Justice in ruins: On Babri Masjid demolition case verdict
The ruins of the Babri Masjid were cleared in record time by the hordes of vandals mobilised for demolishing it. Some detritus was still...
Is the Indian Judiciary Independent Anymore?
The acquittal of senior BJP leaders on charges of criminal conspiracy over the destruction of the Babri mosque in 1992 is not just a...
Babri Mosque case: Indian courts are no longer immune to Hindutva frenzy
Instead of staying aloof from extremism, now even the courts have become exclusively Hindu courts, says the author.
All the 32 accused, including LK Advani,...
Hindutva and idea that ‘Hindus are in danger’ were born in Bengal
By SNIGDHENDU BHATTACHARYA / The Print
Nineteenth-century Bengal, the time and theatre of the Indian Renaissance from where many aspects of modern India originated, was...
Hathras gang rape: India victim cremated ‘without family’s consent’
The family of a Dalit (formerly untouchable) woman who died after she was gang-raped has accused police officials of cremating her body without their...
Hathras gang rape: India victim cremated ‘without family’s consent’
The 19-year-old was allegedly raped by four upper-caste men in Hathras district in northern India.
She was grievously injured and died in a Delhi hospital...
UP Woman, Gang-Raped And Tortured 2 Weeks Ago, Dies In Delhi Hospital
New Delhi: A 20-year-old woman, gang-raped and tortured by four men in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras two weeks ago, died this morning at a hospital in...
Amnesty International to halt India operations
Yogita Limaye
The watchdog also accused the government of pursuing a "witch-hunt" against human rights organisations.
Amnesty said its bank accounts had been frozen and it...
Babri mosque: India court acquits BJP leaders in demolition case
A court in India has acquitted top leaders of the governing BJP of any wrongdoing in the destruction by Hindu mobs of a historic...
How anti-Muslim disinformation campaigns in India have surged during COVID-19
Shakuntala Banaji and Ram Bhat (LSE) explain why hate and disinformation campaigns against Muslims in India have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Some commentators naively...
Jharkhand: tribal Christians attacked on the basis of false charges of slaughtering a cow
by Nirmala Carvalho
Delhi (AsiaNews) – Using a baseless accusation of slaughtering a cow, a group of ‘sacred crow vigilantes’ attacked tribal Dalit Christians in...
Suit in Mathura court seeks ownership of Krishna Janmabhoomi land, removal of Idgah Masjid
A civil suit filed by Ram Lalla Virajman in 1989 led to the ownership of the disputed Ayodhya land in 2019.
The plaintiff, described as...
Govt wants to merge allopathy, homoeopathy, Ayurveda into one health system, plans 2030 launch
Sanya Dhingra
New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government plans to roll out a ‘One Nation, One Health System’ policy by 2030, which would integrate modern and...
