Hate Crime
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UP govt school teacher suspended over FB post on Pahalgam attack
A primary government school teacher in Uttar Pradesh has been suspended for sharing her views on Facebook with regards to the Pahalgam terror attack. Zeba Afroz, an assistant teacher at the primary…
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‘Scratched my chest…’ Jodhpur Dalit nurse dies by suicide after assault, police inaction
Hyderabad: A 26-year-old Dalit nurse died by suicide on May 2, after allegedly being molested, assaulted, and humiliated by her upper-caste neighbours in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur district. The young woman was the eldest…
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West Bengal police arrests man who forced vendors to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’
Two Muslims were allegedly attacked and harassed to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ by a man in West Bengal’s Howrah city. Police have arrested the attacker, Amit Dutta, a resident of Mainakpara in…
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Karnataka BJP MLA booked for delivering provocative speech against minorities
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA of Belthangady, Harish Poonja, has been booked for allegedly delivering a provocative and communal speech targeting Muslims during a religious ceremony at the Gopalakrishna Temple in Thekkar village,…
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Odisha: Madrasa teacher attacked with wooden pieces in eyes; 1 held
A madrasa teacher was allegedly attacked with pieces of wood in his eyes by a group of four men in Odisha’s Sambalpur district. The attack took place on April 29. Qari Mohammad…
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Tamil Nadu: Dalit teen attacked with sticks, rods for questioning upper caste man
A 17-year-old Dalit boy was brutally beaten and tied to a tree overnight by upper caste men near Thenkaraikottai village in Tamil Nadu’s Dharmapuri district. Tharun had worked at his attacker, Ramakrishnan’s,…
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Karnataka bus driver placed under temporary suspension for offering namaz
A 58-year-old Karnataka Muslim bus driver has been placed under temporary suspension after he reportedly stopped the vehicle to offer namaz during duty hours. The North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NWKRTC)…
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UP: 16-yr-old Dalit repeatedly slapped for resisting molestation on moving bus
A 16-year-old Dalit girl was attacked and dragged by her hair for allegedly resisting molestation while travelling in a bus in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri on Friday, May 2. A video of…
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Post Pahalgam terror attack, India sees 64 hate speeches in 10 days
India, after the deadly Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives, has reported 64 hate speeches against Muslims across the country between April 22 and May 2. According to a report by…
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Tension in Nainital as right-wing protesters clash with police
Police in Uttarakhand’s Nainital district had a tough time managing an angry crowd of right-wing supporters after they tried to create communal tensions near a mosque on Friday, May 2. The chaos…
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UP: Right wing group protests Pahalgam attack, raises Islamophobic slogans
Right-wing organisation, Hindu Yuva Vahini, held a protest against the Pahalgam terror attack and raised anti-Muslim slogans in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut on April 26. Even though the protest was held a week…
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8 held in connection with murder of rowdy sheeter in Mangaluru
Mangaluru: Eight people have been arrested in connection with the murder of a Hindu activist here, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said on Saturday. Suhas Shetty, a known rowdy sheeter and Hindu…
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2 held for pasting Pakistani flag at Bengal railway station to stir communal tension
Kolkata: West Bengal Police has arrested two persons for allegedly pasting an image of Pakistani flag on the wall of a railway station in North 24 Parganas district and writing ‘Hindustan Murdabad’…
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Chhattisgarh prof, Dilip Jha, held for ‘forcing namaz’ at NSS camp
Bilaspur: A professor of Guru Ghasidas Central University was arrested on Thursday, May 1, in connection with alleged forcible namaz recital by some students during a National Service Scheme (NSS) camp in…
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Minor raped by 60-yr-old in Nainital; Communal tensions flare up, mosque stoned
Nainital: Communal tension broke out in Uttarakhand’s Nainital after a 12-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 60-year-old man, triggering protests and vandalism, officials said. According to police, the incident occurred on…
