Hate Crime
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UP temple caretaker held over namaz; head priest backs him
A Muslim caretaker of a temple in Badaun district of Uttar Pradesh was arrested in June after a secretly recorded video showed him offering namaz in the temple courtyard. For 60-year-old Ali…
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‘Secularism, communism will survive if…’: Union minister on minorities
Kolkata: Asserting that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, was a moral obligation towards minority communities in countries like Bangladesh and Pakistan, who had been “forgotten since Partition”, Union Minister of State for…
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Decades-old mazar demolished in UP over ‘illegal encroachment’
The Uttar Pradesh administration on September 1 demolished decades-old mazars (dargah/mausoleum) at the Miya Sarai intersection in Sitapur district, citing “illegal encroachments.” Several nearby shops were also razed. The demolition took place…
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Seven arrested for hoisting Palestinian flag on UP govt school building
Police have registered a case against seven people for allegedly hoisting a Palestinian flag on a government school building in Lakhimpur Kheri district, officials said on Monday, September 2. The police confirmed…
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Imam booked for hoisting Islamic flag higher than tricolour in UP
Kaushambi: Police have registered a case against a 37-year-old imam of a mosque here for allegedly hoisting an Islamic flag higher than the national flag, an officer said on Tuesday. Chail Circle…
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Rajasthan: 8-yr-old Dalit boy hung upside down for touching water pot
A man was arrested and two others detained for allegedly assaulting an eight-year-old Dalit boy and hanging him upside down from a tree for touching a water pot in Bhakharpura village of…
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16 FIRs registered against activist in Assam over Bangladesh remark
Sixteen FIRs have been filed against activist and former member of the planning commission, Syeda Hameed, over her recent remark on Assamese Muslims and Bangladeshis in India. According to a report by…
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Dalit teen in Gujarat assaulted, told he’s ‘unworthy of education’
A 15-year-old Dalit student in Gujarat was allegedly assaulted and humiliated by a school owner, calling him ‘unworthy of education.’ The teenager is a student at Gyan Ganga School in Wankaner town…
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13-yr-old Zoya sets herself on fire in Bihar’s govt school, family claims murder
A 13-year-old Muslim girl died on Wednesday, soon after being found with severe burn injuries inside the washroom of a government-run school in Patna, police said. Zoya Parveen, a class 5 student,…
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Three men attacked for taking photos in UP, police deny religious angle
Three Muslim men were allegedly attacked and beaten by a group in Pilkhuwa village of Hapur district, Uttar Pradesh. A video of the incident surfaced online on August 26, where a man…
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Telangana Dalit family faces social boycott after inter-caste marriage
Hyderabad: A Dalit family in Chityala mantal of Telangana’s Nalgonda district faces social boycott after the son eloped and got married to a woman from the Yadav community in April this year. Soon…
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Tribal man locked, starved and beaten for five days in Kerala
A 54-year-old tribal man was allegedly confined, assaulted, and starved for nearly a week by his employer and colleagues for drinking liquor in Kerala’s Pallakad district. Chambukkuzhi Vellayan, a resident of Moochakundu,…
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Young man critical after mob assault in UP village
A young Muslim man was viciously attacked by a mob of over 10 people in Barla village of Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The attack took place on Thursday, August 21. Fardeen, whose…
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UP magistrate resists Hindutva group pressure over false land grab
A government officer stood his ground and refused to be bullied by a Hindutva organisation in Uttar Pradesh’s Mau district, which alleged that a Muslim man had encroached on government land. Mau…
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Junaid Khan mob lynching case: HC rejects prime accused bail plea
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday, August 20, rejected the bail plea for prime accused Naresh Kumar in the 2017 mob lynching case involving 16-year-old Junaid Khan. “This Court, looking…
