Why Kashmir has not seen an election boycott this time (The Hindu)
After years of boycotts and suppression, Kashmiris’ enthusiastic participation in elections signals a desire to regain a political voice.
By IRFAN AMIN MALIK
After nearly three...
Dabholkar murder: 2 get life in prison, alleged mastermind among 3 acquitted (Indian Express)
Rationalist, anti-superstition crusader and founder of Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti (MANS), Dr Dabholkar, was shot dead by two bike-borne assailants on the VR Shinde...
How Hindutva became popular among India’s diaspora (Eastern Eye)
Nationalism can reflect ties people have with their homeland, says author new book, Hindu Nationalism in the Indian Diaspora: Transnational Politics and British Multiculturalism.
By Amit...
Hate speech: Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar says ‘Muslims outgrowing other communities’, ‘altering demography’ (Maktoob...
By Maktoob Staff
Union Minister and BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar, while responding to a report by The Economic Advisory Council to the PM stating that...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers fear speech in Nandurbar
“Congress will give SC/ST/OBC reservations to Muslims; They say that going to Ram Mandir is bad but then they themselves organise Iftar parties.”
Home Minister Amit Shah delivers communal speech in Khunti
“Opposition did not come for Ram Mandir inauguration as they are scared of their vote bank; They are the same people who infiltrate into...
PM Modi accuses Congress of conspiring to erase Hindu faith (The Hindu)
At the same rally, Prime Minister Modi also accused the Congress of trying to ally with “anti-national forces” to divide India
By SHOUMOJIT BANERJEE
Launching a...
Contradictory documentary demands of CAA violate right to legal identity (Scroll)
The stringent requirements under Assam’s NRC regime are in stark contrast to the lenient rules of the controversial citizenship law.
By Shreyasi Bhattacharya
As it had...
BJP’s Navneet Rana, whose ‘give us 15 seconds’ remark sparked row, booked; CM asks...
Campaigning for BJP’s Hyderabad candidate, Rana had also said: ‘If you vote for Rahul Gandhi or Congress, the vote goes to Pakistan’
By Sreenivas Janyala
A...
EC Under Spotlight in J&K Again as National Conference Says Police Unfairly Cancelled Rallies...
Baramulla candidate Omar Abdullah has called the police's “discriminatory action" a “direct assault on democracy and the principles of fair competition in electoral arena”...
More hate, more votes? Maharashtra’s voters on how they’re impacted by hate speech (News...
In 2023, the state recorded one instance of hate speech every three days.
By Tanishka Sodhi
In March 2022, a Ram Navami rally passed peacefully through...
