Hindutva in Executive
UP: Govt Funds for Hindu Festivals Is the Latest Attempt by the BJP to Politicise Religion (The Wire)
By Atul Chandra
Lucknow: In what appears to be an undisguised attempt to use the state apparatus to promote Hindutva and mesh it with the state...
Sangh Parivar
Tamil Nadu police invoke Goondas Act against VHP leader Muthuvel (The News Minute)
The Tamil Nadu police on Saturday, March 18, invoked the Goondas Act against Muthuvel, the Ariyalur district secretary of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP),...
Sangh Parivar
Bajrang Dal activists stop party in Shivamogga saying it is against Hindu culture (The Hindu)
Bajrang Dal activists stopped a party organised in a private hotel in Shivamogga on night of March 17. Around 70 participants, a majority of...
Muslims
Bengal: BSF personnel brutally torture Muslim man in custody: Rights activist moves NHRC (Maktoob)
In a recent incident, Johirul Islam, a 30-year-old man, was illegally apprehended from his house by the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel and was...
Hindutva in Executive
NIA charges 68 Muslim activists for ‘conspiracy to establish Islamic rule by 2047’ (Maktoob)
The NIA has charged 68 former leaders of the Popular Front of India in two separate cases in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
The chargesheets, which...
Hindutva in Media
Hindusthan Samachar will be one of ‘multiple sources’ of news for Prasar Bharati, I&B ministry tells Rajya Sabha (News Laundry)
The ministry of information and broadcasting said yesterday that Hindusthan Samachar will not be the “sole source” for Prasar Bharati’s daily news feed; it will be...
Dalit
‘I came here to escape’: Toronto tackles caste-based discrimination in schools (The Guardian)
By Olivia Bowden
When Vijay Puli arrived in Toronto with his wife and baby daughter, he thought they had finally left behind the discrimination, violence and social...
Hindutva in Media
How a shady portal with bogus reporters triggered false news on the BJP (News Laundry)
By Prateek Goyal
Fake news items about a BJP leader’s violent encounter with sex workers have sent the party into a tizzy in Madhya Pradesh....
Sangh Parivar
RSS planning to increase ‘shakhas’ in Vidarbha to 3,000 from 1,800 (Siasat)
Nagpur: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is planning to add more shakhas’ (branches) in the Vidarbha region and increase their number from existing around 1,800...