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How a Malayala Manorama journalist’s suspicions about Kappan figure in UP police chargesheet

By Akanksha Kumar This is the ninth part of Newslaundry’s series on the case against journalist Siddique Kappan. You can read previous parts here. Kappan and three others were...

Activists Warn Biden Against Picking up Sonal Shah with Links to RSS-led Groups

NEW YORK – Neera Tanden, president of the Center for American Progress, withdrew her nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) this...

Jesus statue smashed in spate of attacks on India’s Christian community

By Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi Festive celebrations were disrupted, Jesus statues were smashed and effigies of Santa Claus were burned in a spate of attacks on...

‘Unconditionally Withdraw Statement,’ Tejasvi Surya Tweets on ‘Bring Back Hindus’ Speech

New Delhi: Two days after clips showing him deliver a speech calling for Christians and Muslims to be “brought back into the Hindu fold” began...

BJP MLA forces Muslims to close down their shops

Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) Member of Legislative Assembly member forces Muslim chicken shop owners to close down their businesses, threatens violence and jail over...

How a Hindutva group raised the bogey of conversion to disrupt Xmas event in...

By TANUSHREE PANDEY New Delhi: It was just another Christmas Eve celebration, organised by a group of people in Gurugram’s Pataudi, for which they had rented...

2 held for assaulting Dalit leader over sand mining lease in Botad: Police

HOURS AFTER they allegedly assaulted a Dalit leader and threatened to kill him for daring to apply for a sand mining lease in Botad’s...

India’s Government Bars Mother Teresa’s Charity From Receiving Foreign Funds

BY SUDHI RANJAN SEN India’s government has barred the Missionaries of Charity, the Catholic religious order and philanthropic organization started by Mother Teresa, from accessing foreign donations...

Haridwar Hate Meet: Swami Calling for Driving Out Muslims is a BJP Ticket Seeker

By ADITYA MENON On 26 October, The Quint had reported that one of the reasons behind Yati Narsinghanand's appointment as Mahamandaleshwar of the Juna Akhara was a plan by...

BJP MLA threatens Muslim meat shop owners

Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) MLA forces Muslim chicken shop owners to close down their businesses, threatens violence and jail over non-compliance.  

Dire need for an Anti-Islamophobia Act in India

Amidst the growing incidents of islamophobia and anti-Muslim violence across the globe, the Combatting International Islamophobia Act passed in the US House of Representatives...

Christ Statue Vandalised, Christmas Prayers Disrupted: Hindutva Outfits Now Target Christians

By  Shweta Sengar After the namaz row gripped Gurgaon, disruptions of Christmas celebrations and prayers are reported from several parts of Haryana. Christ’s statue vandalised in...

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