India: ‘Mosque vetting’ by Hindu groups draws criticism
Three decades after Hindu mobs demolished a historic mosque in Ayodhya, in northern Uttar Pradesh state, triggering a wave of communal violence that saw thousands...
Christians Protest Church Restrictions in India
Christians in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh mobilized last Saturday to protest restrictions on the construction of a church. The construction was halted...
In the world’s largest democracy, people of faith aren’t free
By David Curry / Religion News
(RNS) — On May 31, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, a group of extremist Hindu nationalists broke into the...
Lucknow: Two Held for Thrashing Dalit Zomato Delivery Agent, Spitting on Him
New Delhi: Lucknow Police arrested two men on Tuesday, June 21, after a Zomato delivery agent was allegedly spat at in the face and beaten up by...
‘Would’ve Been Alive If He Wasn’t Muslim’: Junaid’s Mother, 5 Yrs After Lynching
By SAMARTH GROVERSOMYA LAKHANI / The Quint
On 22 June 2017, Junaid Khan woke up before the sun rays entered his home at Khandawali village...
Mudassir, who was shot dead in Ranchi protest, gets first division in his 10th...
14-year-old Mudassir Alam, who was killed during during a protest held in Jharkhand’s Ranchi city on 10 June, has passed the 10th class examinations...
Express Investigation Part 4 | At table reworking school curriculum: 24 with RSS links
By Sourav Roy Barman / Indian Express
When the National Education Policy (NEP) was launched in 2020, it didn’t elicit much partisan attack. Largely insulated...
Express Investigation Part 2: Key deletions on caste, minorities in revised school textbooks
By Ritika Chopra / The Indian Express
“A Dalit is likely to be confined to traditional occupations such as agricultural labour, scavenging, or leather work…”
Minorities...
Express Investigation Part 1: From Emergency to Gujarat riots, lessons of past deleted from...
By Ritika Chopra /Iindian Express
Deleting references to the 2002 Gujarat riots, dropping passages that dealt with Emergency’s draconian impact on people and institutions, removing...
Express Investigation Part 3: Textbook revision slashes portion in history on Islamic rulers of...
By Ritika Chopra / Indian Express
The ruling establishment’s view that Indian history glorifies invaders and Mughals at the cost of others has now found...
Remove Muslims, Xians from ST list: RSS affiliate
By Vasudha Venugopal / Economic Times
Ahead of a nationwide Census exercise that could bring out the exact numbers of SC/STs in the country, an RSS backed body, Janjati Suraksha...
Dalit writers out, RSS ideologues in: Full list of changes in Karnataka textbooks
By Pooja Prasanna & Prajwal Bhat / The News Minute
Why are progressive groups in Karnataka agitating against the school textbooks drafted by the committee...
Dadri lynching case: Court defers hearing due to inadequate security to victim’s family
By Abhishek Anand / India Today
The fast track court hearing the Dadri lynching case deferred the matter to July 4 as the police was...
