Hate Crime

Salon owner assaulted for not writing his name on signboard in UP

A Muslim salon owner in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad was allegedly assaulted outside his shop following provocations from members of the Hindu Raksha Dal over not having his name on the business’ signboard.…
A damaged temple flexi, graves smashed: What unfolded at Puranapul Darwaza

Hyderabad: A communal clash jolted the city’s Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb on Wednesday night, January 14, after a tattered flexi board and a damaged deity idol were allegedly found inside the Mysamma Temple at…

Children of non-believers of Vedas will end up as Naved-Javed: Baba Bageshwar

The head priest of Bageshwar Dham, Dhirendra Krishna Shastri, has yet again made a controversial statement, saying that if people stop believing in the Vedas, their children will end up becoming “Naved,…
UP: Right-wing body disrupts interfaith couple’s valima, event cancelled

Shahjahanpur: A valima (wedding reception) of an interfaith couple was called off in Uttar Pradesh‘s Shahjahanpur after members of the Hindu Jagran Manch, a Hindutva organisation, raised strong objections. According to reports,…
Assam student ‘racially’ assaulted at tribal university in MP, 5 suspended

Amarkanta: An Assamese student was allegedly brutally assaulted by a group of four to five students of Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (IGNTU) in Madhya Pradesh’s Amarkantak near his dorm room late…
Hate speech against religious minorities up 13 pc in India: Report

In 2025, hate speech against religious minorities, mainly Muslims and Christians, rose by 13 per cent from 2024 and by 97 per cent from 2023, with a majority of the incidents occurring…
Mumbai local polls: Candidate gets legal notice for Palestine bag

Revolutionary Workers Party of India (RWI) candidate Pradnya Prabhulkar was served a legal notice by the Maharashtra Police after one of her supporters was seen carrying a bag with artwork of a…

Mangaluru: Man assaulted on suspicion of being Bangladeshi migrant

Mangaluru: A case has been registered against four men for allegedly assaulting a migrant labourer from Jharkhand, suspecting him of being a Bangladeshi national illegally staying here, police said on Monday, January…
UP Dalit woman murder, daughter kidnap case: Accused sent to judicial custody

Meerut: A local court on Sunday, January 11, sent the main accused in the murder of a Dalit woman and the abduction of her daughter to 14 days of judicial custody in…
UP: Bulldozers raze down mazar built on illegally-occupied govt land

Deoria: Following orders from a local court, the district administration in Uttar Pradesh’s Deoria on Sunday, January 11, demolished an illegally-constructed ‘mazar’ (shrine) using bulldozers, officials said. The structure, known as Hazrat…
Tripura: Communal violence erupts over temple subscription, mosque damaged

Prohibitory orders were imposed in Kumarghat subdivision in Tripura’s Unakoti district on Saturday, January 10, after clashes broke out between two groups over subscription for a local temple, leaving at least five…
Man lynched for ‘cattle theft’ in Jharkhand, family claims religious hatred

Godda: A 45-year-old Muslim man was brutally beaten to death on Wednesday, January 8, after a mob accused him of stealing cattle in Jharkhand’s Godda district, near the state’s border with Bihar.…
2-yr-old among 14 Bengali-speaking people pushed into Bangladesh

The Border Security Force (BSF) pushed back 14 Bengali-speaking Muslims from Odisha into neighbouring Bangladesh after they were allegedly labelled Bangladeshi nationals. The group, including four children, five men, and five women,…
UP: 19-year-old Farhad Ali set ablaze in a ‘prank,’ Two arrested

Moradabad: A 19-year-old Muslim student of Hindu College in Uttar Pradesh‘s Moradabad was severely injured after his classmates allegedly tried setting him on fire in a ‘prank’ outside the campus on Thursday,…
Tensions in Meerut after Dalit woman murdered, daughter abducted

Meerut: Protests erupted in Kapsad village in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut on Friday, January 9, following the murder of a Dalit woman and the alleged abduction of her daughter by a 22-year-old man.…