Bengaluru Police Make Organisers Cancel Comedian Munawar Faruqui’s Show
New Delhi: For the fourth time in the span of 30 days, comedian Munawar Faruqui’s public shows have been cancelled after pressure from right-wing groups...
‘Illegal’: Allahabad High Court Quashes NSA against Six Muslims Detained Over CAA Protests
By Zafar Aafaq
NEW DELHI – The Allahabad High Court on Friday quashed the National Security Act (NSA) against six Muslim men who were booked in...
A growing alliance of Islamophobes looks to lobby governments
By CJ WERLEMAN
The day after the global financing watchdog, Financial Action Task Force (FATF), added Turkey to its revised list of “jurisdictions under increased monitoring,” joining...
Constitution Day: What Nine Pending Cases Say About the Rights India’s Citizens Enjoy
By Jahnavi Sen
New Delhi: Seventy-two years ago on this day, the Constituent Assembly adopted the Constitution of India. Two months after that, on January 26,...
UP: Four of Family Killed, Minor ‘Gang-Raped’; Kin Points Finger at ‘Upper’ Caste Neighbours
New Delhi: The relatives of a Scheduled Caste family of which four members were killed and a minor girl allegedly also gang-raped have alleged that...
Stones Pelted At Dalit Wedding Procession In Jaipur Despite Police Presence, 10 Arrested
New Delhi: About 10 people were arrested for allegedly pelting stones at a Dalit man's wedding procession, in the Kotputli area of Jaipur, said police...
RSS wanted Constitution ‘replaced’ by Manusmriti which abused Dalits, women
By Shamsul Islam
The Constituent Assembly of India finalized the Constitution of India on November 26, 1949 which is celebrated as the Constitution Day This...
Friday Namaz in Gurugram Disrupted Again, This time in the Name of Puja to...
NEW DELHI — The opposition to Friday Namaz in the open in Gurugram continues for more than two months as Hindutva supporters on Friday disrupted...
Sharjeel Imam granted bail in one of the cases, to remain in jail
Hyderabad: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) scholar and activist Sharjeel Imam has been granted bail in one of the cases registered by the Uttar Pradesh police...
Upper-caste Hindus, policemen responsible for murder of Dalit family, say kin
Kin of the four members of a Dalit family who were killed in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj on Thursday have alleged that an upper-caste Hindu...
Uttar Pradesh: One Week On, Mystery Shrouds Death Of 3 Dalit Girls
By Ashutosh Sharma
The death of three teenage Dalit sisters in Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur district remained shrouded in mystery and controversy, even a week after...
Press Freedom and the Indian Judiciary
By Unbias
This article was originally written by Ankita Anand and published in Unbias The News. An edited version is republished by Global Voices as part...
Row Over Namaz In Gurgaon Again, Praying Muslims Face Jai Shri Ram Chants
By Meher Pandey
New Delhi:
Muslims offering namaz at a designated open site in Gurgaon's Sector 37 were interrupted once again by right-wing Hindu groups, with...
