India: Opposition says BJP froze its accounts ahead of vote (DW)
Congress, India's main opposition party, has said it has been crippled ahead of elections starting next month. It accused Modi's ruling party of freezing...
Former J&K Minister Lal Singh Rejoins Congress (The Wire)
In 2018, Singh participated in a rally in support of the accused in the Kathua gangrape case. At the time, he was a cabinet...
AHP’s Pravin Togadia delivers an inflammatory speech
Location: Chandrapur, Maharashtra
Antarrashtriya Hindu Parishad (AHP) Pravin Togadia delivers an inflammatory speech demonizing Muslims and calls for implementing a population control law to curb...
Muslim truck driver assaulted by cow vigilantes
Location: Mahendragarh, Haryana
Gau Raksha Dal leader and Sarpanch Virender Gujjar assaulted a Muslim truck driver and forced him to chant “jai shri ram” slogans...
Empty rooms, silenced voices: What remains of Kashmiri civil society’s valiant fight for justice...
The painstaking work of the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society highlighted the systemic violence and the repression of human rights.
By Freny Manecksha
Not far...
2 booked for threatening, abusing Dalit woman (Indian Express)
The FIR was registered on the basis of a complaint filed by Divya Jadav (22), who alleged that she and her family members were...
Plan manifesto to curb caste violence, says Dalit Intellectual Collective (New Indian Express)
The collective also urged the political parties to distance themselves from perpetrators of atrocities against Dalits and those propagating caste pride and hatred.
By Express...
Gujarat: Row over ‘cow meat’ line in preschool study material (India Times)
By TNN
RAJKOT: Controversy erupted in a preschool in Gandhidham town of Kutch after a page of study material on features of cow went viral on social media.
After protests by parents...
Stars of Hindutva pop write songs about love jihad, Pulwama. They’re unofficial BJP anthems...
Article 370, love jihad, and stereotypes about Muslim population growth are common themes, along with mentions of Shah Rukh Khan and his son Aryan...
Indian university asks Muslim foreign students not to pray in common spaces after Hindu...
A mob of 25 people armed with sticks and iron rods attacked students and vandalised residences
By Shweta Sharma
A university in India has issued new...
India: Call for the immediate release of Irfan Mehraj (FIDH)
On the anniversary of his arbitrary detention, human rights organisations, including FIDH and OMCT within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of...
Rohingyas have no fundamental right to reside and settle in India, Centre tells Supreme...
By Mukul Sharma
India's Modi government told the country's Supreme Court that illegal Rohingya Muslim migrants do not have a fundamental right to reside and...
Ground report: Protests erupt in Assam after portrayal of Muslims as criminals in rally...
Protests have arisen after a cultural procession organised by its Department of Geography at the Bodoland University in Kokrajhar, Assam had depicted Muslims as...
