Christian Family Forced to Flee Village in India Due to Death Threats
In June, Pastor Ramsevak and his family were forced to flee their home village in India’s Bihar state following death threats from radical Hindu...
Christian Michel and Safoora Zargar were arbitrarily detained by Indian authorities: UN report
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) on Tuesday submitted its report citing that Christian Michel, the alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland VVIP...
A year after Hathras gangrape, victim’s friend details a history of harassment
By Nidhi Suresh
It took one full year for Asha’s friend to speak.
Sneha was Asha’s close friend, in her own words, despite the age difference...
India keeps going after journalists like me. As Modi visits the U.S., it’s time...
By Rana Ayyub
On Sept. 7, a right-wing organization called the Hindu IT Cell filed a complaint against me with the police in Uttar Pradesh...
Not yet a legal document, Assam’s Foreigners’ Tribunal declares NRC as ‘final’
By Hemanta Kumar Nath
A Foreigners’ Tribunal in Assam’s Karimganj district has recognised the National Register of Citizens (NRC) published on August 31, 2019 as...
Pew study: Little change in India’s religious make-up in 70 years
By Soutik Biswas
As a result there have been only "modest changes" in the religious make-up of the people since 1951.
The two largest groups, Hindus...
Under Adityanath, some crimes enjoy the protection of the Uttar Pradesh police
Tara Chand, born into a Dalit family, became Mohammad Tahir in jail where he spent four years for allegedly murdering his wife’s lover. There...
Muzaffarnagar Riots: Court Acquits 20 People Accused Of Burning Down Muslims’ Houses After Witnesses...
By Rushda Fathima Khan
A local court in Uttar Pradesh on Monday acquitted 20 people who were accused of burning houses, robbery and extortion in...
Asaduddin Owaisi’s Delhi residence vandalised, 5 from Hindu Sena detained
Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi’s official residence in New Delhi’s high-security Ashoka Road area was vandalised on Tuesday by a group of Hindu Sena men...
Karnataka Dalit family fined Rs 23,000 after their toddler son enters temple
The parents of a Dalit boy were fined Rs 23,000 after their 2-year-old son entered a Hanuman temple to seek blessings of the god...
In India, the Last Few Bastions Of The Free Press Stand Guard Against Rising...
By VIDYA KRISHNAN
Functioning democracies are all alike; every dysfunctional democracy is dysfunctional in its own way.
India, where the free press has played a crucial...
Suresh Chavhanke’s communal campaign now targets SRK!
Like a desperate Hindi movie fan, Sudershan news owner and ‘editor’ Suresh Chavhanke has been trying to get the attention of superstar film actor...
‘Outsider narrative’: Muslims in India’s Bihar fear Assam repeat
By Neel Madhav
Patna, India – On August 29, a public notice surfaced, signed by the Superintendent of Police of Siwan, a district in India’s northern state...
