hate crime
- India
Allahabad HC judges split over observations on NHRC, Muslim lynchings
Allahabad: In an unusual development, two judges of an Allahabad High Court division bench passed separate interim orders after disagreeing sharply with each other over observations concerning the functioning of human rights commissions…
- India
Supreme Court refuses to legislate on hate speech, tells Parliament to act if it deems fit
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday, April 29, ruled that existing laws are sufficient to deal with hate speech and that no legislative vacuum exists that would warrant judicial intervention, declining…
- India
Muslim bodies slam Uttarakhand madrasa Bill, vow to take fight it in SC
Hyderabad: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and several prominent Muslim organisations on Monday, April 27, issued a joint statement condemning the Uttarakhand government’s proposed legislation that would make it mandatory…
- Mumbai
Esports player asked to vacate Mumbai flat for being Muslim, sparks debate
Mumbai: Mohammed “Owais” Lakhani, one of India’s most decorated mobile esports athletes, has alleged that he and his teammates are being forced to vacate their rented flat in Mumbai after their housing society…
- Delhi
2020 Delhi riots: Court acquits 12 accused of murdering Muslim man, rioting
New Delhi: A Delhi court has acquitted 12 men accused of abducting and murdering a man during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots, saying that the prosecution failed to prove the case beyond…
- India
FIR lodged after mazaar chadar burnt, shrine damaged in UP’s Shahjahanpur
Shahjahanpur: An FIR has been registered against an unidentified person for allegedly burning the ‘chadar’ (sacred cloth) and damaging a portion of a mazaar in the Chinour area here, officials said on…
- World
Video: Sikh man assaulted, told to ‘get out of country’ in Canada
Toronto: An elderly Sikh man has been assaulted by a youth who yelled racist slurs that “get out of my country” in Canada, prompting police to investigate the “hate-motivated assault”, authorities said.…
- India
Assam: 20 ‘illegal immigrants’ pushed back to Bangladesh, says CM
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday, April 26, said 20 foreign nationals were apprehended in the state and pushed back to Bangladesh. “Rude people don’t understand soft language… We…
- India
SC raps UP police for omitting hate crime sections in 2021 case
New Delhi: Why is your investigating officer playing “hide and seek” with this court, the Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 22, asked the Uttar Pradesh government and police while expressing displeasure over…
- India
Namita Thapar hits back at trolls over namaz video, says ‘God is watching’
Namita Thapar, known for her role as a judge on Shark Tank, responded to online abuse and trolling by the Hindu right wing over her viral video on the health benefits of…
- Hyderabad
27 hate crimes in Q1 2026: Telangana’s peace is being engineered away
On a piece of CCTV footage from Banswada, a police officer watched a boy hand a stone to a man and coax him to throw it. When the officer later called the…
- India
Gym trainer attacked in Karnataka, police dismiss claims of ‘love jihad’
Hubballi: A 23-year-old Muslim gym trainer was allegedly assaulted on Friday, April 3, after being taken away by a group following a confrontation linked to his relationship with a girl here, police…
- India
How Hindutva campaign built the case for Maharashtra’s anti-conversion law
The Maharashtra Assembly passed a sweeping anti-conversion law on March 16, criminalising religious conversions deemed to involve a “promise of marriage” and handing police the power to act against interfaith couples on…
- Telangana
Telangana Hate Speech Bill opposed by AIMIM, sent to Select Committee
Hyderabad: The Telangana Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill, 2026, tabled in the Assembly, was strongly opposed by the Opposition, including Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM and Communist Party of India (CPI), questioning…
- India
Factchecker Mohammed Zubair’s Ramnavami posts blocked in India
Alt News co-founder and factchecker Mohammed Zubair, who, days ago, shared a series of posts purportedly showing communal violence in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district during Ramnavami processions, said that X took down…
