Savarkar and the incoherence of his Hindutva argument
By SK Arun Murthi
The academic conference on Dismantling Global Hindutva: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, which ended on September 12, had the objective of bringing scholars from different...
OIC condemns “systematic persecution” of Muslims in India; urges Indian government to protect Muslims
Jeddah: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the largest bloc of 58 Islamic nations, on Thursday condemned the “systematic persecution and violence” ramping up...
‘Marks jihad’: DU professor stirs a row with comment on Kerala students
NEW DELHI: A social media post by Delhi University professor Rakesh Kumar Pandey has raised the hackles of students and teachers alike.
In a Facebook...
Argument over flags erupts in communal violence in Chhattisgarh’s Kabirdham
By Gargi Verma
An altercation over two flags, one saffron and the other green, developed into 48 hours of communal tensions, and finally burst forth...
RSS groups, pages promote anti-Muslim narratives: Facebook whistleblower
A Facebook whistleblower has levelled serious accusations in the US against the social media giant’s “toxic” and “divisive” algorithms. The whistleblower Frances Haugen —...
‘Facebook knew RSS promotes anti-Muslim narratives but took little action’, whistleblower says
By REGINA MIHINDUKULASURIYA
New Delhi: Despite being aware that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) promoted “anti-Muslim narratives” on Facebook, the social media giant took little action,...
Gujarat court gives man 6-year jail term for killing Dalit youth watching garba
By Satish Jha
A special trial court in Anand district on Thursday held an upper-caste man guilty of killing a Dalit youth for watching a...
Back to back civilian killings rattle Indian-administered Kashmir
Assailants in Indian-administered Kashmir have killed seven civilians in separate incidents since the last five days, leaving the entire region in a state of...
Hindu doctor kicks out a Muslim patient
"In Madhya Pradesh’s Betul district, a Hindu doctor abused & kicked out a patient from hospital just because she was Muslim.
“Doctor saw my prescription...
Lakhimpur Kheri violence a ‘well-planned conspiracy’ by Union minister, his son, says FIR
The violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district was a “well-planned conspiracy” by Union Minister Ajay Mishra and his son Ashish Mishra, the First Information Report...
Just Three Hours Away From Lakhimpur Kheri, Narendra Modi Still Says Nothing About it
By Chandrani Banerjee
Lucknow: Maintaining his silence on the Lakhimpur Kheri incident in which eight people including four protesting farmers were killed, Prime Minister Narendra Modi went on...
Lakhimpur Kheri Tells Us It’s Time to Rescue a Democracy in Retreat
By Ashwani Kumar
This is a moment of reckoning for a nation scarred. The unspeakable tragedy in Lakhimpur Kheri has wounded the nation’s sensitivity to...
Jail Authorities Are Blocking Letters From Elgar Parishad Arrested to Their Loved Ones
By Sukanya Shantha
Mumbai: When 84-year-old Jharkhand-based tribal rights activist and Jesuit priest Father Stan Swamy passed away on July 5, one of his co-accused in...
