More J&K employees may face axe for being ‘anti-national’
The Jammu and Kashmir government has constituted a Special Task Force (STF) for identifying and scrutinizing its employees involved in any activity detrimental to...
After temple entry ban, Dasna Muslims now suffer social apartheid
By Ziya Us Salam
At first glance, Dasna near Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh looks like an idyllic village with vast green fields of wheat. An...
What’s the real drive behind temple facelifts in Odisha — tourism promotion or soft...
By Debi Mohanty
Months after he began his fth consecutive innings as Odisha Chief Minister in 2019,
when Naveen Patnaik announced his ambitious plan to develop...
For Second Year, US Religious Freedom Body Sees India as ‘Country of Particular Concern’
By The Wire Staff
New Delhi: A US government organisation that monitors international religious freedom has recommended that India be designated as a “country of...
USCIRF Blacklists India in its Annual Report – 2021
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Delhi riots: JNU student leader Umar Khalid’s handcuff call binned
A court here on Thursday dismissed applications seeking to produce former JNU student leader Umar Khalid and activist Khalid Saifi, arrested in connection with...
Citing security, J&K sets up force to act against govt staff without probe
By Bashaarat Masood
The Jammu and Kashmir administration has set up a Special Task Force (STF) to initiate action against government employees suspected of activities...
‘Beaten Up For Being Muslim’: Migrant Returning Home Shares Ordeal
A migrant returning to his home in Jharkhand all the way from Hyderabad was allegedly assaulted on the way and accused of spreading COVID-19....
Exclusive: Is Sangh Parivar planning another Babri in Uttar Pradesh?
By HW Staff Writer
On April 8, a Civil Court in Varanasi, a town in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh ordered the Archaeological Survey...
Those calling publicly for violence against Muslims and Christians are no friends of nation,...
by Rajmohan Gandhi
The idea that a nation belongs to its dominant section, be that section racial, tribal, linguistic or religious, has been termed ethnonationalism. True...
Unauthorised census portal asking people to register in Assam
A census portal called Janagoshthiya Samannay Parishad Census has come up in Assam. It is asking people to register themselves and upload their documents....
Counted As One Of The World’s Most Dangerous Countries For Journalists, India Ranks 142...
By Writer : Susmita Modak
Reporters Without Borders published its 2021 World Press Freedom Index on 20 April 2021, and for the second straight year, India...
The metaphysics of India’s colonial project in Kashmir
One of the oft-repeated assertions that one comes across concerning Kashmir is that it is marked by a condition of “lawlessness”.
However, such an argument...
