Hate Crime
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Karnataka BJP MLA offers Rs 5L reward for interfaith marriage
Former Karnataka minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Bijapur district, Basangouda Patil Yatnal, has announced a reward of Rs 5 lakh to any Hindu man marrying a Muslim woman. “We…
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Dalit woman gang-raped, fiance assaulted in MP; 3 out of 4 accused held
Sidhi: A 20-year-old Dalit woman, who had gone out with her fiance in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi district, was allegedly raped by four men who also assaulted her male partner, said a police…
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‘I married him’: UP woman denies family’s claim after husband second arrest
A Muslim man in Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh was arrested for the second time in two months on allegations of kidnapping a Hindu woman by her family. However, the woman has…
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Veteran Malayalam filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan triggers castiest remarks
Thiruvananthapuram: Veteran filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan on Sunday, August 3, said the current practice of the Kerala State Film Development Corporation (KSFDC) providing Rs 1.5 crore to prospective filmmakers from SC/ST has not…
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Concerning rise of hate, large-scale evictions against minorities in Assam
India Hate Lab recently released a report under its Early Warning, Early Response (EWER) initiative, highlighting a worrying rise in hate speech, harassment, violence and forced evictions targeting Bengali-origin Muslims who are being…
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Video: Cattle traders tied, beaten up by BJP workers in West Bengal
A group of Muslim cattle traders were allegedly assaulted by angry Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in West Bengal’s Durgapur on Friday, August 1, accusing them of ‘smuggling cows’ and calling them…
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Pune village erupts in communal violence over WhatsApp post; 18 held so far
Communal violence was witnessed after an irate mob vandalised properties and indulged in arson in Yavat village of Maharashtra‘s Pune district on Friday afternoon (August 1) over an objectionable WhatsApp status allegedly…
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IndiGo passenger slaps fellow traveller onboard Mumbai-Kolkata flight
New Delhi: An IndiGo passenger slapped a fellow passenger, who was on the aircraft aisle, onboard a flight from Mumbai to Kolkata on Friday. A video clip of the incident shared on…
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CASR demands release of student activist jailed in ‘Lucknow conspiracy case’
New Delhi: The Campaign Against State Repression (CASR), a collective of various organisations, has unequivocally condemned the arrest of Priyanshu Kashyap, a former student at the Department of History, Delhi University, by…
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Jharkhand BJP leader accuses forced conversions at prayer meet
Jharkhand Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Gunjan Yadav, along with his Hindutva followers, raided a Christian family on Sunday, July 27, alleging they were conducting forced religious conversions. Twelve people have been…