USCIRF Report on India- 2024
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In Amit Shah’s Gandhinagar, three Lok Sabha candidates allege they faced pressure to withdraw...
They claim that local BJP politicians, and, in some cases, the Gujarat Police pushed them to exit the contest. One remains in the fray.
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India press freedom score falls, says Reporters sans Frontieres (The Hindu)
Norway and Denmark topped the RSF table while Eritrea was at the bottom, with Syria just ahead of it.
By SRIRAM LAKSHMAN
India’s score in the...
Youth arrested for impregnating minor Dalit girl, threatening her after abusing her caste (The...
By THE HINDU BUREAU
The Hubballi Navnagar Police on Friday night arrested a youth on the charge of impregnating a minor Dalit girl and threatening...
India opposition official held over doctored video (BBC)
By Vicky Wong,
Police in India have arrested the social media head of one of the country's main opposition parties over a doctored video of...
Case Against Amit Shah In Hyderabad Over Poll Code Violation (NDTV)
Niranjan Reddy alleged that a child was seen with a BJP symbol, highlighting that it was a clear violation of the guidelines of the...
In Pune: waiting for the cows to come home (Rural India Online)
Since 2014, cow vigilantism has seen a sharp rise in various parts of India. Given how integral cows are to the rural economy, attacks...
Fact-Check: 48% Spike in SC/ST Atrocities Cases Exposes BJP’s Misleading Guarantees (The Mooknayak)
The report evaluates the claims made by the NDA government regarding social justice and compares them to the actual outcomes achieved during their decade-long...
Journalism in India is under assault (Washington Post)
Journalists are being expelled, investigated and raided by the Modi government.
By Rana Ayyub
Journalism has become a dangerous occupation in India.
Indian journalists, especially from the...
Press Freedom Under Fire: Indian Journalists Who Faced Death And Detention (Outlook India)
According to a recent report of RSF, media directors, investigative reporters, and correspondents, over half of the 28 journalists who have died in last...
How Karnataka’s civil society groups are taking on the Hindutva juggernaut (The News Minute)
A diverse group of individuals and organisations are trying to instil the spirit of the Constitution in places where the social fabric has been...
Maharashtra village tense after Dalit man dies by suicide; family says he was ‘stripped,...
The accused allegedly made casteist comments against the Dalit man for dancing in the Tamasha programme at Kopardi village and later assaulted him after...
Violent clash erupts over temple entry for Dalits in Tamil Nadu ‘minutes after peace...
Members of two caste groups pelted stones & four shops were set ablaze after tensions over a Dalit community’s demand to enter the Mariamman...
