RSS-linked farmer outfit not in support of ‘violent’ protests, wants profitable price not MSP...
By NEELAM PANDEY
New Delhi: Terming the ongoing farmers’ protest as a ‘violent movement’, Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), an affiliate of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS),...
A Deeper State Vigilantism and surveillance in Modi’s Gujarat (Caravan Magazine)
By CHRISTOPHE JAFFRELOT
THE NOTION OF a “deep state”—which has been mostly used, in South Asia, about Pakistan—refers to a political system where power is ultimately...
Govt’s Action to Take down The Caravan’s Story ‘Gravely Infringes the Freedom of Press’:...
By The Wire Staff
New Delhi: The Press Club of India has expressed deep concerns over the government taking down The Caravan’s story, titled Screams from the Army Post, citing...
Umar Khalid Withdraws Bail Plea in Supreme Court, Citing ‘Change of Circumstances’ (The Wire)
By Sravasti Dasgupta
New Delhi: Student activist and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) scholar Umar Khalid on Wednesday (February 14) withdrew his bail plea in the Supreme...
Hair stylist held for refusing haircut to dalit (India Times)
By TNN
Salem: A hair stylist was arrested on Tuesday for refusing to give a dalit man a haircut. He was also booked under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
The accused...
Three sentenced to life imprisonment for gang-rape of Dalit girl in Dharmapuri (The Hindu)
By THE HINDU BUREAU
The Fast Track court in Dharmapuri sentenced three men to life terms in prison for the gang-rape of a 15-year-old Dalit...
Demolitions as Extra-Judicial Punishment Have Left India in a Perpetual State of Violence (The...
By Aakar Patel
The demolitions in Uttarakhand last week, after which five people were killed in violence, follows a pattern that we see in Bharatiya...
Hyderabad: Bajrang Dal warns against Valentine’s Day celebrations (Telangana Today)
By TELANGANA TODAY
Hyderabad: Bajrang Dal has issued a stern warning on Valentine’s Day, declaring their readiness to thwart any celebrations in the city on Wednesday. The...
U.P. police arrest four persons for issuing fraudulent Halal certificates (The Hindu)
By THE HINDU BUREAU
The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force on Monday arrested four office bearers of the Halal Council of India (HCI), an organisation...
Tripura: Christian school under pressure to organise Saraswati Puja (east mojo)
by Mrinal Banik
Agartala: The Principal of a Christian Missionary school located at Dhajanagar on the outskirts of Udaipur city in Tripura sought protection from the...
Bulldozer Action in Chhattisgarh: Houses of 3 Accused in Bhilai Teen Murder Case Demolished...
By Times Now Digital
Bhilai: Chhattisgarh Drug District's authorities demolished illegally constructed portions of houses belonging to three accused's arrested in connection with the murder...
Hindu supremacists ‘influencing’ well-meaning US centrist, progressive institutions (Counter View)
By Rajiv Shah
In a sharp admission, several Indian diaspora human rights groups in the US have regretted that there is “a lack of awareness...
Gujarat: Dalit groom assaulted for riding horse during wedding, told to ‘stay within limits’...
By Satish Jha DHNS
Ahmedabad: The Kalol police in Gandhinagar district rounded up four persons for allegedly assaulting and restraining a dalit groom for riding...
