Violence
2008 Malegaon blast trial: NIA witness on Thakur, Purohit’s Hindutva lectures declared hostile (The Free Press Journal)
By Bhavna Uchil
Mumbai: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday declared as hostile a witness in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. The witness had...
Tripura: Seven Opp parties hold massive rally against poll violence by BJP ( Maktoob Media )
Under the banner of “Secular Democratic Forces”, seven Opposition parties held a huge rally in Agartala against poll violence unleashed by BJP on Saturday.
The...
Decade on, nine workers of Hindutva outfit get life term for ‘killing’ Congress worker ( Indian Express )
A Pune court on Thursday sentenced nine men to life imprisonment for allegedly killing a Congress party worker in Hadapsar’s Gondhale Nagar in 2013,...
Church Vandalisation: Who’s BJP District President Held By Chhattisgarh Police? ( The Quint )
A day after an anti-Christian rally led to violence in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district, including vandalisation of a church, the state police arrested five people, including Bharatiya...
Chhattisgarh: BJP District President Among Five Held For Attack On Church In Narayanpur ( Outlook India )
Five persons including a local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the attacks against Christian Adivasis in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur,...
Bombay HC Rejects Lt Col Purohit’s Plea for Discharge From Malegaon Blast Case ( The Wire )
New Delhi: The Bombay high court on Monday rejected an appeal filed by Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit seeking discharge in the 2008 Malegaon blast...
Vigilante violence on streets of Mangalore (Telegraph India )
Mangalore city has witnessed two attacks by suspected Bajrang Dal men on Muslim youths for allegedly romancing Hindu women, at a time when a...
Over 2,900 communal violence cases registered in India in last 5 years: Data ( Maktoob Media )
Over 2,900 cases of communal or religious rioting were registered in India between 2017 and 2021, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai...
Policing, militancy, growing Hindutva violence; Why is anti-civilian violence rising in India? ( Maktoob Media )
The German military theorist Carl Von Clausewitz said “War is nothing but the continuation of policy by other means” in his famous work “On...