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Hyderabad police registers FIR against Raja Singh for conducting rally without permission (The South First)

April 19, 2024

Hindutva mob vandalises Christian school in Telangana, forces principal to say ‘Jai Shri Ram’ (Scroll)

April 18, 2024

Forget jobs, being alive a blessing: Safety concerns override unemployment and price rise for Muslims (Telegraph India)

April 18, 2024

Inside Indian polls: Modi’s lies, fake news and media that does not question (News Laundry)

April 18, 2024

Migrant from Bihar killed in Anantnag terror attack (Indian Express)

April 18, 2024

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

April 18, 2024

VHP demands NIA probe into Ram Navami violence in West Bengal’s Murshidabad (The Print)

April 18, 2024

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April 18, 2024

Hate Songs Against Muslims, Call For Ram Rajya Marked ‘Grandest’ Ram Navami Celebration In...

April 16, 2024

VHP-America Has Deep Ties to Indian Arm, Sends Material Support: Report (The Wire)

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

April 12, 2024

Jai Shri Ram slogans shouted at Haji Malang Dargah

March 3, 2024

Bajrang Dal members took out a rally playing inflammatory songs advocating violence against Muslims

February 22, 2024

Miscreants vandalize a shop selling fish on Ram temple consecration ceremony day

February 22, 2024

Christian community protest thrashing of pastor by Bajrang Dal goons in Durg

February 13, 2024

Bajrang Dal members disrupt a gathering organized by a pastor in the park over alleged religious conversions

February 12, 2024

Police fired at alleged “cattle smuggler” in Ghaziabad

February 12, 2024

BJP leader Raghvendra Pratap Singh calls for converting 32000 mosques in Hindu temples

February 12, 2024

2024 Election Watch

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Forget jobs, being alive a blessing: Safety concerns override unemployment and price rise for Muslims (Telegraph India)

2024 Election Watch

Inside Indian polls: Modi’s lies, fake news and media that does not question (News Laundry)

2024 Election Watch

‘Arrow towards mosque’ gesture lands BJP’s Hyderabad candidate and Owaisi challenger in hot water (Indian Express)

2024 Election Watch

Assam: BJP MLA allegedly threatens voters to vote for the party or else face wrath of bulldozer. Watch viral video (India Today NE)

2024 Election Watch

BJP persecuting Muslims, SP not doing justice either: Mayawati (Indian Express)

2024 Election Watch

Divided INDIA Bloc Could Help BJP in India’s Jammu & Kashmir (The Diplomat)

2024 Election Watch

From IT bots to AI deepfakes: The evolution of election-related misinformation in India (The Hindu)

2024 Election Watch

Lok Sabha elections 2024 | 1 in 7 candidates in second phase have serious criminal cases, 1 in 3 are crorepatis (Deccan Herald)

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Muslims

Muslims

By quashing the FIR against an interfaith couple accused of “conversion”, the Allahabad High Court restores jurisprudence on a constitutional path, upholds freedom of...

April 16, 2024

Gujarat: Even 2 Months After 30 Muslim Sports Coaches Were Fired, Termination Reason Remains Unknown (The Wire)

UP: Muslim trader assaulted in train, stripped, and beard shaved (Maktoob Media)

Christians

Christians

Hindutva mob vandalises Christian school in Telangana, forces principal to say ‘Jai Shri Ram’ (Scroll)

April 18, 2024

Catholic school vandalized, priest assaulted in Telangana (Matters India)

Manipur’s BJP CM inflamed conflict: Assam Rifles report on India violence (Al Jazeera)

Dalits/Tribals

Dalits/Tribals

Dalit man dies in Rajkot, family alleges torture by police (Indian Express)

April 17, 2024

YSR Congress Party leader gets 18 months in jail for assaulting, humiliating Dalit youths 27 years ago (Indian Express)

Five Years After Saharanpur Violence, Ambedkar’s Statue Awaits Light of Day (Outlook India)

Institutionalising Hindutva

Hindutva in Legislative

Centre to separately record parents’ religion during registration of childbirth (The Hindu)

April 5, 2024

Hindutva in Executive

‘It Is Only Because Of God’s Mercy That I Could Come Out [Of Jail]. This Is Injustice & An Atrocity’ (Article 14)

April 3, 2024

Allahabad HC Expunges Bareilly Judge’s Remarks Hailing Adityanath, Blaming Muslims for Riots (The Wire)

March 20, 2024

Hindutva in media

On Facebook, dubious networks spend crores to fuel BJP bias (News Laundry)

April 15, 2024

Hindutva in Education

Students Body Protests at DU’s Kirori Mal College Against RSS Event on Campus (News 18)

April 10, 2024

Hindutva Abroad

VHP-America Has Deep Ties to Indian Arm, Sends Material Support: Report (The Wire)

April 16, 2024

Kashmir

Kashmir

Migrant from Bihar killed in Anantnag terror attack (Indian Express)

Kashmir

Woman, Her Twin Sons Among 6 Drown, 3 Missing As Boat Capsizes In Srinagar (Kashmir Reader)

Kashmir

In Jammu, Amit Shah Blames NC, PDP for Kashmir Fake Encounters, Deaths In Custody (Kashmir Life)

Kashmir

J&K: Lal Singh’s Last-Minute Entry Into the Fray Means a Tough Battle in Udhampur (The Wire)

Kashmir

Srinagar Boat Crash That Killed At Least 4 Children Stirs Anger Over Incomplete Bridge (The Wire)

REPORTS

Slandere, Lies, and Incitement: India’s Million Dollar Election Meme Network

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Cut from the Same Cloth: The VHP-A’s Ties to its Indian Counterpart

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A White Paper on the oppression faced by Muslims in India (Muslim Mirror)

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Lynchings

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

April 18, 2024

The victim was identified as Dharam Singh Dhurve, who was beaten by several youths throughout the night for allegedly molesting a woman. It is...

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

April 16, 2024

Meghalaya: 52-year-old labourer lynched to death at Mawlai (Assam Tribune)

April 11, 2024

J’khand Governor sends Bill on lynching to Prez (Hindustan Times)

April 11, 2024

Man killed, murderer lynched in S’garh (Times of India)

April 8, 2024

Journalists

2024 Election Watch

In Modi’s India, opponents and journalists feel the squeeze ahead of election (ABC News)

April 15, 2024

RSF Urges Indian Political Parties To Commit To Press Freedom, Suggests 10 Concrete Steps (The Wire)

Govt asks YouTube to remove journalist-turned-politician’s news channel, cites IT Rules (News Laundry)

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Hyderabad police registers FIR against Raja Singh for conducting rally without permission (The South First)

Hate Songs Against Muslims, Call For Ram Rajya Marked ‘Grandest’ Ram Navami Celebration In Hyderabad (The Wire)

‘Arrow towards mosque’ gesture lands BJP’s Hyderabad candidate and Owaisi challenger in hot water (Indian Express)

VHP, Bajrang Dal activists stop Ram Navami rally outside mosque, play loud music in UP (VarthaBharati)

Assam: BJP MLA allegedly threatens voters to vote for the party or else face wrath of bulldozer. Watch viral video (India Today NE)

Narendra Modi and the Question of Invoking Religion in Poll Speeches (The Wire)

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Civil Society

April 16, 2024

Foreign entities funding NGOs to stall public projects: I-T Dept to SC (Indian Express)

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

Death By Detail: How The Govt Has Used Penalties In Law...

March 31, 2024

Gujarat: Former IPS Sanjiv Bhatt Convicted By Palanpur Sessions Court In...

March 28, 2024

Court can’t be prosecution’s stenographer: Umar Khalid’s counsel seeking bail for...

March 22, 2024

Sangh Parivar

Sangh Parivar

Late Mukhtar Ansari’s Close Aide Zakir Hussain Alias ‘Vicky’ Joins RSS Linked Muslim Rashtriya Manch (ETV Bharat)

Zakir Hussain alias 'Vicky', a close aide of deceased mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari has joined the Muslim Rashtriya Manch, an affiliate organisation of the Rashtriya...

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Sangh Parivar

Bengal On Edge Over Hindu Jagran Manch’s Plan To Hold 5,000 Rallies On Ram Navami (ETV Bharat)

Hindu Jagran Manch, a Hindutva organisation which subscribes to the same ideology as Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), has also taken out processions in Barasat,...

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Sangh Parivar

With No History of Ram Navami Celebration, Chhattisgarh’s Bastar Turns Saffron Ahead of Polls (The Wire)

Ram Navami was never observed so boisterously in Bastar. But according to a senior tribal activist, the festival has turned into a display of...

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