Hate Crime
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West Bengal: Student thrashed on train, called ‘Bangladeshi’ by Hindutva mob
In yet another incidence of growing intolerance towards minorities in India, a 27-year-old Muslim student Rezaul Islam Mondal was brutally assaulted and humiliated allegedly by a Hindutva extremist group on a Sealdah-bound…
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Video: Interfaith couple attacked by Hindutva mob at Bhopal Court
A young interfaith couple was violently attacked by members of the extreme Hindu right wing at the Bhopal district court on Friday afternoon, February 7, where they had gone to legally register…
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Former Miss India delivers hate speech at Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj
In yet another instance of hate speech in the country, former Miss India Ishika Taneja sparked a huge controversy after delivering a deeply inflammatory and provocative speech that explicitly targeted the Indian…
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Leaked UK report exposes ‘Hindutva extremism’ linked to 2022 Leicester riots
A leaked UK Home Office report declared Hindu nationalist extremism as a major contributor to the 2022 Leicester riots which serves as the initial acknowledgement of this Hindu-based ideology as a security…
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2020 Delhi riots: Court orders FIR against SHO, labels torture as hate crime
In a significant development, a Delhi court on Friday, January 31 ordered to file an FIR against a station house officer (SHO) of Jyoti Nagar police station in connection with the 2020…
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Dalit woman dragged from Collector’s office in MP, sparks outrage
A woman reportedly belonging to a Dalit community was dragged out of the Collector’s office in Madhya Pradesh’s Singrauli district. The incident occurred during a public hearing at the Collectorate on Wednesday,…
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Maha minister Nitesh Rane demands ban on burqa at Std 10th, 12th exams
Maharashtra minister and BJP leader Nitesh Rane on Wednesday, January 29 sought a ban on wearing the burqa during the next month’s Std 10th and 12th examinations of the state board, raising…
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Poet Allama Iqbal’s mural defaced by right-wingers in Jaipur
Right-wing workers defaced a mural of poet-philosopher Mohammed Iqbal, popularly also known as Allama Iqbal, in Jaipur. They accused the poet as the “architect of India’s partition.” The right-wing workers threw black…
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Infosys co-founder, 17 others booked for caste discrimination against Dalit professor
Eighteen people including Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan have been booked for caste discrimination by a former Dalit assistant professor who worked at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru. D Sanna…
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India’s first anti-conversion law conviction gets Kerala couple 5 years jail
New Delhi: A court in Uttar Pradesh sentenced a Christian couple to five years in jail under the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, marking the first conviction under…
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Bihar: Minor Madrasa boys forced to ‘Jai Shri Ram’, probe launched
A group of minor madrasa students were harassed and forced to chant “Jai Shri Ram”, a religious slogan turned communal, in Bihar‘s Barahat, by assailants who are yet to be identified. A…
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Video: Bajrang Dal goons thrash minor, forced him to chant ‘Jai Sri Ram’ in Assam
A 15-year-old Muslim boy was allegedly beaten by members of a right-wing organisation in Assam on Monday, January 20. The victim has been accused of rubbing off a ‘Jai Sri Ram’ graffiti…
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UP: Two men tied upside down, beaten for attempted robbery; 1 dead
A 27-year-old man died after he and one more from the minority community were brutally beaten up by villagers of Gagalhedi in Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh on accusation of attempted robbery. The…
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UP: 4 arrested in Bareilly for offering Friday prayers
Four people were arrested in Jam Samant village of Baheri, Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, January 18, for offering Friday prayers in a makeshift mosque. The police action was taken after drone footage…
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Maha: Tribal woman forced to drink urine over black magic suspicion
A 77-year-old tribal woman was allegedly attacked and humiliated by her neighbours following accusations of practising black magic in Retyakheda village of Amravati district in Maharashtra. The incident occurred on December 30…
