Prophet Muhammed...