Hindutva
- Telangana
Fact-finding report blames Hindutva forces for Chengicherla violence
Hyderabad: A fact-finding report published by the Human Rights Forum (HRF) blamed Hindutva forces led by activists of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) for the communal violence that occurred in Pittalabasthi, Chengicherla…
- Mumbai
Amravati nominee Navneet Rana emerges as strong Hindutva advocate in Maha
Mumbai: Despite strong reservations of the Shiv Sena, the BJP has fielded actor-turned-politician Navneet Rana from the Amravati (SC) seat for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Rana had won the 2019 Lok…
- World
Civil society groups pledge to counter ‘growing Hindu supremacy’ in US
Over 100 civil society groups have signed a declaration expressing concern about the “alarming rise of Hindu supremacy”, also known as Hindutva or Hindu nationalism, in the United States. The declaration, released…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Why ‘firebrand’ Hindutva leader Eshwarappa is contesting against BJP
Bengaluru: The decision of senior BJP leader and former deputy Karnataka chief Minister K.S. Eshwarappa to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as an Independent candidate has surprised everyone. Eshwarappa, a prominent…
- India
Modi’s tryst with Bollywood: The rise of right-wing narrative films
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Gudur Narayan Reddy’s movie ‘Razakar: Silent Genocide of Hyderabad’, based on the annexation of Hyderabad to India in 1948, is slated for release on March 1. So is…
- News
How Telegram serves as brewery for anti-Muslim hate propaganda
Social media platform Telegram is fast becoming the brewing ground for Hindutva propaganda in the form of memes, images, and fake news. An article by The Wire discusses how Telegram has been…
- India
Karnataka convent row: School backs sacked teacher, denies religious conversion
Nearly a week after a convent school teacher was sacked for allegedly insulting Hindu gods, the St Gerosa English Higher Primary School in Mangaluru raised concerns and questions in which the investigations…
- Top Stories
Maharashtra: 1 held for assaulting auto driver, forcing him to shout ‘Jai Shri Ram’
Thane: One person was arrested on Friday for allegedly assaulting an auto-rickshaw driver in Mumbra in Thane district and forcing him to shout ‘Jai Shri Ram’, while four others are on the run,…
- India
‘Resist Hindutva’: Gyanvapi Imam attends massive Kerala rally
“Resist Hindutva”, a rally aimed to express opposition to the ideology of Hindutva was held in Kozhikode, Kerala on Wednesday, February 14 and witnessed the participation of thousands including the Imam of…
- India
Dhabolkar murder: His anti-superstition fight led to his killing, prosecution argues
Pune: Opposition to Dr Narendra Dabholkar’s crusade against superstition led to the conspiracy to eliminate him, the prosecution on Tuesday told the court here as it started final arguments in the 2013…
- India
Karnataka: Convent school teacher sacked for ‘insulting’ Hindu Gods
A teacher of a Catholic Girls’ convent school in Mangaluru was terminated on Tuesday, February 13, following a police complaint accusing her of religious conversion and making insulting remarks about Hindu Gods.…
- India
BJP leader demands demolition of ‘illegal mosques’, cites Mira Road violence
The Bharatiya Janata Party leader Nitish Rane recently spearheaded an anti-Muslim rally in association with Sakal Hindu Samaj – a coalition of several right-wing Hindu nationalist outfits -demanding the demolition of “illegal…
- India
Family forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’, assaulted on train to Mumbai
A Muslim family in Mumbai was reportedly forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ by a Hindutva mob during an assault. A horrific 26-second video of the incident, reportedly filmed on January 24,…
- Bangalore
After coastal Karnataka, BJP making Mandya its Hindutva lab
Bengaluru: The coastal region of Karnataka has long been referred to as the Hindutva laboratory by progressive thinkers and Congress leaders. Now, with the BJP gaining ground in south Karnataka following an…
- Featured News
Infiltrating communalism: Unnoticed takeover of ‘Hindutva Pop’
By Mohammed Amaan Khan The erosion of freedom is a gradual encroachment, halting just before the point of protest, and then resuming, perpetuating a cycle of intrusion. The danger lies not just…
