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India’s top court grants bail to opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal (Al Jazeera)

May 10, 2024

ICJ Appeals to India to ‘Immediately Halt Forced Returns’ of Myanmar Refugees (The Wire)

May 10, 2024

The Controversy Over a New Population Study From India (Time)

May 10, 2024

Communal, misogynistic, patriarchal: The triple problematic politics of Madhavi Latha (The News Minute)

May 10, 2024

Why Kashmir has not seen an election boycott this time (The Hindu)

May 10, 2024

Dabholkar murder: 2 get life in prison, alleged mastermind among 3 acquitted (Indian Express)

May 10, 2024

How Hindutva became popular among India’s diaspora (Eastern Eye)

May 10, 2024

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May 9, 2024

In Sambhal, Muslims allege UP police stormed booths, snatched IDs and beat up voters...

May 9, 2024

Gujarat Man Goes Live from Polling Booth, Arrested for Alleged Bogus Voting (The Wire)

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Vishwa Hindu Parishad members disrupt an event organized by members of Christian community

April 12, 2024

Vishwa Hindu Parishad distributes sharp tridents among hundreds of Hindu youths

April 11, 2024

BJP councillor Ravinder Singh Negi asks for closure of meat shops during Navratri

April 9, 2024

Rashtriya Bajrang Dal members forcibly shutdown meat shops

April 9, 2024

BJP youth wing leader Vedika Vyas played hateful songs targeting Muslims at an event celebrating Hindu New year

April 9, 2024

Hindu far-right miscreants allegedly assaulted a Muslim student because of his religious identity

April 9, 2024

Police fired at two alleged “cattle smugglers” in Kushinagar

April 8, 2024

Residents demand construction of a wall separating them from a Muslim locality

April 8, 2024

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2024 Election Watch

India’s top court grants bail to opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal (Al Jazeera)

2024 Election Watch

The Controversy Over a New Population Study From India (Time)

2024 Election Watch

Communal, misogynistic, patriarchal: The triple problematic politics of Madhavi Latha (The News Minute)

2024 Election Watch

PM Modi accuses Congress of conspiring to erase Hindu faith (The Hindu)

2024 Election Watch

BJP’s Navneet Rana, whose ‘give us 15 seconds’ remark sparked row, booked; CM asks Modi: ‘Do you support this?’ (Indian Express)

2024 Election Watch

More hate, more votes? Maharashtra’s voters on how they’re impacted by hate speech (News Laundry)

2024 Election Watch

In Sambhal, Muslims allege UP police stormed booths, snatched IDs and beat up voters on polling day (Scroll)

2024 Election Watch

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks ECI Action Against Alleged Hate Speeches Of PM Modi, Anurag Thakur & BJP (Live Law)

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Muslims

2024 Election Watch

In Sambhal, Muslims allege UP police stormed booths, snatched IDs and beat up voters on polling day (Scroll)

May 9, 2024

Findings of EAC-PM working paper being misreported, says Population Foundation of India (The Hindu)

Police accused of voter suppression in an Uttar Pradesh constituency (Caravan Magazine)

Christians

Christians

High Court Rules in Favor of Christian Burial Rights in India (Persecution)

May 9, 2024

Christian persecution escalating all over India as elections continue (Open Doors UK)

Gujarat : VHP Alleges Forced Conversions In Gandhinagar, Police Find No Evidence (The Blunt Times)

Dalits/Tribals

Dalits/Tribals

Dalit activists, brother of Rohith Vemula speak up against Amit Shah (Telegraph India)

May 8, 2024

Minor Dalit girl, out to defecate, set on fire in UP village (India Today)

Telangana Police to reopen investigation into Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula’s suicide case (Scroll)

Institutionalising Hindutva

Hindutva in Legislative

WhatsApp, Meta move Delhi High Court against India’s IT rules (The Hindu)

April 26, 2024

Hindutva in Executive

Police accused of voter suppression in an Uttar Pradesh constituency (Caravan Magazine)

May 8, 2024

Aakar Patel | Apex court rulings on Hindutva give BJP, RSS room to further agenda (Asian Age)

April 30, 2024

Hindutva in media

X’s fact checking feature falters in India during polls, amid automation and polarisation (The Hindu)

May 9, 2024

Hindutva in Education

Mumbai principal sacked after being targeted by Hindutva website; says she is mulling legal action (Scroll)

May 7, 2024

Hindutva Abroad

How Hindutva became popular among India’s diaspora (Eastern Eye)

May 10, 2024

Kashmir

Kashmir

Why Kashmir has not seen an election boycott this time (The Hindu)

Kashmir

EC Under Spotlight in J&K Again as National Conference Says Police Unfairly Cancelled Rallies (The Wire)

Kashmir

Centre jailed, slapped UAPA on locals for Kashmir peace narrative: Mehbooba Mufti (The Hindu)

2024 Election Watch

Controversy erupts in J&K as police orders rescheduling of political activities in Sopore (The Hindu)

2024 Election Watch

PDP’s Waheed Parra Served Notice Over Referendum Remark (Kashmir Observer)

REPORTS

PM Modi’s claim of dramatically enhancing India’s global standing a ‘mirage’, says report (Scroll)

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USCIRF Report on India- 2024

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US State Department: India 2023 Human Rights Report

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Lynchings

Mentally unstable man lynched after killing two in Aligarh (New Indian...

May 9, 2024

A mentally unstable man allegedly clubbed two men in their 50s to death after which he was lynched by a violent crowd. By Namita Bajpai LUCKNOW:...

Punjab: Mentally-challenged youth desecrates Guru Granth Sahib, lynched (Siasat)

May 5, 2024

Meghalaya: Two lynched to death over alleged rape attempt (India Today NE)

May 4, 2024

Chhattsigarh: 10 Including Woman Arrested For Lynching Man (ETV Bharat)

April 18, 2024

Why be selective in citing mob lynching incidents, SC asks NGO petitioner (Deccan Herald)

April 16, 2024

Journalists

Journalists

The Chilling of the Fourth Estate After 10 Years of Modi (Foreign Policy)

May 7, 2024

India press freedom score falls, says Reporters sans Frontieres (The Hindu)

Journalism in India is under assault (Washington Post)

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Communal, misogynistic, patriarchal: The triple problematic politics of Madhavi Latha (The News Minute)

Hate speech: Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar says ‘Muslims outgrowing other communities’, ‘altering demography’ (Maktoob Media)

BJP’s Navneet Rana, whose ‘give us 15 seconds’ remark sparked row, booked; CM asks Modi: ‘Do you support this?’ (Indian Express)

More hate, more votes? Maharashtra’s voters on how they’re impacted by hate speech (News Laundry)

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks ECI Action Against Alleged Hate Speeches Of PM Modi, Anurag Thakur & BJP (Live Law)

Giriraj blames Congress’ appeasement politics for rise in Muslim population (Times of India)

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Civil Society

May 10, 2024

Dabholkar murder: 2 get life in prison, alleged mastermind among 3 acquitted (Indian Express)

Govt cancels more FCRA licences of NGOs over ‘violations’, second time...

April 30, 2024

Setback for BJP as foreign parliamentarians demand action on human rights...

April 22, 2024

Foreign entities funding NGOs to stall public projects: I-T Dept to...

April 16, 2024

Supreme Court Grants Bail To Shoma Sen In Bhima Koregaon Case...

April 5, 2024

FCRA registration of five NGOs cancelled by MHA for ‘violation’ of...

April 3, 2024

Sangh Parivar

Civil Society

Dabholkar murder: 2 get life in prison, alleged mastermind among 3 acquitted (Indian Express)

Rationalist, anti-superstition crusader and founder of Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti (MANS), Dr Dabholkar, was shot dead by two bike-borne assailants on the VR Shinde...

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Sangh Parivar

Ex-RSS ‘Pracharak’ Accuses BJP Of Pressuring Withdrawal From Indore LS Race, Party Dismisses ‘Fictional’ Claim (ABP Live)

Former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) 'pracharak' Abhay Jain claimed that four BJP leaders had visited him late on April 27 at his home to...

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Sangh Parivar

Hemant Karkare Killed By RSS-Linked Cop, Not Ajmal Kasab: Maha Congress Leader’s Explosive Claim (India)

Maharashtra Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar claimed that the bullet which killed Hemant Karkare was fired from the gun of a Mumbai police officer affiliated...

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